Gillian Hulse
Wednesday 28 November – Saturday 5 January
Gillian Hulse graduated from Camberwell School of Art with a degree in textile design. She later worked as an archaeological illustrator and began to illustrate children’s and educational books and for the BBC’s ‘Jackanory’ series. As a qualified teacher she taught for some years in primary and special schools in Kent before moving to the South West where she trained to work with kiln formed glass.
Gillian’s current glass work is inspired by land and seascapes. In this exhibition her vibrant fused glass panels reflect her passion for colour, light and texture and her love of story. Much of her work is pictorial, depicting night skies, fish in turquoise seas, and the landscape in its varied moods. Gillian also brings to Forest beautiful one off sculptural pieces as well as a mixture of glassware that has been produced for the home including bowls, dishes and coasters.
www.gillianhulse.co.uk
Ballet Workout - Intermediate (18+)
Starts 7 January, ends 17 March
Mondays 7.30pm - 9 pm
£55 (£50 concs) for 10 week term
A great way to get fit using traditional ballet exercises and exploring choreographic techniques. Suitable for more experienced dancers.
Writing Fiction (18+) Keith Bennett
Starts 8 January, ends 18 March
Tuesdays 7pm-9pm
£65 (£58.50 concs) for 10 week term
A course suitable for both beginners and more experienced writers, looking at the techniques of fiction writing, creating sympathetic characters and writing realistic dialogue. The course is run on an informal basis with opportunities for students to receive constructive feedback in a supportive environment. Enjoyable and inspiring sessions, along with hints and tips to get you writing
Dance Club (7-10 year olds)
Starts 8 January, ends 18 March
Tuesdays 4.15pm - 5.15pm
£30 for ten week term
Enjoy exploring dance and rhythm with our new class for energetic 7 to 10 year olds. Fun, warm ups, musical games, props and routines make this an exciting, high energy class.
Youth Dance (11-13 year olds)
Starts 8 January, ends 18 March
Tuesdays 5.30pm - 7pm
£45 for ten week term
Fun dance class where you’ll learn different techniques and styles of dance. Routines and stimulus used to increase understanding of technique and the basics of choreography. A class that encourages confidence, creativity and autonomy.
Basic Ballet - Beginners (18+)
Starts 9 January, ends 19 March
Wednesdays 7.15pm - 8.15pm
£40 (£36 concs) for ten week term
A new class for beginners and those with little experience of ballet. Come and give it a go!
Jazz Workout (18+)
Stephanie Constantine-Smith Starts 9 January, ends 19 March
Wednesdays 7.15pm-8.15pm
£40 (£36 concs) for ten week term
Be inspired to come and dance yourself fit in a social atmosphere with high energy moves and fun routines.
Art and Craft
Art Club for 7 to 10 year olds
Starts 9 January, ends 19 March
Wednesdays 4.30pm - 5.45 pm
£37.50 for 10 week term
Art Club for 11 to 14 year olds
Starts 9 January, ends 19 March
Wednesdays 6pm- 7.30pm
£45 for 10 week term
By looking at who inspires us in the art world and influential artists of the past, and present, we learn lots of useful techniques.
Drama
Drama ( 7-8 yr olds)
Jacqueline Goddard
Starts 9 January, ends 19 March
Wednesdays 4.45pm - 6.15 pm
£45 for 10 week term
A great way to grow in confidence and gain an appreciation of drama, movement and voice … while still having lots of fun.
Drama (9-10 yrs)
Jacqueline Goddard
Starts 9 January, ends 19 March
Wednesdays 6.30pm - 8 pm
£45 for 10 week term
Learn about a variety of drama techniques and develop your performance skills, whilst making new friends, and working towards a short new piece to perform.
Theatre
Forest Youth Theatre (11-13 yrs)
Jacqueline Goddard
Starts 10 January, ends 20 March
Thursdays 4.45pm - 6.15 pm £45 for 10 week term
Forest Youth Theatre (14-16 yrs)
Jacqueline Goddard
Starts 10 January, ends 20 March
Thursdays 6.30pm - 8
pm
£45 for 10 week term Create interesting original performances whilst developing your acting skills. Script work and character building, movement, sound and voice work are all important elements used to prepare a piece to perform to family and friends.
Through a range of exciting improvising and devising exercises, from script work and character building, to movement, sound and voice work, you will learn how to create interesting original performances, whilst developing your acting skills, gain confidence and preparing a piece for performance to family & friends.
Shoot for the stars: Forest Arts Showcase
Wednesday 12 December 7pm
The young stars of Forest Arts’ after school clubs are coming together in order to show off their talents. Forest Arts Centre will be hosting an evening of dance, theatre and music as well as creating an art exhibition for your perusal. Come and see what’s on offer at Forest and support the budding stars of the future.
Tickets: £6, £4 (concessions and members)
New Rope String Band
Saturday 12 January 8pm
The Old Ropes - practitioners of surreal wit and musical invention - elicited strong emotions in audiences. So much so that when founding member, Joe Scurfield, died, it shook people. But two of the Old Ropes, Pete Challoner and Tim Dalling, have joined forces with two equally amazing musicians, Jock Tyldesley and Vera van Heeringen, and as a four piece they are taking off from where the Old Ropes stopped with gusto.
They play hoedown, old-timey, up-beat, down-home music. All this is combined with bizarre physical nonsense and clowning about…. And singing…. And dancing! The visual delights and hilarity of the New Rope String Band should bring pleasure to absolutely anyone!
Book Club
Mondays 14 January, 11 February, 10 March 7pm-9pm
£16.50 (£15 concs) for all three sessions
Forest Arts’ book club is a really friendly group of people who like reading. The aim is to try books you might not think of trying usually - then have a lively, stimulating discussion about them. Meeting once a month at Forest Arts, we concentrate on the books but also make time for a drink in the bar!
- 14 January The Grass is Singing Doris Lessing
- 11 February A Month in the Country JL Carr
- 10 March American Pastoral Phillip Roth
Textures in Mixed Media with Helen Talbot
Friday 18 January 10.30am to 1.30pm
£21, £19 conc. (Price includes materials.
Please feel free to bring an apron) Explore the use of mixed media and texture in painting. Helen will encourage you to experiment with traditional and contemporary media including drawing, painting, collage, printmaking, and textiles alongside your own style of work. Explore a variety of subject matter including the inspiration behind Helen's current work on buildings in landscape, architecture and architectural detail.
Das Leben der Anderen - The Lives of Others cert 15
Friday 18 January 2.30pm & 7.30pm
131min
The Lives of Others explores the paranoia of East Germany in 1984, where citizens are monitored and records of their lives are kept on file by the Stasi Secret Police. Stasi surveillance officer Captain Wiesler begins to question his beliefs whilst monitoring the private conversations of an anti-government playwright. Ülrich Muhe gives an outstanding performance as Wiesler, made all the more poignant by his untimely death shortly after the film received the Oscar for Best Foreign Language feature.
Micropops!
Felicity Costick & Rosemary Bailey
Saturdays 19 January, 2 & 16 February, 1 & 15 March
Choose either: 10am - 11am OR 11.10am - 12.10pm
£22.50 for each group of 5 sessions
Fun sounds, fun moves, exercise and co-ordination for our budding Rhiannas & Justin Timberlakes. This workshop is specially designed to help youngsters find their natural rhythm and gain confidence through dance and movement. Wear short sleeved T shirts and bare feet and bring a bottle of water.
More Silver Jewellery Making (18+) with Ruth Facey
Saturday 19 January 10.30am – 4.30pm
£45, £40 conc Beginners and intermediate places available We are delighted to welcome Ruth back for this one day workshop. Beginners (limited numbers) - Ruth will take you through the basic jewellery techniques, making items in copper and silver. It will give you the opportunity to work on some of the processes used including annealing, cutting, preparation and procedure for soldering, polishing and final shaping. (Price includes use of all tools and the first item made. The second item made will be £3. Any additional silver used will be weighed and charged at cost)
Intermediates - For those who have attended the one day course here previously, this is an opportunity to develop the skills you have learned from the beginners’ workshop and gain further knowledge of fastenings, textures and other ways of enlivening your designs. (Price includes use of all tools. Any silver used will be weighed and charged at cost)
Please bring a packed lunch
The Coal Porters
Saturday 19 January 8pm
Bluegrass at its best! Having sold out last time they came to Forest, and with repeated demands for their return, we thought now was perfect - to coincide with the imminent release of their new CD ‘Turn the Water on Boy’.
The Coal Porters’ music is sometimes pure country, sometimes old hillbilly, but always great guitar picking, strong vocals, and memorable songs. Exploring influences from The Byrds, The Flying Burrito Brothers, Gram Parsons, Dylan and more, The Coal Porters is a band in the truest sense of the word - five members mixing intuitively, led in inimitable style by ex-Long Ryder and captivating character, Sid Griffin.
Poem & Pint (18+) with Keith Bennett
With Keith Bennett
Mondays 21 January, 25 February, 17 March, 21 April, 8pm onwards
£3 per person, per evening (cash only on the night please)
If you’ve got a poem to share, or just want to listen in our relaxed bar atmosphere, come along and be stimulated.
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Friday 25 January 7.30pm
European Arts Company has recently delighted sold out audiences with their Pinter double-bill and ‘Chekhov’s Shorts’. We had rave reviews from audience members and so are very pleased that they are returning with another witty classic in the form of ‘The Picture of Dorian Gray’.
Adapted from the novel by Oscar Wilde, and fresh from a successful European tour, this show is highly physical and hugely inventive. A versatile cast of 5 actors tells the wicked story of Dorian Gray using only the objects found within an artist’s studio. Picture frames, paint pots, brushes, dust sheets, stepladders, trestles (and anything else that comes to hand!) are used to create the physical world of Victorian London.
Expect great ingenuity, a captivating play and much humour.
The Carolyn Mark Trio
Saturday 26 January 8pm
With the captivating Carolyn Mark herself on vocals and guitar, Diona Davis (from Po’Girl) on violin and vocals, and Paul Pigat on guitar and bass, this is a really fine trio.
Carolyn has just released her sixth album on Mint Records and is now touring for the first time in the UK. Blending Americana, country folk and roots, this is lyrical music that conjures up an evening spent playing instruments and singing songs on the back porch of the cabin. It’s all bound up with wit, a (sometimes dark) sense of humour, and a willingness to throw caution under the truck and have all the fun humanly possible!
Creative Watercolour and Acrylic Ink with Shaun Stevens
Saturday 26 January 10.30am -1.30pm
£21, £19 conc. (Price includes materials. Please feel free to bring an apron)
This workshop in watercolour and acrylic ink is perfect for beginners and more accomplished painters alike. Shaun will help you to learn the fundamental and more creative watercolour and acrylic ink painting techniques. You'll have the opportunity to enjoy the excitement of putting colour on paper in order to create a range of both dramatic and delicate landscape, seascape and floral paintings.
The Polish Play
Friday 1 February 7pm
Tickets: £11. Concessions £10. Supporters £9.
An unusual play, both very funny and touching - this is the tale of a daughter who leaves Poland and comes to England to start a career as a nanny, accompanied by her anxious father who worries about change, and reminisces about home and the past. With live music, home movies, Yuri Gagarin and the 1974 World Cup finals, this is a story about belonging, growing up and changing places. We recommend that you grab your seats.
Great for families - all ages 7 and up
Clay Portrait Sculpture (18+) with Charlotte Moreton
Saturday 2 and Saturday 9 February 10am - 4pm both days
£80, £72 for both days (Price includes cost of clay. Please bring any modelling and hollowing tools that you may have. Firing optional at a small extra cost)
Under the guidance of figurative sculptor Charlotte Moreton, spend two days working from life in order to develop a better understanding of the head and learn something of the character of the sitter.
Please bring a packed lunch
Moths Ate My Doctor Who Scarf
Family Friendy
Saturday 2 February 7.30pm
Tickets : £11. Concessions : £10. Supporters : £9.
Written and performed by Toby Hadoke Directed by Mark Attwood Get out from behind that sofa and get aboard Toby Hadoke’s TARDIS on a trip through time – charting the rise, fall, and rise again of a television legend. This delightful show is a personal, satirical and razor sharp comic odyssey from child to man, through obsession, joy and disappointment. An intimate knowledge of Dr Who is not required!
Great for adults and families alike, all ages 10 and up. Family ticket £35 any four tickets including at least two under 16.
The Singing Sous-Chefs - Alive Again!
Directed by John Nicholson of Peepolykus Theatre Company
Friday 8 February 8pm
Tickets : £11. Concessions : £10. Supporters : £9.
Comedy, a cappella singing (and time travel!) for all ages. These three comic talents have appeared on Rick Stein’s ‘Food Heroes’, at Glastonbury Festival Comedy Marquee, Sidmouth Festival and many more to great hilarity.
In a nutshell, three Italian chefs (aka Jim Howden, Adrian Mealing & William Tooby) take us on a helter-skelter journey through history - helping us to meet Michelangelo and Merlin, and witness Newton’s Apple and…. The Future! Along the way they include wonderful renditions of songs by The Beatles, Ry Cooder, Iggy Pop, The Beach Boys, Joe Jackson and many more iconic grooves of our time. Their voices are pretty good too!
The Ben Waters Boogie Blues - 8 PIECE!
Saturday 9 February 8pm
Tickets : £14. Concessions : £12. Supporters : £11.
Last December Ben and the boys were thrilled to have their last album nominated by Jools Holland in Mojo magazine as one of the ten best boogie woogie recordings ever made! They’ve been using Mr Holland’s recording studio for their next album which is released in early 2008.
One of the UK’s finest pianists, and a very humorous performer, Ben Waters is the man who barely in his early 20’s played with the likes of Mick Jagger, Pete Townsend, Shakin’ Stevens and the late Florida blues harp legend, Rock Bottom! The band mix boogie woogie and blues with a Dr John style New Orleans feel, and some good old time rock & roll.
Ben and his band always go down well, but this time we have an extra special treat - the EIGHT piece! YES eight rockin’ steamin’, boogie blues musicians on our Forest Arts stage. Book early as Ben draws the crowds!
Raqs Sharqi (Belly Dancing) (18+)
Shelly Lozano
Saturdays 9 & 16 February, 1, 8 & 15 March
12.30pm - 2.30 pm
£40 (£36 concs) for all 5 sessions
An exotic and fun way to get fit. Suitable for beginners and more experienced dancers.
On the Dark Side
Wednesday 9 January - Saturday 16 February
Artist’s Reception Saturday 12 January 12noon - 2 pm ‘
Melvyn Gates, Shaun Stevens and Helen Talbot
As a title it says very little but interestingly implies many possibilities’. Forest welcomes three painters whose work reflects the exploration and discovery of their own connections with this theme. Some of their ideas overlap each other with many paintings having several layers of meaning, depending on how the viewer is prepared to interact with them. This exhibition has the potential to touch people and encourage them to find and experience their own ‘demons’ and expects to provoke a reaction from those who will be reminded of both good and bad, past and present experiences.
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged)
Friday 15 February 7.30pm
Tickets : £16. Concessions and Supporters : £14
Direct from the West End
The world’s greatest bard busters invite you to join them on a rollercoaster ride, putting the rattle’n’roll between Shake’n’speare, and proving in their own hilarious way that there’s no abridgement too far.
Loosen your doublets, sort out your singlets and prepare to see all 37 of Shakespeare’s plays in just 97 minutes with The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged).
Take a look at Hamlet performed forwards, backwards and sideways, Titus Andronicus as a galloping gourmet and a rap Othello.
Great for adults and families and all ages 12 and up.
The Magnificent Flying Machine
Saturday 16 February 2pm
Tickets : £6. Concessions and Supporters : £5
The Magnificent Flying Machine is directed by Steve Tiplady, master puppeteer from Little Angel Theatre company in London. It is a wonderful and fun theatrical experience.
Follow the adventures of Professor Bix Horn as he flies by the seat of his pants and tries to build a flying machine out of the most unlikely things. Soaring above is a Harpy Bird who steals his most precious possession - but how will he get it back?
Sit back and enjoy the ride as Garlic Theatre, with beautifully crafted puppets, a bowler hat and a balloon, take you on a hair-brained journey of a lifetime.
Great for families and all ages 4 and up.
Nicholas Cobb
Including pieces from the series ‘Walking Down Rye Lane’
Wednesday 20 February - Saturday 29 March
Nicholas Cobb studied at St. Martin’s and Wimbledon School of Art and currently teaches art within the schools local to his home in Peckham, the mental health sector, and photography at Putney School of Art.
Nick has lived in Peckham for much of his adult life. It’s a cultural melting pot, a destination for migrants from every corner of the planet. Within it lies Rye Lane and included in this work are images capturing a year in the life of this ordinary south London street. This exhibition seeks to demonstrate the opportunities that present themselves woven into a narrative that depicts the insecurities of living in this neighbourhood.
Reconstructions made from the detritus of urban life - for example various receptacles like two-pint plastic milk bottles crudely shaped into figures- gives this exhibition originality on the depiction of urban culture within our rural environment. The viewer brings their sophisticated visual knowledge to bear upon familiar everyday scenes and gestures while simultaneously recognising the staged nature, the artifice, of the photographs.
Spring is here - Half Term Activities
Flying High: Craft & Dance Day
(5-7 year olds) with Charlotte Moreton and Felicity Costick
Monday 18 February 10.30am - 3.30pm
£18
In the morning learn how to make beautiful flying insects out of willow and wire with Charlotte; dragonflies, butterflies … in fact anything with wings! Then let Felicity put a spring in your step as you dance the afternoon away. Wear old clothes and bring gardening gloves for the morning but remember to dress for dance in the afternoon.
Sculpture with Willow and Wire
(8-12 year olds) With Charlotte Moreton
Monday 18 February 1pm-4pm
£12
Make your own flying insect or animal from willow, wire and whatever else you can find. It will get messy so wear old clothes and gardening gloves.
We’re soaring, we’re flying!’: High School Musical Dance Day
(6 years plus) with Claire Camble-Hutchins
Tuesday 19 February 10.30am-4.15pm
£20
Short performance for family and friends at 3.45pm Come and have some good old fashioned team spirited fun in our High School Musical Dance day. You’ve heard the music, you know the words so here’s your chance to let it all go as Claire takes you through all the moves inspired by the smash hit Disney Channel Original Movie. Show off all you’ve done in a short performance to family and friends at the end of the day.
Treasures New & Old: Papermaking Workshop
(7 - 10 year olds) with Laurence Rushby
Wednesday 20 February 10.30am - 3pm
£22
Join the brilliant and dynamic artist Laurence Rushby as she shows you how to make beautiful paper out of found objects, tea leaves, colourful feathers, paints and recycled paper. Bring in your old photos, treasures or interesting objects so that you can incorporate them into your design. You’ll come away with something unique and wonderful.
2 Day Pinhole Camera Workshop
(8-12 year olds) with Lesley Green
Thursday 21 and Friday 22 February 11am – 4pm both days
£40
Join Lesley as she shows you how to make your very own pinhole camera and master the techniques needed to use it. On day two then learn about subject, composition and developing techniques whilst working with recycled objects so that, with reference to our exhibition, you can become the master photographer as you create, photograph and develop your own pictures.
Remember to bring your packed lunch to all of our half term activities. Please book in advance as places are limited.
Atonement cert 15
Friday 22 February 2.30pm & 7.30pm
117mins
Many lives hang on the word of a child when the son of a servant is accused of a crime he did not commit. From the screenwriter of Dangerous Liaisons, and based on the award winning Ian McEwan bestseller, comes a love story that spans decades, from the privileged gardens of country estates to the horrors of World War 2 battlefields. James McAvoy (Last King Of Scotland) and Keira Knightley (Pride and Prejudice) star in this sumptuous tale of redemption.
Craobh Rua
Saturday 23 February 8pm
Tickets : £11. Concessions : £10. Supporters : £9.
Belfast’s finest are back for what promises to be another stunning mix of Irish music and song. A sell-out at their last Forest gig, it’s a pleasure to see and hear these talented musicians play.
Craobh Rua (pronounced Crave Ru-ah) play traditional Irish music from the heart, acoustically driven with their own arrangements. They mix rousing jigs, reels and polkas with tender ballads and airs. Banjo, mandolin, fiddle, flute, ullian pipes and passionate vocals combine for a really uplifting and rich sound.
Barb Jungr Sings Bob Dylan TRIO
Friday 29 February 8pm
Tickets : £11. Concessions : £10. Supporters : £9.
One of the greatest musical icons of the twentieth century is Bob Dylan and Barb Jungr is fast becoming the definitive contemporary performer of his work. In 2005 the BBC hosted a Barbican concert to celebrate Bob’s 60th birthday and when introducing Barb Jungr, Billy Bragg described her as ‘possibly the best interpreter of Dylan’s songs’ (apart from Bob of course!)
You don’t have to like Bob (but I wish you would!) to love this show. The interpretations are so fresh and Barb so cleverly rescores the pieces that they invest whole new meaning into the words. Far from detracting from the originals, Barb’s songs are beautiful compositions in their own right.
Barb thrilled Forest with her Elvis songbook back in 2005. Performing now in trio format with keyboards, piano, percussion and accordion this promises to be a spine tingling evening. If you love good music, beautifully performed, that really means something, then do come along.
The Comedy Club 4 Kids**
Saturday 1 March 2pm
** but not just for kids!
Adult without kids love it too! Not suitable for under 6’s This has all the fun of a proper comedy club - three comedians, compered routines and great gags - just without the swearing or rude bits! It’s a different show everytime and so you never know what you’re going to get. Three excellent comedians will wow adults and children over 6 alike with their spot on stand up - how do they do it? Years of practice! ‘The perfect way to keep the whole family
The perfect way to keep the whole family happy’ THREE WEEKS
Tickets: £9, £8 (concessions & supporters) 6-16 year olds £6
Two
Written by Jim Cartwright, Directed by Nick Lane
Friday 7 March 7.30pm
Tickets: £12. Concessions £11. Supporters £10.
One pub, one night, fourteen characters, two actors
Amid the bustle of the busy pub, we see contrasting but all too familiar characters - Landlord and Landlady who are bitter and constantly bickering; slick-talking lothario ‘Moth’, Fred and Alice - who has never been the same since Elvis died, and Mrs Iger who ‘loves big men’! Love, loneliness, crisis and conflict play out as the pints are pulled and the night draws on and the exchanges get more barbed. From the writer of ‘The Rise and Fall of Little Voice’ this play is full of colourful characters juggling public façade and private emotion. Sharp, adult and entertaining theatre from one of the country’s best touring companies.
Jazz Jam
Saturday 8 March 11am-1pm
Free entry
Ages 14 + only
Calling all jazz lovers! Forest will be holding a one off jazz jam so that you can share your passion, techniques and talent. This is your opportunity to meet and play with fellow musicians in the area. It’s informal and open to everyone, so young and old, players and singers alike, grab your instruments and come on down.
Workshops with Exhibiting Artists
Justin Adams and Juldeh Camara
A Mighty Heart cert 15
Friday 14 March 2.30pm & 7.30pm
102mins
When Wall Street reporter Daniel Pearl is abducted in Karachi, his pregnant wife Mariane is determined to find him but has to endure a harrowing wait as the Pakistani police force investigate the disappearance, and the media frenzy grows. Director Michael Winterbottom’s (Welcome to Sarajevo/The Road to Guantanamo) adaptation of the memoirs of Mariane Pearl features a strong emotional lead performance by Angelina Jolie.
Alun Cochrane - Things that have happened to me in life, or in Cafes.
Saturday 15 March 8pm
Tickets: £11, £10 (concessions), £9 (supporters)
Alun Cochrane is regularly seen and heard on 'Have I Got News For You', ' 8 out of 10 Cats', 'Mock the Week', 'Never Mind the Buzzcocks', and 'Just a Minute'. His warm and intelligent comedy and laid back manner make him a winner.
He tells a great yarn with killer punchlines and his time in cafes is obviously well spent as this show is full of hilarious anecdotes, overheard conversations and musings on life.
Paul Lamb & the Kingsnakes
Thursday 20 March 8pm
Tickets: £11, £10 (concessions), £9 (supporters)
Paul Lamb has long been considered Britain’s best blues harmonica player. He started off as a lad in Newcastle representing the country in the World harmonica championships! He has since sold record breaking numbers of albums, toured the world, played with the likes of Buddy Guy, Junior Wells, Mark Knopfler and The Who and composed for countless film and TV scores. Lamb was recently inducted into the British Blues Awards hall of Fame alongside the likes of Peter Green, John Mayall and Alexis Korner. Paul Jones is a big fan, often playing the Kingsnakes on his Radio 2 show.
The Kingsnakes are Lamb’s longstanding musical compatriots. They now comprise Sonny Bellow on drums, Raul de Pedro Marinero on guitar, Rod Demmick on double bass and vocals, Chad Strentz on lead vocals and Lamb himself on harp and vocals. This is blues of a serious quality, subtle yet strong, with immense musicianship and clarity.
The Juniper Tree
Friday 28 March 7pm
Tickets: £9, £8 (concessions), £7 (supporters), £6 (7 - 16 year olds)
Be prepared for a totally unique voyage of the imagination!
This is a dynamic re telling of the Brothers Grimm fairy tale, told with the visual flair of Tim Burton. The story is the original one of a little boy and his evil stepmother but with a positive twist at the end.
Featuring live music, storytelling, magic, a lot of humour as well as some shudder inducing moments, this show will take you on an unforgettable theatrical adventure. The actors will lead the audience in the show so that there’s the opportunity to get stuck in to the show itself if you want to, or just sit back and watch the show. Either way, it’s theatre for everyone and a unique experience!
Great for families and ages over 7 years
The Martin Harley Band
Friday 4 April 8pm
Tickets: £11, £10 (concessions), £9 (supporters)
We’re really delighted to have The Martin Harley band coming to Forest this year as part of a six week nationwide tour to promote their new album ‘Grow Your Own’ - on general release 2nd April 2008.
The band play an amazing blend of Americana, blues and jazz, magically coaxing out a kaleidoscope of styles. Songs about living in cars, worn out shoes, girls lost in the carnival lights, satellite hunting in car parks. Martin’s amazing slide guitar (played across his lap!) and whiskey soaked northern breeze vocals. The band now also comprise legendary double bass player Graeme Ross and Pete Swatton on percussion.
Rags to Witches
Friday 4 April 8pm
Tickets: £6, £5 (concessions and supporters)
Suitable for children from 4 years and upwards. Great for 7-11 year olds but parents will love it as much as the children!
If you go down to the woods today you are sure for a BIG surprise…
On the edge of the forest lives Billy Mario the international video gaming champion. When an abandoned baby Jackdaw is left on his doorstep Billy’s life is transformed in a way that never seemed possible. With his grandmother Betty Beetroot, Billy sets out on a journey of ancient traditions and spells.
Puppetry, live music, projected animation and a riveting narrative (based on a true story) all combine in a show that will charm the whole family young and old. This is spellbinding family theatre from the company that brought us the delightful ‘Bird in the Hand’ and ‘Puck’s Bottom’.
Easter Activities
Bats, Bugs and Beetles: Craft and Dance Day
(5-7 year olds) with Jill O’Sullivan and Claire Camble-Hutchins
Monday 7 April 10.30am - 3.30pm
£18
(Please bring a basic sewing kit if you have one and any extra bits of fabric you may want to use.)
We welcome Jill to Forest Arts to show you how to make your own full of beans creature out of colourful fabrics. Whether you make a lizard, frog, bat or bug you’ll learn all the techniques needed; drawing templates, cutting out, sewing and gluing, and adding decoration with beads and pens. In the afternoon Claire will be back to lead more dancing fun with music from the Ugly Bug Ball and Lion King!
What’s your story? Metal Tile Workshop
(8-12 year olds) with Rachelle Carswell
Tuesday 8 April 11am - 3.30pm
£25 (Price includes all materials and use of tools)
With artist Rachelle experience the art of metalwork by learning how to make decorative marks, engraving, embossing, letter stamping, patination and various experimental techniques. During the day you’ll create your own personal narrative on three beautiful copper panels. You’ll come away with something unique and wonderful.
Play in a Day
(7-11 year olds) with Jacqueline Goddard
Wednesday 9 April 11am - 4pm
£18
Devise, improvise, mix words and music. Jackie is back to help you to create your own stories, characters and situations in order to create a whole play that you can perform for your family and friends! Who knows where your imagination will take you this time
Curious Cats: Textiles Workshop
(8-12 year olds)with Jill O’Sullivan
Thursday 10 April 11am - 3.30pm
£22
(Please bring a basic sewing kit if you have one and any extra bits of fabric you may want to use.)
Design and craft your own curious cat from a wonderful selection of colourful fabrics and textile accessories. Learn all the techniques needed from cutting templates to sewing, gluing to stitching and stuffing to fabric painting. Add your own personal touch to create a furry friend that can be given as a gift or taken home to keep.
Craig Campbell
Saturday 12 April 8pm
Tickets: £11, £10 (concessions), £9 (supporters)
Once the notorious host of Canada's legendary Ed's Night Party, Craig recently supported Rich Hall on his national tour and is more and more in demand for TV and radio. Craig's unique ability to find humour in the mundane, coupled with his own natural eccentricity makes for truly inventive storytelling.
Craig appears alongside Tony Law and Dan Antopolski as part of comedy trio The Dinks. Their debut Edinburgh show in 2003 was both a critical and box office success, leading to an invitation to perform in the Best Of Edinburgh programme in New York.
Come and spend an evening with Craig and he assures you you will realise you've made a splendid decision in coming to his show!
Tipitina
Saturday 19 April 8pm
Tickets: £11, £10 (concessions), £9 (supporters)
Tipitina is a three piece tour de force of swing boogie-woogie and jive in the great New Orleans tradition. Justin Randall is a classically trained blues and boogie pianist but you’d think he’d honed his craft in low dives and honky-tonks! Debbie Jones has a wonderfully soul drenched voice and is a natural at mixing ‘sanctified’ and ‘sinful’ music. Gary Barber on drums pitches the different rhythms perfectly.
From Fats Waller, and Nat King Cole to Tom Wait’s ‘I wish I was in New Orleans’ ,Tipitina effortlessly mix jazz, blues and pop in the great traditions of Fats Domino, Dr John, The Neville Brothers and Jools Holland.
Michael Clayton cert 15
Friday 25 April 2.30pm & 7.30pm
113mins
George Clooney plays divorced gambler Michael Clayton who works as ‘fixer’ for a powerful New York law firm, resolving the ‘problems’ of rich corporate clients. When friend and colleague Arthur Edens has a breakdown and threatens to tell all about corrupt chemical company and top clients UNorth, Clayton is sent in to persuade him to tow the line. Directed by Tony Gilroy (screenwriter for the Bourne films) this gripping film has stand out performances from Tom Wilkinson as Edens and Tilda Swinton as ruthless UNorth chief legal counsel Karen Crowder.
The Death & Life of Sherlock Holmes
Saturday 26 April 7.30 pm
Tickets: £11, £10 (concessions), £9 (supporters)
The World’s Greatest Detective refuses to leave the stage! In this captivating one man show of murder, mystery and the occult Roger Llewellyn uncannily brings Sherlock Holmes to life.
In fiction, Arthur Conan Doyle tires of his famous sleuth and uses the arch villain Moriarty to dispose of him. But just as raising the spirits of the dead becomes an obsession in the Conan Doyle’s own life, so his fictional creations return to thrill, intrigue and dazzle us. A dramatic end…but a thrilling comeback!
Roger Llewellyn had major international success in ‘Sherlock Holmes – the Last Act’ and this is a great opportunity to see a master performer up close in a play written by David Stuart Davies, directed by Gareth Armstrong. There’s also an original score by Simon Slater.
Tickets: £11, £10 (concessions), £9 (supporters)
