What's On
An overview of forthcoming events supported through our Current Projects. Please click into More Info on each event for more information and how to book. For a full list of Jerwood Visual Arts exhibitions and events please visit www.jerwoodvisualarts.org
Babur in London
The Opera Group developed through the Incubator
28 March - 7 July 2012
Life is short; work is long.
Work is building an empire and a dynasty,
A place your people can call their own,
Making something that will live after you.
In a London suburb, four young men and women are preparing a terrorist act. As their mission draws closer they are disturbed by the ghost of Babur, first Mughal Emperor -poet and warrior. Challenging their convictions, he calls them ‘children playing in battle, in love with death‘, but what are his motives for interfering?
Babur in London tells a haunting story of four young people in today’s society grappling with their beliefs, the consequences of their actions, and their feelings for each other. The piece combines the contemporary poetry of Jeet Thayil with original music by Edward Rushton and will be directed by John Fulljames.
Bow Down
The Opera Group developed through the Incubator
17 May - 14 July 2012
The Opera Group in association with London Sinfonietta will present Bow Down in Summer 2012. This macabre folk tale, originally devised in 1977 by Harrison Birtwistle and Tony Harrison, Bow Down is redevised by Frederic Wake-Walker in his directorial debut for The Opera Group, and brought to percussive and visceral life by nine young interdisciplinary performers.
A Blind Harpist recounts a sinister tale of thwarted desire, unnatural betrayal and violent jealousy. When the Fair Sister is courted by the Suitor, the Dark Sister commits a terrible act of betrayal. As her crime echoes through the land and through the ages, so she receives bloody retribution in the parable’s brutal conclusion.
Evocative of the narratives of Grimm, Federico Garcia Lorca and Sarah Kane in its exploration of repression, sex and death, this ancient murder ballad – of which numerous variants exist in Britain, Scandinavia and America – is reimagined for a diverse contemporary audience.
Jerwood Young Singers at Brighton Festival
21 May 2012
This special lunchtime concert is given here by three of this year's Jerwood Young Artists. Selected from the acclaimed Glyndebourne chorus, the three singers will perform a recital programme including operatic excerpts from across the repertoire.
Image: La descente d'Orphee aux enfers. Photo by David Illman for Glyndebourne Productions Ltd.
Hofesh Shechter: In Good Company
Technical Production Development Day
22 May 2012
Linked to the forthcoming production of In Good Company and in partnership with South East Dance, Hofesh Shechter Company are offering the opportunity to participate in a Technical Production Development Day. This is a rare opportunity for choreographers and dance artists to receive an intensive one day introduction to the technical side of production.
Vivienne Franzmann: The Witness
Jerwood New Playwrights at The Royal Court
1 - 30 June 2012
'Sometimes when I think of going back. I feel like I could run there. It’s like I'm being called back. I know it sounds ridiculous. And sometimes I don't give a shit about any of it and I just want to stack shelves for the rest of my life.’
Captured in an award-winning shot Alex was rescued from Rwanda and adopted by the man behind the lens. Back from uni and returning to where she was raised the distance between father and daughter stretches taut. In the dark room of a Hampstead home a long hidden secret is slowly exposed in a flash of revelation.
Vivienne Franzmann’s new play is a piercing and dark thriller of modern morals.
Holly Pigott: The Prophet
Jerwood Young Designers at The Gate
14 June - 21 July 2012
Emily Howard & Second Movement: Zatopek!
Small Grants: PRSF 20x12
15 June 2012
Zatopek! is a 12 minute chamber opera by Emily Howard and Second Movement for baritone, mezzo, adult and youth chorus and mixed ensemble, inspired by legendary Czech Olympian, long distance runner Emil Zatopek (1922-2000). In 1954 Zatopek set a new world record for the 5000m running the distance in 13:57 minutes. Emily Howard and Second Movement will have just a little less time to celebrate his life and times from the starting pistol of his international breakthrough at the London 1948 Olympics to the final finish line.
Hofesh Shechter: In Good Company
UK Tour
19 - 28 June 2012
The internationally acclaimed dancers of Hofesh Shechter Company reveal their own creative voices for the second year running with five brand-new, short pieces
Tom Huges: A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen
Jerwood Assistant Directors at the Young Vic
29 June - 26 July 2012
A COMPELLING NEW VERSION BY AN AWARD-WINNING TEAM
The moment the love of your life starts to fade.
The moment everything you value falls to pieces.
The moment Nora discovers that her life is a lie.
Olivier Award-winning playwright Simon Stephens (Punk Rock), Young Vic associate director Carrie Cracknell (Elektra), and Tony Award-winning designer Ian MacNeil (Billy Elliot) create a compelling new version of Ibsen's masterpiece.
Featuring Hattie Morahan, star of the BBC’s Sense and Sensibility and seen in Outnumbered, and Dominic Rowan, fresh from his acclaimed performance in Joe Hill-Gibbins’ Olivier Award-nominated production The Village Bike at the Royal Court.
Jerwood Showcase: The Yellow Sofa by Julian Philips
Glyndebourne Festival 2012
21 - 25 August 2012
This is a story of love and loss, of betrayal and deception, of sex and a city, of wounded pride and attempted retribution – of plumply inviting sofa cushions.
An original Glyndebourne commission, first presented as part of the Jerwood Chorus Development Scheme during the 2009 Festival, the cast features past and present members of the Glyndebourne Chorus.
Image: 2009 production of Yellow Sofa. Photo: Simon Laundon for Glyndebourne Productions Ltd
