July – December 2014

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Bite! Get stuck in

A jam-packed menu of events in Stoke-on-Trent

Contents Page

Appetite intro 3

Circus Sundae 4

Play Me, I’m Yours 6

The Bell 8

Open House 10

#itsallabouttheroad 12

Old Bill 13

The Big Feast 14

Audible Forces 15

Faust 16

High Street Odyssey 18

Cannonballista 19

Frantic 20

The Wheel House 21

Push 22

The Promettes 23

Haka Day Out 24

Folk in a Box 26

New Horizons 28

Hunt & Darton Café 30

The Poetry Takeaway 31

Sit Back 32

Dragon Hearts Beat 33

Feeding into Appetite 35

The Big Feast Listings 36

Autumn / Winter Highlights 38

Helping Hand 40

Community Festival and Event Fund 41

Thank you 43

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All information is correct at the time of printing but is subject to change. Please check www.appetitestoke.co.uk for all the latest updates and news.

Get Stuck In!

Appetite presents a jam-packed menu full of world class shows and events that are set to thrill and wow audiences across Stoke-on-Trent this summer. With art cafés, street pianos, sizzling outdoor productions, replica tanks, and NoFit State Circus making a welcome return to the city, this year is set to be bigger and better than ever before.

We have teamed up with communities across the city to serve up this year’s programme, showing art can be enjoyed by anyone, anywhere and everywhere from high streets to hospitals. So get stuck in and enjoy!

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Bentilee Amphitheatre, Berryhill Park, Bentilee, ST2 0AW

12pm-4pm

In partnership with the Bentilee Community Partnership

Upswing presentsCircus Sundae

A mouth-watering blend of physical circus, street dance, acrobatics and workshops with a twist for all to enjoy! Featuring Loved Up by Upswing and supported by Pinnacle PSG.

27 July

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12:00: Loved Up (25 mins)12:35: Guest circus act 1 (10 mins)12:45: Guest circus act 2 (10 mins)13:00: Aerial hoop workshop (45 mins)14:00: Acrobalance workshop (45 mins)15:00: Loved Up (25 mins)15:35: Guest circus act 1 (10 mins)15:45: Guest circus act 2 (10 mins)

Event Information

OUTDOOR PARKING DISABLED ACCESS

OPEN TO ALL

PUBLIC TRANSPORT

WORKSHOPS

A sweet family treat

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Be the star of the show when Play Me, I’m Yours comes to Stoke.

Donated pianos are adopted and decorated by local community groups then dotted across public spaces in Stoke-on-Trent for anyone to play and enjoy. Look out for free community-led events throughout August.

Visit www.stokestreetpianos.co.uk for more information.

Various venues across Stoke-on-Trent • Free

Play Me, I’m Yours by Luke

Jerram

1-31 Aug

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Photo: © Ed Yourdon

Tinkle those ivories!

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The Bell is a true feast for the senses in a world of fire and a fight for life. A scorching outdoor spectacle with acrobatics and moving action, including stilts, pyrotechnics and aerial performance, this is a sure-fire thrill that will propel you to the front-line.

The event includes food and drink stalls, fair rides, beer tent and other warm up acts including Dragon Heart Beats (see page 33).

Central Forest Park, Hanley, ST1 6BB

BOOK NOW: www.appetitestoke.co.uk Call: 01224 443377

The

Bell

Tickets: £7.50 (family & friend ticket deals available) Gates open: 20:00Show starts: 21:30Show lasts: 45 minsOther info: Standing performance (seating for disabled only)

OUTDOOR PARKING DISABLED ACCESS

OPEN TO ALL

PUBLIC TRANSPORT

FOOD & DRINK

Event Information

2-3 Aug

FireAcrobatics

Moving Action

PyrotechnicsAerial performance

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TICKETED EVENT

Hot ticket deals for friends &

family

Event Information

Photo: © Ray Gibson

A spectacular

outdoor

show

4 mates

for £24

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See Albion Square spring into action as musicians, acrobats and aerialists explode out of caravans in an intoxicating brew of high-energy performance and circus. This is not circus as we know it!

by NoFit State Circus

Open House

FreeShow starts: 11:00 / 14:30Show lasts: 1 hr 45 minsOther info: Standing performance

Event Information

Albion Square, City Centre

OUTDOOR PARKING DISABLED ACCESS

OPEN TO ALL

PUBLIC TRANSPORT

23-24 Aug

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The streets are alive with the sounds of circus!

Photo: © Jas Sansi

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The whole history of Stoke, told through stories collected along London Road, will be published as a book in 2015.

#allabouttheroad A year-long project by Dan Thompson with Second Look Stoke and Stoke West & Oakhill Community Association (SWOCA)

June 2014-June 2015

/allabouttheroad @allabouttheroad

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Inspired by the story of Old Bill and to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the First World War, a life-size replica of the tank, Old Bill, will be the centrepiece of the carnival in this world exclusive event. This event is part of Stoke South Carnival.

Old Bill’s Pigeons need you! At the event hundreds of pigeons will be released carrying messages about WW1. To write your own message to be released on the day visit http://3la.co.uk/wordpress/?p=4.

Old BillMount Pleasant Park, Smithpool Road, Fenton, Stoke-on-Trent, ST4 4LE

Event InformationFree 10:30: Procession starts (Gladstone Museum)12:00-16:00: Stoke South Carnival (Mount Pleasant Park) 12:30: Battle of Britain flypast 19:00: Evening event (lasts 2 hours - drop-in event)

In partnership with Stoke South Carnival Committee and Renn & Associates

9 Aug

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A fun-filled weekend of free entertainment for everyone to enjoy!

Applicable to all “The Big Feast” events unless otherwise stated.

The BigTheatr

eComedy

Fun

Music

Dance

Free

Feast 29-31 August

City Centre, Stoke-on-Trent

featuring

Faust • Audible Forces • A High Street Odyssey Cannonballista • Frantic • The Wheel House • Push

The Promettes • Haka Day Out • Folk in A Box New Horizons • The Poetry Takeaway • Sit Back

Dragon Heart Beats • Hunt & Darton Café

OUTDOOR PARKING DISABLED ACCESS

OPEN TO ALL

PUBLIC TRANSPORT

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Event Information12:00-16:00 Other info: Pigeon performance 14:30 (lasts 30 mins) Artist tour and talk 15.00 (lasts 1 hr)

Seven of the UK’s finest sound artists serve up a seductive sonic treat in a series of captivating and sometimes spooky sound installations. Look out for the flock of pigeons carrying whistles to create music.

by Oxford Contemporary MusicCentral Forest Park (Town Road entrance)

ForcesAudible

Photo: © Kathy Hinde

Sounds of the

summer

29-31 Aug

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Come and enjoy Faust, a fusion of world-class break dancing and swing music. A burning boxing ring and a literally explosive set provide the setting for some authentic 20s styling in a show that’s you’ll never forget.

by Southpaw Dance CompanyFaust

Hanley Town Hall, City Centre

30-31 Aug

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Free - please book tickets in advance by visiting www.appetitestoke.co.ukShow starts: 20:30 Show lasts: 40 minsOther info: Standing performance

Event Information

TICKETED EVENT

Photo: © Inside Wiltshire

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It’s as commonplace as fish and chips, but the average high street is transformed on this wacky walkabout tour. The audience is kitted out with headphones and binoculars as the mysteries of the high street unfold in a dream-like journey that mixes the familiar with the strange and uncanny.

A High Street Odyssey by Inspector Sands

Free - please book tickets in advance by visiting www.appetitestoke.co.ukShow starts: 10:45 / 12:00 / 14:30 / 15:45 Show lasts: 30 mins

Event Information

Upper Market Square, City Centre

TICKETED EVENT

29-31 Aug

BIG FEAST

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Free Show starts: 30 Aug: 13:30 / 14:45 / 16:00 31 Aug: 11:00 / 13:00 / 14:30Show lasts: 30 mins

Event Information

Cannonballista Bethesda Gardens, City Centre

by Liz Clarke

An intimate and interactive performance that introduces a human cannonballer with a troubling interest in DIY and jet engines. Betty Bruiser is the glamorous cabaret alter ego of Liz Clarke. A visually stunning piece that celebrates ordinary women striving for something extraordinary.

Photo: © Carl Newland

30-31 Aug

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Experience a moving and explosive show about our relentless devotion to busyness. Love, freedom, blood, sweat and rainstorms feature in this exploration of a man’s mind and his hunger to escape.

by Acrojou Frantic

Free Show starts: 13:30 / 15:40 Show lasts: 20 mins

Event Information

City Centre Bus Station

Photo: © SJ Knight Photography

31 Aug

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by Acrojou The Wheel House

FreeShow starts: 11:30 / 13:00 / 14:15 Show lasts: 25 mins

Event Information

“One of Britain’s most exciting dance and circus companies... stunningly inventive” - Greenwich and Docklands International Festival, 2013

Albion Square, City Centre

Photo: © Steve Edwin

31 Aug

A striking performance that will transport you to another place featuring acrobatics, comedy and breath-taking moments of risk, which unfolds inside and around a stunning rolling house.

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Event Information

A lip-smacking slice of physical theatre about mums and their relationships with their babies. Juggling baby-wipes and careers, mums present snapshots of motherhood through beautiful but disturbing moments of choreography, special effects and puppetry.

Push Albion Square, City Centre

by Tangled Feet

Free Show starts: 11:30 / 13:00 / 14:30 Show lasts: 25 mins

Photo: © Al Orange

30 Aug

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Acrojou:

Event InformationFree 30 Aug - 14:00 - 16:00 / 18:15 - 20:15 (walkabout show) 31 Aug – 11:00 - 13:00 / 13:50 - 15:20 (walkabout show)

Based on the promenading ladies of post-war Brighton, these high-stepping, eye-catching city guides will show you a different side of the city. Don’t miss this high camp troupe in their stylish uniforms!

High Leg Kick’s Promettes MissCity Centre

Walkabout show

30-31 Aug

BIG FEAST

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30-31 Aug

Corey Baker Dance delivers a taster menu of all things Maori. Workshops will offer the basics of Maori games, dancing and face-painting while the Haka sessions will teach those taking part how to perform the stirring and compelling dance made famous by the New Zealand rugby team. The people will then take part in the biggest mass Haka ever seen in Stoke-on-Trent!

by Corey Baker Dance Haka Day Out Various locations, City Centre

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Event & Workshop Information

Sunday 31 August

12:00 – 12:30: Ka Mate workshop (outside indoor market) 13:15 – 13:45: Ka Mate workshop (Piccadilly) 14:30 – 15.00: Ka Mate workshop (outside indoor market) 15:00 – 15:15: Maori performance, dance medley and mass Haka (outside indoor market)

Saturday 30 August

13:00 – 13:30: Ka Mate Haka workshop (outside indoor market) 14:15 – 14:45: Ka Mate Haka workshop (Bus Station) 15:30 – 16:00: Ka Mate Haka workshop (Albion Square) 16:00 – 16:15: Maori performance, dance medley and mass Haka (outside indoor market)

Free

WORKSHOPS

Photo: © Tim Cross

BIG FEAST

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Britain’s smallest venue. One audience member is allowed in at a time. The door is closed behind them. They are given one song, performed by one musician. It’s simple, but works like a charm.

FolkCity Centre Bus Station

in a Box

Free 11:30-14:00 • 14:45-16:30 Show lasts: 5 minsOther info: One show for one person at a time

Event Information

“….a folk concert in a box almost brought me to tears…if it comes down your way, be brave and enter” The Daily Telegraph

29-31 Aug

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Can you spare some change for a weekend of world-class entertainment on your doorstep?

If everyone enjoying The Big Feast contributed just £1, more events like this could happen in the city.

Appetite has a friendly bunch out and about with buckets asking for contributions. These contributions really mean a lot to us as they show your support and help us put on events like this in the future for the people of Stoke-on-Trent.

Do you want to see more events like this in Stoke-on-Trent?

Photo: Bianco, Stoke-on-Trent, 2013. © Andrew Billington

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New Horizons is a street art initiative by Stoke-on-Trent based company, Entrepreneurs. New Horizons breathes a new lease of life into the city’s streets by inviting artists from across the world to produce murals on blank walls and spaces.

Two internationally acclaimed artists, Krek and Vibes, paint our streets this summer, so stand back and watch in awe as they transform two sites over 3 days.

The Sugar Mill, Brunswick Street Mind, Trinity Street

12-4pm

New Horizons by Entrepreneurs

Drop by each day throughout The Big Feast to see the artists’ work in progress.

29-31 Aug

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Photo: Artwork by Vibes

Changing the horizons of Stoke-on-Trent

BIG FEAST

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A fully functioning café that blends art with the everyday, Hunt & Darton Café is a café like no other where spontaneity and performance meets great food and drink. Customers can expect a welcoming atmosphere and food served with a twist!

Darton Café Hunt &Empty shop, City Centre • Open Wed - Sun (10:00-17:00)

Free to enter (food & drink is not free)

In partnership with the City Centre Partnership

FOOD & DRINK

INDOOR

Photo: © Christa Holka

20 Aug-14 Sep

BIG FEAST

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Free 11:00 - 16:00

Turn up to the takeaway and supply the ingredients for a ‘home-cooked poem’. The world’s first purpose built poetry emporium that cooks up personalised, made to order poems. These are then performed and wrapped up for you to takeaway for free.

The Poetry Takeaway Fountain Square, City Centre

Event Information

“...a truly inspirational and original experience” The Stage

30-31 Aug

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Sit Back by Moxie Brawl

Free Show starts: 12:00 / 15:50 Show lasts: 20 mins

Evoking the spirit of the 1940s with an entertaining dance theatre piece celebrating the female workforce of the Second World War.

Albion Square, City Centre

Event Information

Photo: © Bruno Rodrigues

31 Aug

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Free Show starts: 30 Aug 12:45 / 15:00 • 31 Aug 12:45 / 15:20 Show lasts: 25 mins

Dragon Heart Beats by Positive ProductionsParliament Square, City Centre

Event Information

Dragon Heart Beats is a red hot outdoor show featuring an extraordinary five metre hubcap dragon, with fiery propane dragon breath, smoke, lighting effects and pyrotechnics.

30-31 Aug

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In order for Appetite to keep serving up tasty events in Stoke-on-Trent, we need to get people to tell us what they think. So if you’ve seen something let our Get Talking team know about it. You can:

Email on evaluateappetite@staffs.ac.uk

Text on 07821 319379

Tweet using #appetitestoke

Feeding into Appetite!

Photo: © Andrew Billington

Get Talking is led by Staffordshire University’s Creative Communities Unit.

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Hunt & Darton CaféA High Street Odyssey Poetry Takeaway Push Folk in a Box A High Street Odyssey Audible Forces New Horizons Dragon Heart Beats Push Haka Day Out workshop (1) Cannonballista The Promettes Haka Day Out workshop (2) Push A High Street Odyssey Audible Forces (pigeon show) Cannonballista Folk in a Box Dragon Heart BeatsAudible Forces (talk & tour)Haka Day Out workshop (3)A High Street Odyssey

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Fri 29 Aug

The Big Feast ListingsPlan your day the easy way! Go to the event pages for further information.

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Hunt & Darton CaféA High Street OdysseyThe Poetry TakeawayThe PromettesCannonballistaThe Wheel HouseFolk in a BoxA High Street OdysseyAudible ForcesNew HorizonsHaka Day Out workshop (1)Sit BackDragon Heart BeatsThe Wheel HouseCannonballistaHaka Day Out workshop (2)FranticThe PromettesThe Wheel HouseA High Street OdysseyHaka Day Out workshop (3)Audible Forces (pigeon show)CannonballistaFolk in a BoxHaka Day Out performanceAudible Forces (talk & tour)Dragon Heart BeatsFranticA High Street OdysseySit BackFaust

Sun 31 Aug

Event / show Duration Page

All information is correct at the time of printing but is subject to change. Please check www.appetitestoke.co.uk for all the latest information.

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Appetite is currently working with a wonderful mix of community groups across Stoke-on-Trent to put on fabulous events for all to enjoy. Here’s a taster:

Autumn / Winter

Highlights

in a Nutshell

Hanford Residents’ Association’s art and music event will bring the local community together for a shindig in September 2014.

Friends of Hanley Park have burning ambitions to bring something spectacular to Stoke by creating a fire garden in Hanley Park this November.

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We will also be bringing some festive spirit to the city centre with a scrumptious series of Christmas events in November and December 2014.

For the latest updates:

www.appetitestoke.co.uk (Join our mailing)

Photo: © Karen Wright

Meir Events Group will light up our lives this Christmas with an outdoor light installation with bags of potential!

Working in partnership with the City Centre Partnership and Grain, Appetite will bring an outdoor photography exhibition to the city centre from November.

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Do you have an appetite to make a difference?

The hunger to boost your CV and develop new skills?

A sweet tooth for the arts and putting on events?

A Helping Hand at Appetite

Photo: © Andrew Billington

Appetite has various opportunities for people to help out in putting on some of the very best events in Stoke-on-Trent. It doesn’t matter about previous skills and experience, we just want people with a big ‘appetite’ to be part of our team. We will offer support and training to those who do get involved.

To find out more please visit www.appetitestoke.co.uk or call 01782 454404

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If you have an interest in running your own cultural event, the Community Festival and Event Fund may be just for you!

Appetite is working in partnership with Stoke-on-Trent City Council to manage this Fund and to help local groups deliver community-focused

festivals and events in Stoke-on-Trent.

* In exceptional circumstances, the panel may award extra funding to a community group that can demonstrate a high quality event with a citywide impact to people in Stoke-on-Trent.

Deadline to Apply Opens 28 July and closes at 1pm on 8 September

To find out more and how you can apply please visit www.appetitestoke.co.uk /blog/2014/04/communityfund

£1,500 for your group!

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Appetite aims to get more people in Stoke-on-Trent to experience and be inspired by the arts. Appetite is supported by funding from the National Lottery through Arts Council England as part of the Creative People and Places programme.

Appetite is led by New Vic Theatre in partnership with B Arts, Brighter Futures, Partners in Creative Learning and Staffordshire University. It is also supported by Stoke City Council.

We would like to thank our local, regional, and national partners as well as the consortium members, Appetite Builders, artists, community groups, volunteers and anyone else we missed off the list for being such an important part in making quality events happen across the city.

And finally a big thank you to everyone for coming to see our events and supporting Appetite.

We hope to see you again very soon!

Thank You!

The New Vic is proud to lead the Appetite programme. I was overwhelmed by the response of local people to last year’s Taster Menu and know that this year’s events will help make our region a more vibrant place to live and work, and most importantly give us some spectacular things to enjoy this summer in Stoke-on-Trent. Alongside our partners in the programme, I look forward to seeing you there.”

Theresa Heskins, Artistic Director, New Vic Theatre

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Do you want to see a fire breathing dragon, Britain’s smallest music venue, circus in the city centre, a burning boxing ring, a pop-up café, an outdoor photography gallery or a poetry takeaway? That’s just a taster of what Appetite’s three year programme is serving up over the next few months so come along and enjoy it.

Most events are free but some you will need to get tickets for, so look through our programme and pop some dates in your diary.

To find out more visit www.appetitestoke.co.uk

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