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§ Monday 1st November • Cinema
Monday Cinema: Exit Through the Gift Shop (15)
Banksy 2010 85 mins
7.30 p.m. £5/£4
“Nonfiction cinema or provocation? Art or prank? Questions of authorship, authenticity and credibility cleave through Exit Through The Gift Shop, a nearly unclassifiable hybrid documentary film by international street artist phenomenon Banksy” (Justin Lowe, Hollywood Reporter). Compulsive videographer Thierry Guetta found his subject when his cousin, street artist Space Invader, introduced him to the world of guerrilla-style graffiti-art. When he encounters the legendary but enigmatic Banksy, roles flip and Banksy takes control of Guetta’s footage. Narrated by Rhys Ifans.

§ Saturday 6th November • Studio
Jazz at the Edge
Neil Cowley Trio
8.00 p.m. £12/ £10
Neil Cowley piano
Richard Sadler bass
Evan Jenkins drums
Neil Cowley was a child prodigy, performing a Shostakovich piano concerto at the QEH at the age of 10. More recently, he has worked with dance-oriented bands Zero 7 and the Brand New Heavies, before forming his own trio. Those groove and rock influences form part of the Trio’s distinctive sound. Some critics have noted that his compositions and performances rely too much on melodic hooks and less on improvisation, but the trio’s three recordings, Displaced (2006); Loud, Louder, Stop (2008); and Radio Silence (2010) have established them as one of the most exciting and in-demand outfits in the country. “Along with some delicious flashes of the minimalist, ambient ideas picked up while training as a classical pianist, baring themselves as silvery piano motifs… it’s Cowley’s feverish flights of fancy that really stand out... Cowley is channelling his improv spirit with real refinement.” (bbc.co.uk)

§ Monday 8th November • Cinema
Monday Cinema: Four Lions (15)
Chris Morris 2010 97 mins
7.30 p.m. £5/£4
Chris Morris earned a high media profile with his television work on The Day Today and Brass Eye in which he pushed limits and challenged media stereotypes and conventions. In this, his debut feature, he turns his attention to homegrown UK jihadists, intent on wreaking havoc at the London Marathon. “Obviously, just to make a comedy about terrorists is daring. But what’s most bold about Four Lions is not the gags at the expense of these fools (they feel fully justified) or the finger-pointing at the similar stupidity and incompetence of the authorities. No – it’s the decision to see the world from these lads’ point of view, not ours.” (Time Out). Starring Riz Ahmed (Shifty, Road to Guantanamo).

§ Wednesday 10th November
• Performance Hall
Consequences
Ludus Dance
8.00 p.m. £8 / £6
Ludus Dance was founded in 1975, and is Britain's leading Dance in Education company. Consequences is their new triple-bill touring production, choreographed by Nigel Charnock, Yael Flexer & Ben Wright. In this production, the three choreographers present contrasting depictions of the same theme: Newton’s theory - for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. Working with four dancers, three pieces are presented reflecting the different styles of the three choreographers. For background information, and behind the scenes videos of the development of Consequences, please visit www.ludusdance.org

§ Monday 15th November • Cinema
Monday Cinema: Tetro (15)
Francis Ford Coppola 2009 126 mins
7.30 p.m. £5/£4
Alden Ehrenreich and Vincent Gallo star in Francis Ford Coppola’s acclaimed new film which works on the director’s familiar themes of relationships between fathers, sons and brothers (Rumblefish, The Godfather trilogy, etc). Coppola wrote the screenplay – his first in thirty five years, and chose to shoot in lustrous black and white with flashes of colour. “Life meets art meets family meets film in Tetro, sometimes powerfully, sometimes obscurely. This new movie feels like a transitional work but also an inspired one, the creation of a director who, having recently turned seventy, has set off on a new adventure that requires more from his audiences than some might be willing to give. Which is itself a sign of vigorous artistic renewal.” (New York Times)

§ Saturday 20th November
• Cinema
From Film to Floor: Streetdance (PG)
Max Giwa, Dania Pasquini 2009 98 mins
10.30 a.m. £5/£3
Carly (Nicola Burley) is a waitress with dreams of streetdance stardom, but she and her friends have nowhere to practice. By chance she meets the head of a ballet school who offers to let Carly use her studio space if she will teach some moves to her ballet students. Romance blooms between Carly and ballet dancer Tomas (Richard Winsor, of Matthew Bourne’s company), amidst some fantastic group dance routines.

Saturday 20th November • Dance Studio
From Film to Floor: Streetdance Workshop
1.00 p.m. £3 plus admission to film
Age 15+
Having watched the hit film Streetdance during the morning session, workshop participants will learn some key street moves and styles. Fun and informal.

Saturday 20th November • Performance Hall

formerly Battle of the Bands
Evening performance 7.30 p.m. £5 / £4
Live Arts and WBS Music presents this fantastic opportunity for young musicians playing in any popular genre, as soloists, duos or in bands of any size. Entry fee, £5. For entry information call 01952 728509.

§ Monday 22nd November • Cinema
Monday Cinema: I Am Love (15)
Luca Guadagnino 2009 120 mins
7.30 p.m. £5/£4
Director Luca Guadagnino has cited Visconti and Hitchcock as influences in this lush, operatic melodrama about a wealthy Milanese family. Tilda Swinton, who also produced, plays the Russian-born wife of the heir to the family business and delivers a superb performance speaking in Russian and Russian-accented Italian. Also starring Marisa Berenson, and with a score by John Adams. “It’s an exquisite, all-enveloping feast of sensual pleasures. It’s almost certainly the most elegant piece of cinema you’ll see this year. It is melodrama as celebration rather than as guilty pleasure.” (The Times)

Thursday 25th November • Performance Hall
Music Concert
WBS Music
7.30 p.m. £2
A showcase and celebration of al the musical styles taught and developed at William Brookes School. Performances from the orchestra, string group, guitar club, percussion ensemble, sax group, choir, Xpress Club and more.

Saturday 27th November • Performance Hall
Percussion Day
9.30 a.m. – 5.30 p.m. £12, with access to reduced rate tickets for the evening performance by the Asaf Sirkis Trio.
*Limited places
Shropshire Music Service and The Edge Arts Centre host a day of events for drummers and percussionists. Two world-renowned drummer/percussionists, Ash Soan and Asaf Sirkis will be demonstrating and giving a drumming masterclass, konnakol workshop (Indian vocal percussion) and percussion workshop. Ash Soan, Shropshire-born and educated, is now one of the most in demand drummers in the Brit-Pop industry, currently working with Robbie Williams, Will Young and James Morrison. Asaf Sirkis has recorded over sixty-five albums, in his own right as a composer/musician and with other leading jazz artists. Also performing are Shropshire Youth Percussion Ensemble and Training Ensemble. Educational, informative and fun for all ages and abilities.

§ Saturday 27th November • Studio
Jazz at the Edge
Asaf Sirkis Trio
8.00 p.m. £10/ £8 with special rates for Percussion Day participants
Asaf Sirkis drums
Yaron Stavi bass
Tassos Spiliotopolous guitar
Asaf Sirkis is one of the busiest drummers in the country, working with a large variety of ensembles and until quite recently a regular with Gilad Atzmon’s Orient House Ensemble. The trio’s CD, The Monk, has a jazz/rock flavour, tempered with the Mediterranean and Middle Eastern influences in the players’ own backgrounds: Sirkis and Stavi are Israeli and the Alan Holdsworth-influenced guitarist Spiliototpolous is from Greece.
“This trio generates a compelling intensity, and the leader's percussion responses to their ideas are dazzling eruptions of drum mastery.” (The Guardian)

§ Monday 29th November • Cinema
Monday Cinema: Please Give (15)
Nicole Holofcener 2010 90 mins
7.30 p.m. £5/£4
Nicole Holofcener (Friends With Money) wrote and directed this smart and warm drama about a New York couple (Catherine Keener and Oliver Platt) dealing with life, family, business and their 90-year-old neighbour whose apartment they covet upon her eventual death. The film chronicles business dealings and family issues with a perceptive and understanding eye. “In a Holofcener movie, women actually have their own reasons for doing things — and these are even allowed to be bad reasons, and funny ones. The movie is about imperfect characters in a difficult world, who mostly do the best they can under the circumstances, but not always. Do you realize what a revolutionary approach that is for a movie these days?” (Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times)