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A VERY WARM
WELCOME
Welcome to Bradfield Festival, a celebration of culture, creativity and
community in the stunning setting of Bradfield College. The festival
is proud to be a BBC Get Creative champion organisation – one
of a network of over 63,000 arts groups running cultural
events and activities in the UK.
Bradfield Festival brings together the best of music, art, literature, theatre and
dance in an ambitious week of creativity, combining educational workshops
and an extensive outreach programme with world-class professional
performances in the magical setting of Bradfield’s iconic Greek Theatre.
I am very proud to be Artistic Director of this inaugural festival. I hope
your visit inspires you – to go to an
opera, to sing in a choir, to write a
review, to paint, to learn a new craft, to take up a musical instrument,
to dance, to...
After all, education is the business of inspiring people. So go on, Get
Dame
Judi Dench,
Patron
Creative and try something new.
Dr Tim Coker, Artistic Director, Bradfield Festival 2015
It is a great pleasure to write a message of
Dr Tim Coker,
Artistic Director
Bradfield Festival
support for this inaugural Bradfield Festival
and to wish all the acts, participants, and
theatre goers an inspiring week within the
beautiful College grounds.
The Festival is built upon two key aspects. Firstly a variety of creative daytime
workshops offering pupils from across Berkshire the opportunity to try something
new, be creative and develop those additional skills so important to their future. Secondly
the evening programme of well-known acts, based around the newly restored Greek Theatre,
provides a unique and dramatic venue for performer and audience alike. It is a beautiful setting for
Simon Henderson,
Headmaster
Bradfield College
any event and we as a College never forget how lucky we are to have such an inspiring venue on our
doorstep. In welcoming so many acts to the festival I have no doubt that visitors, parents, old Bradfieldians and
pupils will experience something spectacular over the next few days.
I would also like to make special mention of all our supporters, not only the official sponsors and advertisers, without whose generous support this
festival would not be possible, but also to thank the efforts seen and unseen of the whole Bradfield team and community – it has been a huge collective
by all. Thank you for joining us today and I am sure that this inaugural festival will be a memorable week for all concerned.
Simon Henderson, Headmaster, Bradfield College
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effort and ensures that the restoration of the Greek Theatre, made possible by generous supporters of the College, is seen and experienced
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WHAT IS
GET CREATIVE?
Get Creative is a major celebration of the nation’s arts, culture and creativity. Led
by BBC ARTS and What Next? in collaboration with a huge range of arts, cultural
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and voluntary organisations, everyone is invited to get involved and share their
creative talents.
Hundreds of organisations across the UK including Culture at King’s, Voluntary Arts,
64 Million Artists, Fun Palaces, Cultural Learning Alliance and Arts Council England
are involved.
The campaign aims to highlight the central role that creativity plays in people’s
lives, to celebrate the millions of people who are already doing something creative
and encourage others to take part.
From a graffiti event in Cardiff and an upcycle demo in Belfast to a huge Paint by Numbers scene in Cumbria, the ‘Get Creative’ year opens with a day of
activities across the UK arranged by Voluntary Arts where the public can ‘get creative’ and find out more about local activities in their area, helping enrich
and inspire local communities across the UK.
WHY IS IT IMPORTANT?
Arts and creativity are for everyone. But statistics in the Warwick Commission report suggest there are currently underserved demographics in Great
Britain and that there may be a decline in arts participation in schools.
Get Creative is designed to increase access to and participation with the arts. This is important not only for individuals and communities, but it can ultimately
have impact on the creativity of our businesses, the economy and our global reputation as a cultural powerhouse.
OUR FREE
WORKSHOPS
Our workshop programme has over 250 hours of free activities for young people to experience something new – from learning to play the steel drums
to Flamenco dancing, Body Percussion to sculpture, stained glass to learning to DJ on our festival radio station. All of our workshops are completely free
of charge, not only to every single Bradfield pupil, but also to hundreds of children from schools and colleges all over Berkshire – workshops funded by
ticket sales from our public shows, the Old Bradfieldian Society and the generosity of our festival sponsors.
Educational enrichment and outreach are at the heart of the festival. Every day of the festival, Bradfield College pupils will be joining young people from
schools and colleges across the county in workshops with some of the world’s leading artists, musicians, writers and performers.
And many of these world-class visiting artists will actually be performing alongside the students they have been workshopping with in public evening
shows. Unique, once in a lifetime experiences – playing with the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, stomping with members of the cast of Stomp,
singing with G4, jamming with the National Youth Jazz Orchestra – litter the festival and help to make this one of the very best educational arts festivals
in the country.
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THANK YOU TO
OUR SPONSORS
A THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS
FROM THE FESTIVAL DIRECTOR
Bradfield Festival’s huge range of cultural and creative opportunities for young
people and the wider community to engage meaningfully with the arts could only
be possible thanks to the generous support from our sponsors.
Our sponsors are investing in the arts at a crucial time, when culture and creativity
is at risk of being driven out of many children’s lives in this country by a narrowing
of the national curriculum with the introduction of the EBacc. At Bradfield we
THE WAY TO GET YOUNG PEOPLE
INVOLVED AND INTERESTED IN
THE THEATRE AND THE ARTS IS
TO PROVIDE EXCITING WORKS
FOR THEM TO SEE.
Dame Judi Dench, Festival Patron.
believe in the transformative power of the arts on young people – to allow them
to become more expressive, confident and imaginative, better communicators,
more sensitive, balanced and, ultimately, happier human beings. Investment in the arts is a serious business. Creative industries contribute almost £77bn to the
economy each year according to the Warwick Commission Report. We need to nurture creative talent in our schools, widening access to the arts not narrowing it.
Our sponsors’ generosity will mean that this week over 800 children from Bradfield and neighbouring schools and colleges will have a chance to try something new
and Get Creative – by stomping with Stomp, playing in an orchestra with the Royal Opera House, making stained glass, dancing Flamenco and much more. And not
only will children have the chance to play, act, sing, dance and make all week but they and thousands of adults alongside them will also have a chance to see worldclass artists perform right here in Bradfield’s famous Greek Theatre. Unique opportunities only made possible by our sponsors’ generous support.Thank you.
Dr Tim Coker, Artistic Director, Bradfield Festival
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WEDNESDAY
1:00 pm Music School
Art in Society Tate Galleries talk with Samuel Jones
5:45 pm Greek Theatre
Stomp with Student Stompers
7:00 Music School
The Woods So Wild Fontanella Recorder Quintet
7:15 Hillside Rux
The Traders Circadian Street Theatre
8:00 pm Greek Theatre
A Night at the Opera with the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House and
Soloists
TUESDAY
1:00 pm Big School
Theatre in Society Panel Discussion with The Guardian’s Matt Trueman
6:00 pm Big School
Travesty by Alex Swift
6:00 Old Gym
Hypnosis without Hypnosis with Martin Taylor
7:00 Greek Theatre
Collegium Regale
8:00 Greek Theatre
NYJO 50th Anniversary Concert
8:00 pm Greek Theatre
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) [Revised]
Reduced Shakespeare Company
THURSDAY
1:00 pm Music School
Poetry with Claire Trévien
5:30 pm Old Gym
Comedy Club 4 Kids with Tiernan Douieb, Bec Hill and Howard Read
6:00 pm Big School
Contemporary Dance Double Bill: Lost by Motionhouse
and Memories of Suburbia by Will Dickie
7:30 pm Greek Theatre
Rock Choir
8:00 pm Greek Theatre
G4 The Reunion Under the Stars with special guest
Charlotte Jaconelli
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A NIGHT AT
8PM GREEK THEATRE
THE OPERA
With members of the Orchestra of
The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Majenka in The Bartered Bride, Governess in Turn
of the Screw,Yum Yum in The Mikado, Rita in The
Contrabandista, Sorceress in Dido and Aeneas’and
Ludmilla in The Bartered Bride.
Bee performs internationally as a concert, recital
and oratorio soloist and as a member of the
Opera de Baugé ensemble, Scena Musicale
Bologna, the Gabrieli Consort, Musica Insieme and
Oxford Philomusica, Bee has had a busy schedule
touring and recording at International Festivals.
MARK
MILHOFER TENOR
ORCHESTRA OF THE ROYAL
OPERA HOUSE
The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House was
founded in 1946. Past Music Directors have
included Rafael Kubelik (1955-1958), Georg
Solti (1961-1971), Colin Davis (1971-1987) and
Bernard Haitink (1987-2002). In 2002 Antonio
Pappano began his tenure as Music Director,
highlights of which have included Ariadne auf
Naxos and Wozzeck (both recognised in Olivier
Awards for Pappano for Outstanding Achievement
in Opera). In September 2010 the Orchestra took
part in The Royal Opera’s acclaimed Japan tour
and have recorded many opera Cd’s and DVD’s
with Pappano.
As well as their commitment to the main stage
productions, members of the orchestra play an
active role in smaller scale projects and in the
educational work of the Royal Opera House.
As part of the Royal Opera House’s ongoing
commitment to reach a wider audience, the
orchestra can be heard accompanying The Royal
Opera and The Royal Ballet in Big Screen events
in the UK and cinema and streamed internet
screenings worldwide.
TIMOTHY
BURKE CONDUCTOR
British conductor
Timothy Burke is the
Music Director at Tête
à Tête, producer of the
world’s largest festival of
new opera. He has conducted for Royal Opera
(The Wind in the Willows), Opera Holland Park
(La fanciulla del West) and Opera North (Saint
Nicolas) and premièred several productions for
Tête à Tête, including Dart’s Love, winner of the
Best Stage Work at the 2014 British
Composer Awards. He was born in
Kingston, and educated at Hampton
School, singing as a choral scholar
at HM Chapel Royal, Hampton
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Court Palace. He went on to read Music at Exeter
College, Oxford, before training as a repetiteur
at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and
winning the Sir Henry Richardson Scholarship to
study at the National Opera Studio. He joined the
Jette Parker Young Artists Programme at the Royal
Opera House in 2006, working as a repetiteur
for Sir Colin Davis and Sir Charles Mackerras
amongst others. From 2008 until 2013 he was
Chorus Master at Opera North. Future conducting
engagements include Opera North (The Barber of
Seville), English Touring Opera (The Sting in the Tale),
and premièring eight new works for Tête à Tête.
SALLY SILVER SOPRANO
Sally Silver is a South
African soprano
performing internationally
on the opera and concert
platform. Roles include
Lucia Lucia di Lammermoor,
Elvira I Puritani, Elisabetta Maria Stuarda, Marguerite
Les Huguenots, Antonia, Stella, Olympia, Giulietta
Les Contes d’Hoffmann, La Fée Cendrillon, Mireille
Mireille,Violetta La Traviata, Gilda Rigoletto, Donna
Elvira Don Giovanni, Contessa Le Nozze di Figaro,
Fiordiligi Così fan tutte, Duchess Powder her Face
and Mother Greek. She has recorded the title roles
in Wallace’s Lurline and Balfe’s Satanella conducted
by Richard Bonynge, Ariadne in Tovey’s The Bride of
Dionysus and four CDs of songs by Massenet, Balfe
and Wallace.
BEE BRADLEY MEZZO
SOPRANO
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Bee (K 01-03) works both
as a professional ‘Singer
and Universal Music
(Deutsche Grammophon,
Mercury and Decca
Classics) marketing whizz’
(Evening Standard).
Recent operatic roles include Frasquita in Carmen,
Mark Milhofer (C 81-86)
was a choral scholar at
Magdalen College, Oxford,
studied at the Guildhall
School of Music in London
and the As.Li.Co. Opera Studio in Milan. He
made his debut for the Teatro Regio in Parma in
La Cenerentola launching his international career
which has taken him all over the world, from Seoul,
Beijing and Moscow to Istanbul, Zagreb and Monte
Carlo. Significant appearances include Il Matrimonio
Segreto, Cosi fan tutte, Lustige Witwe, Il Turco in Italia,
The Madwoman in Curlew River, Die Entfuhrung,
Don Pasquale, The Turn of the Screw, La Rondine
and Il Barbiere di Siviglia. World premières include
Marco Tutino’s Federico II and Alessandro Solbiati’s
Leggenda. Future plans include singing for ROH in
a new production of Orpheus by Rossi at the Sam
Wanamaker Playhouse.
MATTHEW
SPRANGE BARITONE
Matthew recently made
his Linbury Theatre debut
in English Touring Opera’s
Olivier Award winning
production of Britten’s Paul
Bunyan. He has worked for companies including
Welsh National Opera (covering Figaro Le nozze
di Figaro and Guglielmo Cosi fan tutte), Scottish
Opera and Mid Wales Opera (Sid in Albert
Herring & Yamadori in Madam Butterfly). Previous
engagements include Marcello (La Bohème) for
Vignette Productions, Charles Court Opera and
Lyric Opera, Dublin and Figaro (Opera à la carte).
Other recent engagements include an opera gala
with Sir John Tomlinson, and the role of Leporello
(Don Giovanni) with Diva Opera. Current and
future plans include Figaro with Diva Opera
and Ford (Falstaff) with the Opera Project. He
began his vocal studies
with Wynford Evans and
continues to study with
John Evans.
JAMES PLATT BASS
British bass James Platt
studied at the Royal
A member of the Jette Parker Young Artist
Programme at the Royal Opera House, Covent
Garden his roles there this season include Caronte
Orfeo, Dr Grenvil La traviata and Blansac in Rossini’s
La scala di seta.
James recently made his debut with the Welsh
National Opera as High priest of Baal Nabucco.
Conductors with whom he has worked include
Valery Gergiev, Sir Colin Davis, Sir Charles
Mackerras, Sir Andrew Davis, Paul McCreesh,
Laurence Cummings and Sir Mark Elder. by
Massenet, Balfe and Wallace.
CHRIS DE
SOUZA COMPÈRE
Chris de Souza graduated
in Music from Bristol
in 1966. After a spell
as Head of Music at a
Bristol comprehensive, he
attended the directors’
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Royal Opera House Live: Guillaume Tell
course at the Old Vic Theatre School and
joined ENO. He has directed over 100 opera
productions. In 1975 he became music and
arts producer at BBC Radio London, where he
produced the music for HM the Queen’s Silver
Jubilee Fireworks, He devised the 1977 Liszt
Festival and directed the British and US premieres
of Liszt’s opera Don Sanche He joined Radio 3
and was the BBC’s first Proms Producer. He won
a Silver Award at the New York Radio Show, and
was a Grammy nominee for his recording of
Thomas Ades’ Powder Her Face. His adaptation
of Britten’s The Rescue, and his own music has
been recorded and broadcast on CD, Radio and
TV. Recent compositions include Bottom’s Dream
commissioned for the BBC Singers, a Trombone
Concerto commissioned by Southern Sinfonia,
and Loved and Unloved for the Lymington Choral
Society. He has adjudicated for the BBC Young
Musician award, the Royal Over-Seas League,
and the Newbury Young Musician of the Year
and chairs the Parkhouse Award for chamber
music. He has presented the Classical Channel on
Emirates for 25 years, and most recently presented
the opera broadcasts on CNBCTV.
Considered by many to be one of the most
exciting operas of all time, Guillaume Tell will
feature in its entire glory on the cinematic
screen.
Now booking on the following dates:
5th July Vue Cinema, Reading
A Night at the Opera
with members of The Orchestra of the Royal Opera
House, Covent Garden
Conductor
Timothy Burke
Soloists
Sally Silver
– Soprano
Bee Bradley
– Mezzo Soprano
Mark Milhofer
– Tenor
Matthew Sprange
– Baritone
James Platt
– Bass
The Orchestra of
The Royal Opera
House
Flutes
Margaret Campbell
Chris Green
Oboes
David Presly
Louise Hayter
Clarinets
Marina Finnamore
Fergus Morrison
Bassoons
Martin Field
Andrew Stowell
French Horns
Finlay Bain
Julia Payne
Trumpet
Ruth Shaddock
John Shaddock
Trombone
Ed Tarrant
Timps/Percussion
Matthew Dickinson
1st Violins
Ailsa Hunter
Cormac Browne
Sophia Tenant
PROGRAMME
WAGNER Overture from Die Meistersinger von Nürnb
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ROH, BFYO
MOZART Come scoglio (Fiordiligi) from Così fan
tutte
Gillian
Webster, ROH
DVORÁK Song to the Moon from Rusalka
Bee
Bradle
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RAVEL Introduction and Allegro for flute, clarine
t, harp and string quartet
ROH
MOZART In diesen heil’gen Hallen (Sarastro) from
Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute) James Platt, ROH
BIZET Au fond du temple saint (Nadir, Zurga)
from Les Pêcheurs de Perles
Mark Milhofer, Matthew Sprange,
(The Pearl Fishers)
ROH
BIZET Danse Bohème from Carmen
ROH, BFYO Percussionists
VERDI Anvil Chorus
Bradfi
eld Chorus, ROH, BFYO
PUCCINI Nessun dorma (The Prince) from Turan
dot
Mark Milhofer, ROH, BFYO
INTERVAL
WAGNER Siegfried Idyll
WAGNER O du mein holder Abendstern (Wolfram)
from Tannhäuser
DELIBES Flower Duet (Lakmé, Malika) from Lakmé
VERDI Ella giammai m’amò (Philip II) from Don
Carlo
VERDI La donna è mobile & Quartet (Gilda, Madda
lena, The Duke, Rigoletto)
from Rigoletto
WAGNER Final scene (Hans Sachs) from Die Meiste
rsinger von Nürnberg
ROH
Matthew Sprange, ROH
Gillian Webster, Bee Bradley, ROH
James Platt, ROH
Gillian Webster, Bee Bradley, Mark
Milhofer, Matthew Sprange, ROH
James Platt, ROH, BFYO
2nd Violins
Kathy Wilson
David Spencer
Violas
Andriy Viytovych
Christina Gestido
Cello
Mary Mundy
Bass
Tony Hougham
Harp
Lucy Wakeford
Bradfield Festival
Youth Orchestra
Oboes
Imogen Taylor
Emma Beach (Cor Anglais)
Clarinets
James Hart
Christopher Hart
Bassoons;
Helen Fraser
Olympia Cottle
Tiggy Cottle
French Horns
Dominic Powell
Theo Powell
Sam Newell
David Patrick (Tenor Horn)
Trumpets
Kathy Hawkins
Tom Attwood
Trombones
Stephen Parkinson
Toby Small
Jonathan Ball
Percussion
Phil Chevassut
Thomas Bennet
Hamish Newall
1st Violin
Linden Schrecker (Leader)
Imogen Lawlor
Chiara Leonardi
Annabella Dawkins
Amy Deats
Natasha Humphries
2nd Violin
Rhiannon Bailey
Charlotte Pegg
Jessica Danbury
Benedict Bradley
Maya Fear
Viola
Georgie Davis
Joanna Seaby
Cello
Harriet Mcburnie
Bryony Rawtron
Lucy Beach
Janina von Enckevor
Heidi Needham
Luke Meyer
Jemima Small (also harp)
Becky Head
Double Bass
Christopher Travis
Matthew Graham
Harp
Jemima Small
Bradfield Festival
Chorus
Flutes
Alex Head
Christopher Bailey (Piccolo)
Carys Tyson Taylor
Matt Elphick
SUND
Academy of Music and on the Opera Course of
the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.
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PROGRAMME
Try something new with our BBC Get Creative champion organisation Workshop Programme.
Practical creative workshops are at the heart of our festival and we are proud to be a champion
organisation supporting the BBC’s Get Creative campaign. Find out more below about what pupils
from Bradfield College and our Outreach Partner Schools will be getting up to in our extensive
workshop programme.
Dozens of workshops will run throughout the daytime during the festival and will include a huge
range of amazing activities to encourage young people to Get Creative.
Tuesday Route C
Music, Movement, Memory
and Monsters #1
Memory Magic
Move it, Move it
Physical Theatre
SUNDAY
Royal Opera House
Orchestral Day and Concert
for advanced musicians
Perform with the Orchestra of the
Royal Opera House – advanced
orchestral musicians aged 11-18 are
invited to register to take part in
this unique opportunity.
TUESDAY
Tuesday Route AA
Actors of Dionysus joint
workshop with Theale Green
pupils
Actors of Dionysus
Flashmob
Falconry
Tuesday Route A
Music, Movement and
Memory #1
Jazz Jam
Steel Band
A Cappella
Flamenco
Memory Magic
Tuesday Route B
Music, Movement and
Memory #2
A Cappella
Jazz Jam
Flamenco
Memory Magic
Physical Theatre
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WORK
Peter J Murray
Steel Band
Tuesday Route D
Music, Movement, Memory
and Monsters #2
Physical Theatre
Flamenco
Peter J Murray
Steel Band
A Cappella
Tuesday Route E:
NYJO and Pete Long Jazz
Day for advanced musicians
(grade V+)
Pete Long Advanced Jazz Session
A Cappella
Advanced Jazz Jammers
NYJO
Tuesday Route F
Maths, Memory and Murder
Up and Away with Stained Glass
Code Breakers
Memory Magic
Horti-Cultured
CSI Bradfield
Tuesday Route G
Radio Bradfield with www.
schoolradio.com and XFM DJ
Hattie Pearson (K 03-08) - all
day workshop
DJ for a Day
Tuesday Route H
Festmag Journalism with The
Guardian’s Matt Trueman
(G 98-03) - all day workshop
P
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Festmag Journalism Team
Tuesday Route I
Sports Commentary
with former 5 Live Sports
Commentator Mr Jonny
Saunders - all day workshop
Live Radio Sports Commentator
Tuesday Route J
Festmag Photo Journalism all day workshop
Festmag Photo Journalist
Tuesday Route K
Mixed Bag #1
Peter J Murray
Up and Away with Stained Glass
Paper Architect
Origami
Code Breakers
Tuesday Route L
Mixed Bag #2
CSI Bradfield
Origami
Tentastic
Code Breakers
Up and Away with Stained Glass
Tuesday Route M
Mixed Bag #3
Raptortastic
Memory Magic
Horti-Cultured
CSI Bradfield
Tentastic
Tuesday Route N
Mixed Bag #4
Horti-Cultured
CSI Bradfield
Raptortastic
Paper Architect
Peter J Murray
Tuesday Route O
Music and Movement
Move it, Move it
Physical Theatre
Jazz Jam
A Cappella
Flamenco
Wednesday Route D
Shakespeare and Stuff #4
The Bard’s Not Hard
Mock Parliament
Street Theatre
Puppetry
Create a Character
Wednesday Route E
Music and Maths #1
Blown Away
African Drumming
CSI Bradfield
Reptiles
Bletchley
Wednesday Route F
Music and Maths #2
Stone Sculpture
Tuesday Route S
Listen, Make, Act #2
Lucky Dip
Paper Architect
Asalaam Alaykum
Actors of Dionysus
The Chill Out Hour
WEDNESDAY
Wednesday Route A
Shakespeare and Stuff #1
Puppetry
The Bard’s Not Hard
Mock Parliament
Street Theatre
Architectastic
Wednesday Route B
Shakespeare and Stuff #2
Architectastic
Puppetry
The Bard’s Not Hard
Mock Parliament
Street Theatre
Wednesday Route C
Shakespeare and Stuff #3
Create a Character
Street Theatre
Puppetry
The Bard’s Not Hard
Mock Parliament
Blown Away
African Drumming
CSI Bradfield
Reptiles
Wednesday Route G
Music and Maths #3
Make a Game
Bletchley
Blown Away
African Drumming
CSI Bradfield
Wednesday Route H
Music and Maths #4
Reptiles
Fun and Games
Bletchley
Blown Away
Stone Sculpture
Wednesday Route I
Stomp - all day workshop and
performance
Stomp WITH Stomp
Wednesday Route J
Radio Bradfield with www.
schoolradio.com and XFM
DJ Hattie Pearson - all day
workshop
DJ for a Day
Wednesday Route K
Festmag Journalism - all day
workshop
Festmag Journalism Team
Wednesday Route L
Sports Commentary
with former 5 Live Sports
Commentator Mr Jonny
Saunders - all day workshop
Live Radio Sports Commentator
Wednesday Route M
Festmag Photo Journalism all day workshop
Festmag Photo Journalist
Wednesday Route N
Make a Scene
Street Theatre
Make a Game
Create a Character
Stone Sculpture
The Bard’s Not Hard
Wednesday Route O
Create, Solve, Debate
Mock Parliament
CSI Bradfield
Architectastic
Fun and Games
Make a Game
Wednesday Route P
Create an Impression
African Drumming
Create a Character
Stone Sculpture
Architectastic
Puppetry
Wednesday Route Q
Make, Music and Maths
Fun and Games
Stone Sculpture
Make a Game
Bletchley
African Drumming
Wednesday Route R
Puzzle it Out #1
Bletchley
Architectastic
Reptiles
Make a Game
Fun and Games
Wednesday Route S
Puzzle it Out #2
Bletchley
Architectastic
Capoeira
Make a Game
Fun and Games
Wednesday Route T
Sing, Move, Make
Horti-Cultured
Capoeira
Apollo5
Yogatastic
Textiles
Wednesday Route U
Whole World in Your Hands
#1
Capoeira
Apollo5
Yogatastic
Textiles
African Adventures
Wednesday Route V
Whole World in Your Hands
#2
Apollo5
Textiles
Horti-Cultured
African Adventures
Asalaam Alaykum
Wednesday Route W
Whole World in Your Hands
#3
Yogatastic
African Adventures
Textiles
Asalaam Alaykum
Apollo5
THURSDAY
Thursday Route A
Fun and Frolics #1
Shakespeare and Stuff
Samba Drumming
The Hosepipe Band
Stand-Up (all afternoon)
Thursday Route B
Music and
Movement #1
Samba Drumming
WORK
Tuesday Route P
Mixed Bag #5
Tentastic
Horti-Cultured
Up and Away with Stained Glass
Flash Mob Helper
Origami
Tuesday Route Q
Movement, Music, Monsters
and Making
Origami
Peter J Murray
Up and Away with Stained Glass
Physical Theatre
Move it, Move it
Tuesday Route R
Listen, Make, Act #1
Paper Architect
Asalaam Alaykum
Origami
The Chill Out Hour
Actors of Dionysus
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The Hosepipe Band
Body Percussion
Move it, Move it
Motionhouse Dance
Thursday Route C
Music and Movement #2
The Hosepipe Band
Body Percussion
Motionhouse Dance
Samba Drumming
Shakespeare and Stuff
Thursday Route D
Fun, Frolics and Forensics
Body Percussion
Move it, Move it
Sign-a-song-for-G4
Comedy Improv
Samba Drumming
Thursday Route E
Music and Movement #3
Move it, Move it
Comedy Improv
Shakespeare and Stuff
Motionhouse Dance
The Hosepipe Band
Thursday Route F
Making and Moving
Comedy Improv
Poetry and Performance
Creative Writing
Body Percussion
Move it, Move it
Thursday Route G
Making and Mirth
Poetry and Performance
Creative Writing
History Live
Mural
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Comedy Improv
Thursday Route H
Making More
History Live
Horti-Cultured
Mural
Poetry and Performance
Creative Writing
Thursday Route I
Festmag Journalism - all day
workshop
Festmag Journalism Team
Thursday Route J
Festmag Photo Journalism all day workshop
Festmag Photo Journalist
Thursday Route K
Radio Bradfield with www.
schoolradio.com - all day
workshop
DJ for a Day
Thursday Route L
Make a Play en Français - all
day workshop
Make a Play in French
Thursday Route M
Sing with G4 and More #1
Textiles
Mural
Stone Sculpture
G4
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Thursday Route N
Sing with G4 and More #2
Sign-a-song-for-G4
Blind Tent
Samba Drumming
G4
Thursday Route O
Make and Measure #1
Stone Sculpture
Turbinetastic
Make a Game
Sign-a-song-for-G4
Blind Tent
Thursday Route P
Make and Play #1
Mural
History Live
Fun and Games
Stone Sculpture
Make a Game
Thursday Route Q
Make and More
Fun and Games
Stone Sculpture
Textiles
Shakespeare and Stuff
Sign-a-song-for-G4
Thursday Route R
Make and Play #2
Creative Writing
Textiles
Poetry and Performance
The Hosepipe Band
Body Percussion
Thursday Route S
Make and Play #3
Make a Game
Shakespeare and Stuff
Horti-Cultured
Creative Writing
Poetry and Performance
Thursday Route T
Make and Measure #2
Blind Tent
Sign-a-song-for-G4
Turbinetastic
Fun and Games
Mural
Thursday Route U
Make and Measure #3
Turbinetastic
Fun and Games
Blind Tent
Make a Game
Stone Sculpture
Thursday Route V
Make and Play #4
Horti-Cultured
Make a Game
Comedy Improv
Textiles
History Live
Thursday Route W
Explore #1
African Adventures
History Live
Turbinetastic
Thursday Route X
Explore #2
African Adventures
Turbinetastic
Textiles
Thursday Route Y
Film
Film Making
OUR WORKSHOPS
EXPLAINED
Stomp WITH Stomp:
Join the cast of Stomp in a full
day workshop leading to a live
performance, on stage in the Greek
Theatre, with Stomp, in front of
hundreds of people.
DJ for a Day:
Present, DJ, Interview, Produce
on Radio Bradfield. Have a go
at working in School Radio’s
professional studio and broadcast
live on digital radio with XFM DJ
Hattie Pearson.
Jazz Jam:
All-comers are welcome to make
some funky music with professional
musicians in this fun workshop bring an instrument or just come
and sing. No experience necessary!
A Cappella:
Come and have a go at singing
some cool tunes with Kings College
Cambridge’s A Cappella all-stars
Collegium Regale.
Steel Band:
Always fancied having a go at
playing in a steel band? Well now’s
your chance with the fabulous
Phase 5 Steel Band.
Flamenco:
Get in the holiday mood and
come grab some Hispanic fun with
live guitar music. Get those heels
clicking in this energetic workshop.
Memory Magic:
Join hypnotist and magician Martin
Taylor who will teach you who to
amaze your friends and family with
incredible memory tricks.
Physical Theatre:
Join Frantic Assembly founding
member Georgina Lamb in a
high-octane introduction to physical
theatre.
Peter J Murray:
Ever fancied yourself as a writer of
scary stories? Join award-winning
children’s author Peter J Murray in
a dynamic, interactive workshop
guaranteed to inspire you to get
typing those horror stories!
Move it, Move it:
Get up and show us your moves
in this high-energy street dance
workshop.
Advanced Jazz Jammers:
Fun improvised music workshop for
more advanced musicians.
Origami:
Make cool things with just a piece
of paper and wow your friends.
Tentastic:
Think you know how to pitch a
tent? Try it blindfolded!
Raptortastic:
Get up-close and personal with
some amazing birds of prey in this
hands-on workshop/demonstration.
The Bard’s Not Hard:
Join professional actor Ben Ashton
in a fun practical drama workshop
Mock Parliament:
The election over, maybe you can
do better than the MPs? Have a go
or sit on the back bench and heckle
in this interactive workshop.
Street Theatre:
Join professional street theatre
performers Circadian in a fun-filled
comedy drama workshop.
Create a Character:
Thinking of becoming a writer?
Learn how to build a children’s
book character in this informative
workshop.
Blown Away:
Join internationally acclaimed
recorder quintet Fontanella for an
amazing interactive musical journey
around the recorder. Discover just
what this historic instrument can do
and even compose a new piece on
the spot with the group!
African Drumming:
Come and make some noise in
this funky drumming workshop. No
experience necessary, just bring
your hands.
Reptiles:
Get up-close and personal with
some of the world’s most intriguing
species. At Berkshire Reptile
Encounters, we offer exotic animal
encounters including reptiles, bugs,
and amphibians for events and
parties. Backed by more than 15
years experience, our reptiles also
contribute to therapy sessions
for educational, motivational, and
emotional disabilities.
Bletchley:
Be like Cumberbatch and crack
codes in this cryptographic
cranial workout. Another amazing
workshop for those of you who
fancy a crack at code-breaking à la
Bletchley Park.
Stone Sculpture:
Be like Michelangelo and join local
professional artist and sculptor
Andrew Hood and have a go
at working with stone to make
something new.
Make a Game:
Have you ever wanted to create
your own sport? Then here’s your
chance! Your task will be to design
your own game and will be given
15 minutes and a variety of sports
equipment to do so. The group will
then play the activity you designed
with the best, most imaginative
activity wining a prize.
Fun and Games:
Play (and even invent perhaps)
some new board games in ‘The Old
Rectory Challenge’. Who knows,
you might end up on Dragons’ Den!
Puppetry:
Explore this incredible form of
theatre in a hands-on (literally)
practical workshop.
Samba Drumming:
A funky drumming session with
young percussionist, Feargus
Brennan. No experience necessary,
just rhythm!
The Hosepipe Band:
Make music with makeshift
instruments. A bit of hosepipe and
a lot of imagination and you could
be making music in a band before
you know it!
Body Percussion:
Join former member of the cast of
Stomp Nathaniel Conroy in a fun
physical workshop.
Stand-Up:
Join professional comedian
Tiernan Douieb in a full afternoon
workshop aimed at learning how
to deliver a short stand-up routine.
And then, if you fancy it, you will
have a chance to try out your
material in an open mic event at
the end of the session.
Comedy Improv:
Join Mad Monkey Improv group’s
founder Alexander McWilliam in
an hour of comedy mayhem and
mischief.
Poetry and Performance:
Join award-winning poet and
performer, Claire Trevien in this
practical poetry workshop.
Creative Writing:
Join Bradfield’s own published
novelist, Francesca Major and have
a go at starting to write your own
novel.
Motionhouse Dance:
This amazing dance company
needs little introduction. They
are performing later this day at
the festival but are here to get
you moving in the afternoon. An
amazing opportunity to work
with one of the country’s finest
young dance companies. www.
motionhouse.co.uk
Film Making:
Work on a short film project in just
a day!
Mural:
Make your mark in this arty
workshop as you help create a
section of a large-scale piece of
original installation art.
Sing with X-Factor’s G4:
Choir members, plus other keen
singers have a chance to workshop
and then perform live on stage with
G4 and the amazing Rock Choir in
the Greek Theatre.
Turbinetastic:
This workshop might blow you
away. No, really. It’s about making
wind turbines.
Make a Play in French:
Like Drama? Like Modern
Languages? Put them together in
this all-day workshop which aims to
make a play in a day, en Français.
Shakespeare and Stuff:
Join TV and stage actor Claudia
Harrison in a fab energetic drama
workshop.
Textiles:
Wannabe Alexander McQueens
and Vivienne Westwoods get
creative and fashion something
unique
Capoeira:
Capoeira is a rich and diverse
art form originating in Brazil
around 16th Century it was born
as cultural ritual, as a dance and
a game, where self-defence is
disguised in dance like movements,
where music and songs are as
important as the movement itself.
African Adventures:
Try something really different and
immerse yourself in another culture
Apollo5:
Our partnership with this amazing
vocal group goes from strength to
strength. Come and see what all
the fuss is about in this fun vocal
workshop!
Yogatastic:
Feeling weary at the end of a busy
school year? Chill out with a yoga
session!
Paper Architect:
What can you design and build in
an hour? All out of paper!
Asalaam Alaykum:
Career as an interpreter take your
fancy? Have a go at Arabic!
Actors of Dionysus:
The incredible theatre company
Actors of Dionysus are coming
to workshop in our new Greek
Theatre. Join one of the most
vibrant theatre companies
breathing new life into Greek Plays
in this fun workshop.
The Chill Out Hour:
It’s the end of the day, so head to
the chill out zone, put your feet up
and tune in to Radio Bradfield.
History Live:
Hardy Pictures bring the past to life
in a fascinating hour of history, live!
Sign-a-song-for-G4:
In a group, you will learn sign
language for a song which will
be performed live as part of the
headline evening concert
by G4 on the last
night of the festival!
WORK
Pete Long Advanced Jazz
Session:
An advanced workshop with one
of the country’s finest jazz musicians
www.plong.co.uk.
NYJO:
Join Mark Armstrong and the
world-famous National Youth Jazz
Orchestra in a whole afternoon
of jazz leading to an afternoon
performance with the band. Then
book tickets for your family and
friends to see the band do a full set
in their special 50th Birthday gig at
8pm.
Code Breakers:
2000 Years of Encryption.
Experience the fun and challenging
science of Encryption. Come and
see if you can crack some of the
world’s oldest codes? Would you
like to write some cipher code
yourself and impress your friends?
Come and find out!
Up and Away with Stained
Glass:
If you’re feeling creative why
not sign up to this Stained Glass
workshop where you will be given
the opportunity to make a stained
glass hot-air balloon from scratch
using the copper foil technique
made famous by Louis Comfort
Tiffany.You’ll be amazed at what
you can create in one hour! No
artistic skill required, this activity is
for anyone and everyone.
CSI Bradfield:
There’s been a murder! Work with
a professional to solve the crime.
Festmag Journalism Team:
Write, Edit, Design, Print a festival
newspaper in a day with help from
the Guardian’s theatre critic Matt
Trueman
Festmag Photo Journalist:
Capture that covershot image that
tells the story of the day as you
work with the Festmag team to
record the events of the festival for
posterity. Bring a camera!
Sports Commentator:
Do you love sport? Do you want to
have a career in it? The harsh truth
about professional sport is that
hardly anyone gets to do it as an
athlete in their chosen sport.You’ve
a far greater chance of working in
sport by working in an associated
field - marketing, journalism, agent.
If you think you have what it takes
to be a sports broadcaster and
commentator then this workshop is
for you.You’ll be trained up by BBC
commentator Alastair Eykyn in the
morning before being let loose on
some cricket commentary live from
Pit! And if it rains - you’ll still have to
broadcast and “fill” the time!
Architectastic:
Join Bradfield’s very own Mr Keeley
and learn the secrets of Bradfield’s
historic buildings.
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1PM MUSIC SCHOOL
THE ROLE OF
THEATRE IN SOCIETY
Panel Discussion
chaired by:
Matt Trueman
(G 98-03)
Theatre Critic,
The Guardian
With:
Georgina Lamb,
actor and director
Tamsin Shasha,
Artistic Director
Actors of Dionysus
Alex Swift,
actor and director
ARTS AND CULTURE BEING
‘SYSTEMATICALLY REMOVED
FROM UK EDUCATION SYSTEM’.
The Guardian 17 February 2015
Some of the country’s leading theatre experts come together to discuss the
role theatre plays in modern society in the light of the Warwick Commission
Report on the future of cultural value. If the arts are ‘systematically removed’
from our education systems in a drive for higher standards in literacy and
numeracy, what lies in store for the future of British theatre?
6PM OLD GYM
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HYPNOTISM WITHOUT
MARTIN TAYLOR
Martin S Taylor is the first and only stage hypnotist not to use a hypnotic trance. In his show Hypnotism Without Hypnosis,
the volunteers stay wide awake and fully aware. Yet they perform all the ingenious and unforgettable routines for
which Martin is famous.
The show starts with a light-hearted lecture about the modern psychology of hypnosis. Combining science with
jokes and anecdotes from his thirty-years’ experience, Martin debunks the notion of a hypnotic trance. Then
volunteers are welcomed on stage, the demonstration starts, and within minutes people are stuck to their chairs,
forget their names, and find they can no longer speak English – all through the power of suggestion.
Martin’s interest in hypnosis was kindled when he worked as a magician back in the 1980s. He gave his first show
to fellow students at Imperial College, to enormous acclaim. (The headline in the student
newspaper was “Lecture Success! Audience Falls Asleep!”) His fame spread, and soon he was
working regularly at schools and universities around the country, including at Bristol where
a young undergraduate named Derren Brown was so impressed he decided then and there
to become a hypnotist himself.
“THE REACTIONS TO MARTIN’S SHOW ARE
OVERWHELMINGLY ONES OF AMAZEMENT
AND FASCINATION: HE’S EASILY THE BEST ON
THE CIRCUIT”
Derren Brown
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What will happen in tonight’s show? Martin himself doesn’t know – the show entirely depends
on the personalities of the volunteers. One thing is certain, though: at the end of the show, they
will confirm that they weren’t hypnotised, asleep, or in a trance – yet they will have no idea
why they performed such amazing and hysterical antics.
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WRITTEN & PERFORMED
BY ALEX SWIFT
6PM STUDIO THEATRE BIG SCHOOL
Photo Jessica Bearsden
PERMANENT RED PRESENT
“You whose charm is easy and graceful.You for who beauty comes effortlessly.
You in whom hope is placed.You whose skin is without flaw.Welcome...”
Travesty is an intimate, stupid, funny, tender, sad (drag of a) drag show about
patriarchy and privilege. Probably she’ll make a scene. There’ll be some dancing
of sorts. An ugly, punky, beautiful dance around Man’s inhumanity to Woman
– Travesty is the most/least fun you can have with one angry straight hurt
white man, a wig, a guitar and the overwhelming, ever-present, all-defining
oppressive structures of patriarchy. And a boxing glove.
As best we can, let us meet without our weapons
“In a moment I will do a play. Probably it won’t be very nice. But
perhaps it will feel... necessary...”
Alex Swift is a performer, director and theatre-maker. He trained at École Philippe Gaulier in Paris and
his work has won Best Ensemble in the Stage Awards for Acting Excellence, The Bush Theatre Directing
Award, The Vault Pick of the Festival Award and The Buzz Goodbody Student Director Award. He is also
Artistic Director of Permanent Red Theatre Company and an Associate Artist with Daedelus Theatre
Company. Recent work includes How To Win Against History by Seriol Davies, Error 404 by Daniel Bye, Fat
Man by Martin Bonger, Mess by Caroline Horton, Puffball by Caroline Williams, and I Told You
This Would Happen by Kathryn Beaumont. He developed his solo show, Travesty, at
Theatre in The Mill, Bradford and is currently developing Kieran Hurley’s
Violence (working title) at the Royal Court.
Writer/Performer:Alex Swift
Director: Jamie Wood Designer: Paul Burgess
Production Consultant: Annabel Turpin
Commissioned by Theatre in the Mill, Bradford, supported by
Ovalhouse and Arts Council England
A CAPPELLA GROUP
7PM GREEK THEATRE
COLLEGIUM REGALE
Collegium Regale was formed from a group of ex choral
scholars from King’s College, Cambridge.Together, the singers
have performed sell-out gigs in many locations worldwide,
and have toured extensively around the UK and Europe.
Having all graduated from Cambridge, the singers continue to
enjoy touring and recording together.They specialise in close
harmony singing across a broad variety of time periods and
genres, from Byrd to the Beatles and Tallis to Take That.
Alto 1 – Feargal Mostyn-Williams
Alto 2 – Edward Button
Tenor 1 –David Bagnall
Tenor 2 –Ruairi Bowen
Baritone –Rob Stephen
Bass 1 – Ben Goble
Bass 2 – Ben Oakley
“ THE SCHOLARS’ MUSICIANSHIP IS SUPERB”
The Organ
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“VIRTUOSIC BUT BALANCED SINGING”
BBC Music Magazine
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NATIONAL YOUTH
8PM GREEK THEATRE
PROGRAMME
INTERVAL
St Louis Blues (Handy arr. Armstrong)
This started life as a double big band piece for NYJO and the German
equivalent, the BuJazzO, which I wrote for our trip to Germany in
September 2014. St Louis Blues by W.C. Handy is one of the pieces that is
often regarded as signalling the birth of jazz, and as it was written in 1914
it seemed a worthy centennial piece of repertoire to play, celebrating 100
years (or so) of our music.
Sub Hub Hubbub (Yarde)
This is a real “concerto for orchestra” for the whole of NYJO and a 2010
commission by the orchestra. Jason features all the sections and a number
of soloists in a piece that combines Afrocentric and Hip-Hop style grooves
and lines with jazz.
JAZZ ORCHESTRA
Dreams (Whiter)
A beautiful original ballad by saxophonist Chris Whiter, featuring flugelhorn.
It is inspired by a classical composition by Russian Composer Yury
Chugunov, from his Suite of Moods for Alto Saxophone and Piano.
Rush Hour (Ferrante arr. Dewhurst)
This is an exciting fusion piece originally written for the Yellowjackets, a
New York based supergroup that included such luminaries as Bob Mintzer,
Robben Ford and Russell Ferrante. The arrangement is by ex-NYJO
trumpeter Nick Dewhurst.
He’s Just My Bill (Nightingale)
Drawn from the song Bill from the musical Showboat, this is an “in-thepocket” Basie-style swinger with Billy May-inspired touches that features the
trombone section.
My Romance (Rodgers/Hart arr. Au)
A timeless American Songbook classic re-imagined by ex-NYJO trombonist
Callum Au as a Bossa Nova, featuring vocalist and flugelhorn solo.
Lullaby of Broadway (Warren/Dubin arr. Armstrong).
Originally from the film The Gold Diggers of 1935 this song is a salute to the
wild nightlife of Jazz Era New York, but with the wine of the song poured
into the more modern swing bottle of my arrangement.
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Mama Badgers (Seigel)
A dark and dangerous modern funk piece by saxophone
supremo Julian Seigel.
Ballad for Loos (Tracey arr. Melling)
From Stan Tracey’s final album this haunting ballad pays tribute to the first
battle of World War 1, in which Stan’s Tommy father was injured. The
arrangement is by Steve Melling, one of NYJO’s first pianists back in the day.
Never The Twain (Wates)
A rip-roaring alto saxophone battle, sometimes preceded by a piano solo
to heat things up. Ding Ding - round one!
No Pau de Acucar (Dawson)
By current NYJO trombonist Owen Dawson this translates as “On
Sugarloaf Mountain”, referring to the landmark in Rio de Janeiro. This is an
impressionistic Bossa Nova
Finding My Feet (Ashton arr. Hart)
Bill Ashton’s legacy of songs for the band is celebrated here in a fresh
arrangement by Paul Hart
What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life?
(Legrand/Bergman/Bergman arr. Armstrong)
A beautiful song from the film Les Parapluies de Cherbourg with English lyrics
by the husband-and-wife team of Alan and Marilyn Bergman. The film blends
the optimism of young love with the reality of French society and along with
the (very French) desperate romantic sadness has the most extraordinary
score by Michel Legrand.
Going Dutch (Smith)
Round 2: this time for the tenor saxophones to slug it out in Chris Smith’s
punningly-titled piece, based on the chord sequence for jazz standard Just
Friends by John Klenner and Sam Lewis. If fast-paced bebop is your food of
choice by the time you split the bill you are sure to be satisfied!
PERFORMERS
Director
Mark Armstrong
Alto saxophone
Jim Gold
Sam Glaser
Tenor Saxophone
David Healey
Sam Ridout
Baritone Saxophone
Jessamy Holder
Trumpet
James Davidson
Harry Evans
Tom Dennis
Alistair Martin
Tom Gardner
Trombone
Ed Parr
Owen Dawson
Chris Valentine
Maddie Dowdeswell
James Maund
Flute
Rosie Stano
MARK
ARMSTRONG
Mark Armstrong was born in
Newcastle-Upon-Tyne but brought up
in Amersham where he attended Dr Challoner’s Grammar School. He took a
degree in Music at Oxford University and attended the postgraduate course in jazz and
studio music at the Guildhall School of Music, gaining an LGSM in Jazz.
Mark’s playing career has included a wide variety of styles and genres. He was a
member of Clark Tracey’s Quintet for seven years, recording two albums, The
Calling (2003) and The Mighty Sas (2006) and played regularly with Clark’s
father Stan Tracey, recording with Stan on his final quintet album The
Flying Pig (2013) and with Stan’s big band live from the 2006 Appleby
jazz festival as well as performing with the big band at the 2009 BBC
Proms. Mark’s work as a sideman has also seen him playing Latin Jazz
with Robin Jones’s Sextet, Mainstream and traditional jazz with the
Pasadena Roof Orchestra and bebop with Peter Long’s Gillespiana in
which the Times’s Alyn Shipton described his playing as “pirouetting
through Gillespie’s breaks quicker than a hummingbird’s wings” and
John Fordham of the Guardian described him as “the solo star of
the outfit”. Mark was nominated in the best trumpet category of the
2007 Ronnie Scott Jazz Awards. Mark still performs regularly as a jazz
trumpet player: as a member of the Ronnie Scott Jazz Orchestra and in
his own quartet, which released the Album Coastbound in 2010. Recent
projects include a tribute to Stan Tracey at the 2014 Brecon Jazz Festival.
French Horn
Anna Drysdale
Guitar
Nick Fitch
Piano
Rupert Cox
Double Bass
Joe Downard
Drums
David Dyson
Percussion
Max Mills
Vocalist
Isobel Gathercole
compositions can be heard on recent NYJO albums. A recent commission, the Solstice Suite for big
band was performed at the 2009 North Sea Jazz Festival. He writes a wide range of arrangements
and compositions from choral music to symphony orchestra.
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THE ROLE OF
1PM MUSIC SCHOOL
ART IN SOCIETY
SAM JONES, THE TATE
Tate Galleries’ Head of Director’s Office, Samuel Jones’ primary interests are culture, the arts and international
and intercultural communication and he has written widely on the subject of cultural literacy and the
importance of creativity and visual development in young people’s education. Today, Sam talks to
us about the significant role art has to play in education and society as a whole.
This is a timely opportunity to consider the value of the arts - when educational
policy threatens to remove the arts entirely from the curriculum and the lives of a
generation of children in schools up and down the country.
Sam is Head of the Director’s Office at Tate and supports the Director and Deputy
Director on corporate governance, strategy and policy across the organisation. He is
also responsible for Tate’s relationship with Trustees and public sector bodies.
Prior to this, he was a policy fellow at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport,
and spent five years at the thinktank Demos where he published work on culture
and international relations, conservation and heritage, cultural management and
conversation in the public realm.
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He has a first class honours degree in History from the University of
Cambridge and a Master’s degree in the History of Art from the
Courtauld Institute where he worked on 18th Century caricature.
FEATURING STUDENT STOMPERS
5.45PM GREEK THEATRE
STOMP WORKSHOPS
Bradfield Festival is proud to welcome original Stomp cast member
Fraser Morrison along with Stompers past and present, performing
alongside our own student stompers from Bradfield College, Theale Green
School and Reading College in a unique production specially created for
Bradfield Festival.
Stomp workshops, including members of the London cast
of Stomp perform with student stompers in a virtuoso
demonstration of dance-theatre-percussion showmanship. Stomp
workshops have been working with the students, choreographing
the show with the pupils, all day and they perform alongside their
protégés in a series of routines from the Stomp repertoire
which are guaranteed to wow!
Photo Steve McNicholas
Stomp are: Fraser Morrison, Paul Bend, Paul Gunter,
Nathaniel Conroy, Andy Patrick, James Lane, Gemma Edwards, Nigel Clarke, Serena Morgan, Adam Buckley
STUDENT STOMPERS
Jessica Crawford
Phoebe Davies
Lily Dekic
Jamie Dellimore-Slater
Hannah Delo
Eva Dudman
Natasha Dunn
Charlie Edwards
Alex Edwards
Gaby Engel
Martha Farrall
Hope Finegold
Karsten Finlay
Atri Ghosh
Aliénor Golding
Amy Gray
Alfie Green
Ashley Hall
Kaine Higley Higley
Hannah Hobcraft
Ebony Hoyle
Laura Hutchinson
Olivia Jardine-Brown
Ellie Jenkins
Andy Kedar
Sinead Kennedy Arch
Lucy Kidson
Phoebe Kime
Megan Koroma
Kia Lawrence
Elizabeth Lenon
Renade Lewis Perkins
Matthew Long
Florrie Lucas
Gina Luckett
Katarzyna Lutoborska
Paris Matthews
Lara Mayers
Katie Mazur
Hope McLeary
Tabitha mudie
Amy Naylor
Ben Newall
Hamish Newall
Kaelan O’Toole
Regan O’Toole
Hubie osborne
Lissie Ostrer
Alex Panek
Kitty Parker
Olivia Pierro
Zuzanna Piksa
Kristina Piskorova
Tom Punter
Charlie Reed
Rachel Reeves
Rebecca Reid
Shaniqua
Romeo Davidson
Bradley Ruffey
Ben Russell
Joe Saunders
Emilia Sheffield
Leia Shorney
Amelia Southern
Amy Sperrin
Ed Stone
Will Strike
Rebecca Ann Strong
Sophie Stürmer
Kailin Todd
Luke Tremlett
Poppy Wall
Harry Wallis
Cordelia Warburton
Charlie Ward
Georgia Ward
Mia Warren-Smith
Tom Watson
Jack Whishaw
Sophie Wilson
Olivia Witts
Harry Wood
Antonia Zeuzem
From Reading College,
Theale Green School
and Bradfield College
IF YOU LIKED THIS, WHY
NOT TRY...
Celebrating its 13th sensational year
in London, STOMP is now FRESHER,
FASTER and FUNNIER than ever before.
This multi award-winning phenomenon
continues to astound audiences across
the world with its universal language of
rhythm, theatre, comedy and dance. Eight
performers use everything from Zippo
lighters, plastic bags, bin lids and even the
kitchen sink to hammer out an explosively
feel good rhythm. With new routines, new
choreography and new music, expect to
be amazed!
“IF YOU HAVEN’T SEEN STOMP,
GO! IF YOU HAVE SEEN IT, TAKE
SOMEONE WHO HASN’T AND
SHARE THE PLEASURE.”
Boston Herald
Find out more and book
your tickets at
www.stomplondon.com
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Angel Akiode
Beth Angers
Olivia Ayres Norman
Araminta Azis
Alex Backhouse
Chris Bailey
Dan Baker
Serafina Barbieri
Wolfe Bentinck
Ravi Bhusate
Harry Bird
Finn Brabham
James Braden
Amy Braidwood
Rebecca Brandi
Olivia Brown
Kitty Butler
Parker Capp
Ed Capps
Simran Chakal
Aimee Chandler
Grace Chattey
Victoria Chunilal
Georgia Clark
Tayla Clark-Ebdon
Alfie Clarke
Iona Clayton
Georgie Cockburn
George Coker
Marcus Cox
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7PM MUSIC SCHOOL
FONTANELLA
Since its formation in 2001, the ensemble Fontanella has performed for
festivals, music clubs and radio and television networks across Britain and
Europe including appearances in Italy, Iceland and Finland. In 2012 the
ensemble appeared in an episode of the BBC’s flagship music show for
children, ZingZillas, which has since been repeated many times both in the
UK and across the world. In 2013 the ensemble also had the privilege for
performing live for Dame Judi Dench in concert at the Ardingly ArtsFest and
will later this year be releasing a new album of renaissance recorder music,
The Woods So Wild on the BCR label.
Tonight’s programme explores the rich heritage of music for recorder
ensemble from the fifteenth to the twenty-first centuries, using an array of
instruments best suited to the music of different eras, from their beautiful
15-piece renaissance consort to their set of Paetzold ‘square’ basses.
Fontanella are: Rebecca Austen-Brown, Katriina Boosey, Louise Bradbury,
Annabel Knight, Sarah Humphrys – Recorders
THE WOODS SO WILD
C Monteverdi (1567 – 1643) Quel augellin che canta (Il quarto libro de
madrigali a cinque voci, 1603)
P Verdelot (1475- 1552) Italia Mia (Madrigali a cinque, Primo Libro, c1535)
William Byrd (1542 – 1623) arr R Austen-Brown The Woods So Wild
S Scheidt (1587 – 1654) Canzon Bergamasca (Ludi Musici 1, 1621)
STREET THEATRE
JS Bach (1685 – 1750) after A Vivaldi Concerto in A Minor BWV 593
Allegretto - Adagio - Allegro
C Festa (1490-1545) Contrapunti 115
Francisco de la Torre (late 15thc) Alta
M Gulielmus (c1420) La Spagna
C Festa Contrapunti 104
Tim Coker b1970* Wildwood (2013)
Joseph Kosma (1905-1969)/Johnny Mercer (1909 – 1976)
arr A Knight Autumn Leaves
*Tim Coker is Associate Composer with Fontanella and has composed a number of pieces for the ensemble including the
piece you will hear tonight - Wildwood for amplified Paetzold ‘square’ bass recorders and descant.
7.15PM HILLSIDE RUX
CIRCADIAN
THE TRADERS WALK-A-BOUT.
Sid & Lenny! The two opportunist Traders always on the look out for a sale and
a steal…and they don’t care what they have to do to get one! Selling anything
and everything they see and always bumping up the price tag, haggle and barter
with the duo, just don’t expect a bargain!
“Wonderfully funny and playful.Will definitely be having them
again at our future events!”
− Lemonade & Laughing Gas, Event Producers - Lambeth Country Show
Joe Fleming- Artistic director of Circadian, Born into a theatrical family and with
a degree in Contemporary Theatre & Performance from MMU, Joe Fleming has
worked all over the world including the World Expo 2010 Shanghai and run
theatre, music and circus workshops in Chennai India, Indonesia and Europe.
Sean Matthews, During his BA(Hons) Performing Arts degree at The University
of Winchester, Sean specialised in physical and movement theatre and then
went on to complete the two year Professional Acting Course at The Jacques
LeCoq School in Paris. Although a London based actor, Sean is a member of
International Theatre Company 38CIT, who are based in Paris.
Created by Joe Fleming and Nick Cassenbaum.
Performed by Joe Fleming and Sean Matthews.
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Directed by Reed Martin and Austin Tichenor.
ALL 37 PLAYS IN 97 MINUTES!
An irreverent, fast-paced romp through the Bard’s plays,
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged)
was London’s longest-running comedy having clocked
a very palpable nine years in London’s West End at the
Criterion Theatre.
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their wicked way through all of Shakespeare’s
Comedies, Histories and Tragedies in one
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REVISIONING SHAKESPEARE
THE REDUCED SHAKESPEARE COMPANY ®
Shakespeare PhD student and English teacher Alix Scott-Martin
invites us to look at Shakespeare with fresh eyes through the
ground-breaking work of one of the world’s most influential
Shakespearean Theatre Companies.
The Reduced Shakespeare Company is a three-man comedy troupe that
takes long, serious subjects and reduces them to short, sharp comedies.
Of course, we have heard this all before. In fact, we are told repeatedly how very
good Shakespeare’s plays are, and there’s the rub. There is a very real danger that our
experiences of these great works in the classroom can make us feel stupid rather than
intellectually stimulated. Written in an intimidating language we no longer speak, plays such
as Timon of Athens, Troilus and Cressida and The Tempest can seem impenetrable on the
page.
The Reduced Shakespeare Company has an important role here and not just as London’s
longest running comedy. By revisioning The Histories as a game of American football, Othello
as a rap and Titus Andronicus as a cookery programme, by knocking Shakespeare off his
high culture pedestal and making us laugh, this trio of actors succeed in bringing the bard
to the appealing realm of popular culture. We can learn a great deal from their irreverent
take on these 37 plays – characteristics shared by the Comedies, the key elements of
plot, gory details from the Tragedies. Yet most importantly, the pace and energy of their
performance reminds us that these plays were not written for readers, but for the stage.
If you have enjoyed The Reduced Shakespeare Company at this year’s Bradfield Festival, we
hope you are now inspired to book yourself tickets for a full-length production. Try
Raz Shaw’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Bodleian Library Quad, Iqbal Khan’s Othello
in Stratford-Upon-Avon or Kenneth Branagh’s Romeo and Juliet
at The Garrick Theatre...
The company’s first three shows, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
(abridged), The Complete History of America (abridged) and The Bible: The
Complete Word of God (abridged) enjoyed a nine-year run at the Criterion
Theatre in Piccadilly Circus during the nineties and noughties. Not only were
they London’s longest-running comedies, but at one point the Reduced
Shakespeare Company had more shows running in the West End than
Andrew Lloyd Webber. Some of them were funnier too...
The company have just completed a critically acclaimed season at the
Edinburgh Fringe 2014 with The Complete History of Comedy (abridged) and
were last seen on a four month tour of the UK and Ireland with The Bible:
The Complete Word of God (abridged) at the start of 2014. Before that a
whirlwind, eight month tour of The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
(abridged) played to packed houses throughout the UK and London’s West
End throughout 2013. Prior to this the “other RSC” were last seen in the UK
with their highly successful Complete World of Sports (abridged), which toured
the country before completing a season in London’s West End during the
2012 Olympics.
“PITHIER THAN PYTHON. IRRESISTIBLE.”
New York Times
“ROLLICKING, FAST-MOVING AND HILARIOUS!”
The Guardian
“STUPENDOUS, ANCHORLESS JOY!”
The Times
“WILDLY FUNNY. MASTERFUL!”
Los Angeles Times
“IF YOU LIKE SHAKESPEARE, YOU’LL LOVE THIS SHOW. IF
YOU HATE SHAKESPEARE YOU’LL LOVE THIS SHOW!”
The Today Show
“SHAMELESSLY HERETICAL!”
Time Out – London
“TOTES AMAZEBALLS”
William Shakespeare
“GLORIOUSLY, RELAXING FUNNY.”
Financial Times
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Next year, it will be 400 years since our national playwright died and yet his plays still
resonate across the centuries. The vast emotional, social and spatial range of Shakespeare’s
works provide a rewarding challenge for students and audiences alike and the insight these
plays offer into the human condition is astonishing.
Since 1981, ‘The Bad Boys of Abridgement’ have created nine stage shows,
two television specials, several TV pilots and numerous radio pieces – all of
which have been performed, seen, heard and translated into Klingon the
world over.
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1PM MUSIC SCHOOL
POETRY BY
CLAIRE TRÉVIEN
Claire Trévien (J 02-04) is a poet, editor and performer. Her first collection, The Shipwrecked
House was longlisted as the reader’s choice in the Guardian First Book Awards. As a result it
was transformed into a one-woman show thanks to a Grants for the Arts and toured the UK
in 2014-2015. Her poems have been published in The Guardian, The Sunday Times, POETRY,
etc. She founded Sabotage Reviews and its annual Saboteur Awards, celebrating independent
literature in all its forms. http://clairetrevien.co.uk
“We are absolutely in the palm of her hand.Trévien is a performer, an actress, a
conductor [...] an absolute gift of a performance” Jenny Danes, Alliterati, 1/11/2014.
“Rich in imagery, musicality and wit – surreal maritime visions that sing of
myth and magic” Tara Wheeler, Annexe Magazine, 5/11/2013
“a triumph for poetry” The Guardian
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TIERNAN DOUIEB, HOWARD READ & BEC HI
5.30PM OLD GYM
COMEDY CLUB 4 KIDS
Since 2005, the Comedy Club 4 Kids has been getting the best stand-ups and sketch acts
from the international circuit to do their thing for an audience of children (aged 6+) and
their families… but without the rude bits! A decade later, the company has expanded
from one London residency to being countrywide, running shows and workshops all
over the UK from Peebles to Portsmouth, even producing a book on how to write and
perform stand-up.The show is family friendly, but without any patronising idiocy. In fact, it’s
just like a normal comedy club, but it’s on in the day, kids are allowed in, and thus there is
a higher than usual chance of heckles like “why is that your face!?”
The show will be hosted by Tiernan Douieb, described by The Scotsman as “a perennial
contender for the title of most affable person in comedy”’:
“A HIGHLIGHT FOR CHILDREN IN RECENT YEARS,
GIVING THEM A TASTE OF SOME OF THE BIGGEST
NAMES IN COMEDY... WITH THE FUN, ROWDY FEEL OF
A REAL COMEDY CLUB”
The Guardian
Photographs
Isabelle Adam
Tiernan is a regular Comedy Club 4 Kids compere, and combines his work for family
audiences with a secret other life as a touring political stand-up.You might have seen
him recently on Ch4’s Fresh Meat, working as a support act for Frankie Boyle, or having
his back shaved by Gillian Anderson for Comic Relief.
WITH SPECIAL GUEST ACTS BEC HILL AND HOWARD READ:
Howard Read provides, says Chortle, “an entertaining mix of innovation and silly gags”.
Having written and starred in two series of CBBC’s Little Howard’s Big Question. Howard
and his animated six year-old associate/sidekick are currently touring the country with Little
Howard’s Big Show For Kids. Howard is also putting the finishing touches on his new show
for younger children, Annabelle’s Skirting Board Adventure, about a tiny elephant.
SOCIAL MEDIA
Twitter Name/Handle: @ComedyClub4Kids
Facebook Address: https://www.facebook.com/ComedyClub4Kids
Youtube links: https://www.youtube.com/user/comedyclub4kidsUK
“THE ETHOS IS JUST RIGHT”
The Daily Telegraph
“THE PERFECT WAY TO ENTERTAIN THE WHOLE
FAMILY”
Three Weeks
“ALL IN ALL THIS SHOW WAS GREAT.”
The Scotsman
“COMEDY CLUB 4 KIDS HAS STAND-UP SETS FROM
GROWN-UP, HIGH-QUALITY ACTS WHO
PERFORM THEIR USUAL SETS, JUST
25
DAY
WITHOUT THE SWEARING OR RUDE BITS.”
The Independent
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“The pint-sized Australian dynamo” (The List)
Bec Hill is a whizz with puns, flipchart animations, and warm-hearted storytelling.
She has appeared on CBBC’s The Dog Ate My Homework, and is one half of the
award-winning family comedy double-act, Bec & Tom.There is, as The Times has noted,
“something special about Bec Hill”.
6PM STUDIO THEATRE BIG
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DANCE DOUBLE
BY
MOTIONHOUSE
LOST
Lost explores the limits of what it is to be both physically and emotionally lost. The
visceral and thought-provoking choreography of this male-female duet combines
Motionhouse’s characteristic contact work, complex lifts and athletic precision
with emotionally charged fluidity. Sensual connection between the two dancers is
fused with raw emotion as one desperately fights to pull the other back from the
precipice. The breath-taking lifts and instinctive quality of the dance make Lost an
intimate, dramatic and passionate work.
Dancers: Ariadna Gironès Mata and Daniel Connor
Founded in 1988, Motionhouse tours to theatres and festivals at home and across
the globe. The company’s trademark style integrates elements of circus and
acrobatics with contact choreography and breath-taking dance, producing shows of
outstanding quality that are exciting, accessible and enjoyable for all.
Motionhouse’s Artistic Director Kevin Finnan MBE was Choreographer and
Movement Director for the Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Paralympic
Games. His questioning of the traditional use of space has led to the creation of
extraordinary dance spectacles including the acclaimed Machine Dance for JCB
diggers and dancers, site-based performances at heritage sites, on beaches and in
disused buildings, and outdoor shows that tour the UK and Europe.
Motionhouse also runs a wide-ranging education and participatory programme.
Perfect (2005/6) is a set piece on the GCSE Dance curriculum in England and Wales
and Driven (2007/08) is on the A Level Performance Studies syllabus. Motionhouse
offers workshops to support students and teachers in their study of both shows.
MEMORIES OF SUBURBIA
WILL DICKIE
“In the last years of her life Nan and I spoke about our home, Hampton - a town in
deepest suburbia. She said people move here to start a family or meet their maker.
I imagine this setting as a threshold. At night I danced in the shadows cast by
Hampton’s well organised street lights, searching for something beneath the suburb’s
comfort and shelter.
As I drifted outside Nan was indoors, drifting through the thoughts and feelings of her
inner space. This work weaves those two movements together, invoking Hampton’s
quiet mood and channeling the emotions found there.”
Will Dickie is an artist who uses his experience of theatre, dance and live art to
create his own performances. He uses martial arts and meditative practices as his
creative tools, devising experiences from the sensations of the body, the space and
the present moment. For the last 3 years his solo work has been travelling around the
UK, including the Latitude, In Between Time and Buzzcut Festivals.
Created and performed by Will Dickie, lighting design by Martin Langthorne
www.willdickie.co.uk
“A BEAUTIFULLY TENDER, WISTFUL SOLO”
Glasgow Herald ****
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DAY
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“FIERCELY IMAGINATIVE AND STUNNINGLY
ORIGINAL”
The Daily Telegraph
SCHOOL
7.30PM GREEK THEATRE
ROCK CHOIR
Rock Choir is the UK’s largest and most popular
contemporary choir, with more than 17,000
members in over 300 local communities
nationwide. It offers adults and teenagers the
chance to sing and perform popular contemporary
songs, with no auditions and no requirements to
read music or have any previous singing experience.
Rock Choir’s popularity is phenomenal and its
achievements are extraordinary. It’s released two
top twenty albums and performed en-masse at the
02 Arena, London and The Liverpool Echo Arena,
Wembley Arena, Hammersmith Apollo and the
Royal Albert Hall. In 2011 Rock Choir was the subject of popular 3-part ITV1 documentary ‘The
Choir That Rocks’, and has made numerous other TV appearances, including BBC Breakfast,The
One Show,The Paul O’Grady Show and The Alan Titchmarsh Show. Rock Choir are currently
celebrating their 10th Anniversary year and will be holding a special event at the Genting Arena
at the NEC, Birmingham in June 2015.
Rock Choir was started in Farnham, Surrey in 2005 by musician and singer, Caroline Redman
Lusher, pioneering the contemporary choir movement in the UK. Rock Choir’s uplifting ethos
of fun, friendship and community spirit is a huge part of its attraction. At an individual level, it
helps improve people’s self-confidence, enables them to develop new singing skills, and enjoy a
dynamic new social life. Singing together and achieving such a great sound gives members a huge
sense of fulfilment. Added to this is the glamour and excitement of performing in public, which
for many is a truly liberating experience.
GIVING
SOMETHING
BACK
Since its very beginning, Rock Choir has helped raise over £1.5
million for local and National charities. In March 2012, thousands
of Rock Choir members across the UK raised thousands of pounds
by carrying out a series of Flash-Mobs and performances in aid of
Sport Relief. In June, almost 8,000 members and their families and
friends gave a synchronised UK-wide performance of the Bryan Adams
hit ‘When You’re Gone’ winning its 3rd Guinness World Record ‘The
Largest Song and Dance Routine held at Multiple Locations’. The
event raised thousands of pounds for Refuge. In 2013, Rock Choir
held a similar National event this time for Comic Relief where each
choir ‘dared’ a local celebrity to sing solo with the choir. Hundreds
of celebrities and local VIPs accepted the challenge and over £30,000
was raised.
In 2012, Rock Choir Founder and Director, Caroline Redman Lusher
was honoured for her ‘exceptional contribution to British Music’ by
BASCA and the PRS who awarded her the coveted music industry
Gold Badge Award. She shred this honour with other individuals who
also received the Gold Badge that day such as Sir George Martin,
Paul Carrack and Nick Mason. The PRS Chairman, Guy Fletcher
said, “Caroline has created a cultural musical movement in this
country with Rock Choir. Her story is inspirational!” Caroline was
also appointed Ambassador for charity, Missing People by Sir Trevor
Macdonald.
New members are always very welcome and anyone
interested in joining can try a FREE 90-minute
taster session. Visit www.rockchoir.com or
telephone 01252 714 276 for more information.
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POPULAR CONTEMPORARY
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THE REUNION
UNDER THE STARS
G4:
Jonathan Ansell, Ben Thapa,
Mike Christie, Nick Ashby
Special Guests:
Charlotte Jaconelli, Rock Choir,
Children’s Choir (made up of local
school children)
G4 are excited to be headlining Bradfield Festival, following the huge
success of their Reunion Tour, inspired by the overwhelming response
to their One Night Only reunion concert at London’s Barbican Centre on
November 17th 2014.
G4 set an exciting trend by bringing classical music to British reality TV
screens for the first time in 2004 with their performance of Nessun Dorma.
However, it was their cover of Bohemian Rhapsody that became their
signature tune, storming the charts in 2005. Their eponymous debut album
went straight to No.1, selling more than 245,000 in the first week, making
it the fastest-selling album of the year.
G4 subsequently released three albums, selling over 2 million copies
in the UK. They also released a Live at The Royal Albert Hall DVD, an
autobiographical book G4: Our Way and completed five sell-out tours
across the UK and Ireland, including a Cathedral Tour where they sang
acoustically. Other G4 highlights included collaborating with Lesley Garrett,
Robin Gibb, Stephen Gately and Sir Cliff Richard, performing in the The
Royal Albert Hall more than a dozen times, and having the roller-coaster
ride G-Force named after them, which they opened at Drayton Manor
Theme Park. In 2007, after three albums, over 2 million album sales and
five sell-out tours with performances in many of the UK’s iconic venues,
the band decided to disband to follow individual interests.
G4 CLEARLY STILL HAVE THE
MAGIC THAT MADE THEM BIG
STARS FOLLOWING THEIR
X FACTOR JOURNEY
Entertainment Focus
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DAY 5
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G4’s performance at Bradfield Festival will be their first outdoor
performance reunited together as a group since 2007. During the day, G4
will be running a workshop with local school children, culminating in them
duetting together during the show.
Frontman Jonathan Ansell says, “You can expect the classic G4 treatment:
lots of classic songs given the traditional G4 twist, and there’ll definitely be
a surprise or two along the way!”.
Experience G4’s trademark sound: expect to hear the tunes that helped
make them famous, such as My Way, Nessun Dorma and Bohemian Rhapsody,
alongside some fresh takes on music of more recent years. It’s sure to be
an evening to live long in the memory: not to be missed!
Future plans for G4 include; 14 UK concert dates in September as part
of their Reunion Tour; a Christmas album which will be released in
November; and an exclusive acoustic 8-date Christmas Tour in November
and December in churches and cathedrals across the UK. Visit G4’s website
for more information and to join their mailing list: www.g4official.com
Charlotte shot to fame on
Britain’s Got Talent, as half
of crossover duo Jonathan
& Charlotte where they
finished as runner-up and
signed a 1 million multialbum deal with SYCO/
Sony. They went on to
sell over a quarter of a million albums, in the UK alone,
receiving 2 GOLD Discs for this success. Then came the
ITV documentary, selling out venues out all over the UK,
over 100 million hits on YouTube, and much more!
Last year saw Charlotte sign her 1st solo record
contract with Sony Classical. Following the successful
release of her debut solo album Solitaire, Charlotte
went on to perform and record with The Band of
Her Majesty’s Royal Marines, and debut in her first
professional Musical She Loves Me at The Landor
Theatre, for which she has been nominated for ‘Best
Female’ at the Offie awards.
“We could well have been at the start of something
special. This young lady has a set of pipes that could
send her straight to the top” - MusicalTheatreReview.
com<http://MusicalTheatreReview.com><http://
MusicalTheatreReview.com>
At just 19 years old, this engaging, young and driven
artist has been going from strength to strength and is set
to become the voice of the new generation of female
singers, following in the great British traditions of artists
such as Katherine Jenkins and Sarah Brightman.
Twitter: @char_jaconelli
Facebook page: Charlotte Jaconelli Official
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Extract taken from
The Bradfieldian June 2015
G4 PERFORMERS
G4 CHILDREN’S CHOIR
ANNABELLE STONELL
CHLOE ABERY
DAISY VAN DIJCK
ISABELLA CARPENTER
JOSEPH HALL
KEIRA ABERY
LUCIE FENWICK
LUCY ROWAN
PIPER MONGER
RUBY WRIGHT
SKYE WHEATLEY
SONNY BROWN
SOPHIE ROGERS
STANLEY POTTER
TOBY PERRIN
TOM PHILLIPS
WILLIAM SPARGO
ALEC LIN
AMBER D’SOUZA
BENJAMIN SOPER
BRADLEY HILL
CAITLIN ROGERS
CHARLOTTE CAIN
CHLOE SANGER
EMILIE O’BRIEN
FAYE BAKER
FREYA GORE
HEATHER EASTLAKE
JOSHUA CORP
KYLE GALLAGHER
LEO HAMMETT
MADDOC MCARDLE
MARNIE GARRAWAY
OLIVER NUNN
OLLIE BOWDEN
TABITHA WHITTLE
TALIA PAINTING
ZACHERY GRIBBLE
ALASTAIR BROWN
ALFIE ROFF
ALFIE SHEPPARD
CARMEN GARCIA
CHARLIE BENNETTS
CURTIS TIPPER
DOMINIC ROWAN
ELLIE SANGER
ELLIOTT HOLLINGSBEE
EMILY TURNER
FAYE SANGWELL
GEORGIE HORSGOOD
GRACIE FERRIER
JOSHUA O’SULLIVAN
KACEY STANNETT
KIAN WARD
LUCA MONGER
MATTHEW WITTS
RHEA READ
ELLA CROMACK
BEN WATERS
POPPY GOODALL
AISLING HAXTON
LIBBY BUXTON
MILO COKER
KATIE CONLON
JESSICA HOUGH
OLIVIA INGRAM-CALLANDER
ELEANOR JONES
KAI LUO-TAYLOR
ANDREW MACEWEN
DANIEL MORGAN
CATHERINE MORRIS
GEORGE PARKER
JAMES PULLEN
WILLOW PURCHESE
MIA ROSE
SAM SCHREIBER
GRACE SERGENT
GEORGIA SMITH
GRACIE SMITH
CHARLOTTE TIPPER
BRADFIELD PRIMARY SCHOOL,
ENGLEFIELD PRIMARY SCHOOL,
THEALE PRIMARY SCHOOL,
YATTENDON PRIMARY SCHOOL
BRADFIELD FESTIVAL
CHORAL
SOCIETY
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CHARLOTTE JACONELLI
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A HISTORY OF THE
GREEK THEATRE
It was in 1882 that the first Greek play, Alcestis, was performed in classical Greek at Bradfield. This
production took place in the College’s Dining Hall and it was not until 1888 that Dr Herbert Gray,
the Headmaster and inspiration behind the play, decided to transform a disused chalk pit in the
school grounds into a replica of a Greek theatre.
With the help of pupils, and later of professional workmen, he cut ten tiers of seats
into the solid chalk, and shaped an orchestra on the model of that at Epidaurus. In
1897 the number of tiers was further increased to its current size.
The first play in the current setting, Antigone, was performed in 1890.
Thereafter, plays were performed triennially (except during the two
World Wars) and were selected from the classical repertoire of works
by the three great tragedians: Sophocles, Aeschylus and Euripides.
Shakespearean productions were added in 1932.
With the advent of girls within the College in the late 1980s, this
repertoire was further extended to include a wider range of Greek
plays and musical productions. Over the years the fame of the
Bradfield Greek Play has spread far and wide. Prime ministers, poets,
generals, archbishops, writers and actors, have all supported this
unique event. T S Eliot, Sybil Thorndyke, Agatha Christie, Lord Asquith,
Field Marshal Lord Montgomery, Sir Peter Hall and Enoch Powell were
all faithful pilgrims.
Despite regular maintenance, in 2009 modern safety and access
requirements dictated the closure of the Theatre. In May 2011 the Trustees
of the Bradfield Foundation launched a campaign to restore the Theatre. The
appeal was met with an overwhelming response from Old Bradfieldians, members
of staff, current and past parents of the college, pupils and members of the public
which enabled the restoration and rebuilding of the Theatre which exists today.
Such rebuilding gave important opportunity to review purpose and ensure relevance to the
needs of the future. The modern Theatre incorporates refurbished tiered seating, an extended
stage and a skene which can be adapted to accommodate scenery for Greek, Shakespearean and
musical productions as well as making it possible to accommodate world-class acts such as those hosted
by the Bradfield Festival.
A Gala was held in May 2014 to mark the reopening of the Theatre and to celebrate the £1.2m face-lift, featuring a star-studded
variety performance hosted by former pupils Mark Nicholas (G 71-76), Claudia Harrison (I 92-94) and Jonny Saunders (F 88-93). A full house enjoyed
performances by a mixture of current and past pupils, including Downton Abbey’s Andrew Alexander, jazz guitar maestro John Etheridge and VOCES8.
In June 2014 the College returned to the triennial Greek play tradition staging Sophocles’ Antigone, performed in Ancient Greek and watched by
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audiences totalling over 3,000 during the show’s run.
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CANRD THEANDKSITTOS...
BRADFIELD FESTIVAL COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Alex Acton
Michelle Baldwin
Jak Blackwood
David Barnett
Paddy Burrowes
Kevin Clarke
Tim Coker
Tom Collins
Katie Green-Armytage
Abby Hatch
Roger Keeley
Al MacEwen
John Mountford
Dobek Nowicki
David Palmer
Tom Robertson
Kester Russell
Richard Skegg
Julia Smith
Steve Wallace
Stuart Williams
TECHNICAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY
KAVE (Theatre Services)
Hannah Brodrick
Henry Codd
Paul Tilbrook
BRADFIELD COLLEGE PERFORMING ARTS TECHNICIANS
Tom Collins
Dobek Nowicki
STAGE MANAGER
Liza Cheal
Berkshire Music and Arts is a not for profit organisation committed to encouraging and nurturing
the talent of young, local musicians, singers, actors and writers. The Berkshire Music and Arts
Festival, taking place at Ufton Court on 31st January 2016, is now accepting entries and more
details on our festival as well as our organisation can be found at www.berksmusicandarts.org.uk.
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Berkshire Maestros is at the heart of a network of strong music partners including: the BBC
Singers, Culture Mix, Inspire Works, Reading University, Readipop, the RPO, Southern Sinfonia and
many more. It is these strong connections which provide our young people with the unique and
exciting opportunities to work with groups and individuals at the very top of the profession. The
work done within this partnership is vital, providing opportunities across genres, ages and abilities
which allows for an inclusive music experience for all. www.berkshiremaestros.org.uk
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