april2015 - The Junction

Kathryn Roberts & Sean Lakeman
Sat 18 Apr
cambridge band competition final
Sat 18 Apr
Fiver Unplugged
Doors 7pm / J3 / £6
11.30am & 2.30pm / £10 adult / £6 child
Group of 4: £27 (max. 2 adults) / J2 / ages 7+
Mon 20 Apr
Music
Doors 7pm / J1 / £11 adv
Fri 10 Apr
Music
Wolf Alice
Doors 7pm / J1 / £13 adv
Fri 10 Apr
Bipolar Sunshine
8pm / J2 / £11 adv
Music
Bipolar Sunshine’s sound is unique and genre crossing, with
ambient soundscapes and melancholy soulful lyrics. Plus Prose.
Varmints
The poignant tale of one small creature’s struggle to preserve a
world in danger of being lost forever. Based on the award-winning
book by Helen Ward and choreographed by b-boy Wilkie Branson.
the megson band
Combining the talents of northerners Stu Hanna and Debbie
Hanna, the duo Megson is fast becoming “hot property”
(The Guardian) on the British folk and roots scene.
8pm / J2 / £13 adv
Tue 21 Apr
Boo Hewerdine & Kris Drever
8pm / J2 / £13 adv
Music
Two of the nation’s busiest and most in demand songwriter
– guitarists, label mates and musical friends appear on a tour
together as a duo for the very first time.
myth of The Green Children of Woolpit. Developed for an
audience of teenagers with profound and multiple learning
disabilities and additional needs for them to enjoy with their
family and friends.
Various times / J2 / £10 (companions free) / 14+
Tue 28 Apr
Music
Stornoway
The first unsigned band to ever to be booked for the Pyramid
Stage at the Glastonbury Festival return to Cambridge.
Doors 7pm / J1 / £16 adv
Wed 29 Apr
christopher brett bailey:
This Is How We Die
A motor-mouthed collage of spoken word and storytelling.
Tales of paranoia, young love and ultra-violence.
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7.30pm / J2 / £10 (£6 con) / 16+
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8pm / J2 / £13.50 adv
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The best up and coming acoustic talent from the East of England.
Sun 19 Apr
Award-winning folk duo showcase material from their new album
Tomorrow Will Follow Today.
Tue 28 & The Green Children
Wed 29 AprAn inspirational new multisensory show based on the famous
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Australian singer-songwriter Courtney Barnett appears on
a tour supporting her debut album Sometimes I Sit and
Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit.
Plus Spring King and Fraser A. Gorman.
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Doors 7pm / J1 / £8 adv
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Courtney Barnett
8pm / J2 / £15 / 16+
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Sun 26 Apr
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trying single handedly to redress the balance. Expect: Jokes.
Don’t Expect: Narrative, themes or a voyage of self-discovery.
Comedy Gary thinks that most shows don’t contain enough jokes, and is
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8pm / J2 / £11
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10pm-6am / J1 / £20 adv / 18+
Tue 07 Apr
Gary Delaney: Purist
all borders with her contemporary sound that spans from folk
to avant-garde.
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Fri 17 Apr
Music
Mariana Sadovska
Described as the ‘Ukrainian Bjork’ Mariana Sadovska crosses
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Doors 7pm / J1 / £23 adv
Rock icons with over 40 years in the music business under their belts.
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Drum & Bass. Featuring special surprise guest (to be announced
on the night), Hype, TC, Dillinja, Mampi Swift, Crissy Criss,
Guv, Annix, Alpha b2b Phantasy, Barrington, Concrete, Blazin’.
MC’s Skibadee, Evil B, IC3, Harry Shotta, Five Alive, Phantom,
Shabba, Funsta, Carasel, Inja, Azza and more.
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Sat 25 Apr
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Fri 17 Apr
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Doors 7pm / J1 / £19.50 adv
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8pm / J2 / £13 (£11 con) / 16+
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8pm / J2 / £16 adv
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The UK’s favourite performance poet, comedian and musician
Spoken hits the road, mandolin in hand, with a performance of pieces new
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and older, sung, spoken and awoken with dance: meditations upon
family, celery and happier Daleks. Light and lyrical. Deep and
daft. Come and sing.
Mancunian indie favourites appear on a tour supporting the release
of Hold Back the Night – I Am Kloot Live. Plus Andy Burrows.
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John Hegley:
New & Selected Potatoes
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Sat 04 Apr
Comedy
Sat 25 Apr
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Bus Station
8pm / J2 / £13 (£11 con) / 16+
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2.30pm / £10 adult / £6 child
Group of 4: £27 (max 2 adults) / J2 / 16+
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Family Join John in this family friendly show as he dips into an animal
Spoken
alphabet of poems about people, pets and other creatures.
JESUS
takes to the road in his highly anticipated debut stand-up tour.
8pm / J2 / £11 adv
Indie-folk-chamberpop maestros showcase material from their
new album Hanging On.
christian o’connell: breaking dad
Comedy 10-times Sony Award winning Christian O’Connell (Absolute Radio)
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John Hegley: I Am Poetato
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8.30pm (doors 7.45pm) / J2 / £13 / 16+
Fri 24 Apr
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Pete Dobbing.
Josienne Clarke And Ben Walker
Double BBC Radio 2 Folk Award nominees infusing ageless stories
of love and loss with their exquisite command of many instruments.
Doors 6.45pm / J1 / £6
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Jesterlarf Comedy Club
Comedy Featuring Joe Lycett, Thom Tuck, Garrett Millerick and compere
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Fri 03 Apr
Wed 15 Apr
7.30pm / J2 / £12 (£8 con) / 10+
The Fiver
Featuring Bury The Light, Kermode Spirit, The Black Cortinas,
Glue, The Avenues and Priority.
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Doors 7.45pm / J3 / £7.50 (£6 con) adv /
Slammer ticket £4 adv
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Poetry slam with headline set from Indigo Williams.
Fri 24 Apr
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Hammer & Tongue Cambridge
Wave Associate, leading new British choreographer Alexander
Whitley presents two works; The Measures Taken and &
The Grit In The Oyster.
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Fri 03 Apr
8pm / J2 / £11 adv
Cambridge based five piece who mix elements of folk, country,
classic rock and West Coast. Plus The Black Feathers.
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7.30pm – midnight / J1 / £21 adv
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alexander whitley dance company
South Bank Award nominee 2014 and Sadler’s Wells New
Tue 14 Apr
Thu 23 Apr
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Featuring The Neville Staple Band, The Dualers, New Town
Kings and Big 10. Plus sets from the region’s top ska DJs.
11.30am & 2.30pm / £10 adult / £6 child
Group of 4: £27 (max 2 adults) / J2 / ages 3-6
7.30pm / J2 / £12 adult (£8 con)
Group of 4: £34 (max. 2 adults) / ages 7+
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Ska Train Festival
A gentle tale of a very special friendship and the imagination using
live music, storytelling and a rich visual language.
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Fri 03 Apr
My Friend Mole
Family
INFO & tickets
online junction.co.uk
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7.30pm / J2 / £5 / 12+
Sun 12 Apr
Presented by Opera North and The Wrong Crowd.
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Our seasonal showcase of new works-in-progress by
Cambridgeshire performance makers.
See website for full details.
8pm / J2 / £15 / 16+
how to book
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Swanhunter
Opera Fusing opera, puppetry and live action, Swanhunter is an
Puppetry unforgettable celebration of the power of song, designed
Family specifically for a family audience.
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Views From The ‘Bridge
now living with his girlfriend as she tries to sort him out…
Wed 22 Apr
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Wed 01 Apr
Seann Walsh: 28
Comedy At 28 years of age Seann returns with his aptly named new show,
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Sat 11 Apr
Which Space?
Cambridge Junction operates over three different spaces: J1, J2
and J3. J1 is the largest space, used mainly for our music and club
programme. J2 is the theatre space, where we hold a variety of events.
J3 is the studio, used for smaller performances and artist development.
Access
Cambridge Junction is fully accessible. If you would like to discuss
any access issue prior to your visit, please call us on 01223 511 511.
You can request this guide in large print.
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ID must be produced for events with age restrictions.
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MAy 2015
Fri 01 May
Spoken
Word
Hammer & Tongue Cambridge
Monthly poetry slam night.
Doors 7.45pm / J3 / £7.50 (£6 con) adv /
Slammer ticket £4 adv
Fri 01 May
Jesterlarf Comedy Club
Comedy Featuring Geoff Norcott, John Scott, Peter White
and compere Kevin McCarthy.
8.30pm (doors 7.45pm) / J2 / £13 / 16+
Sat 02 May
Skinny Lister
8pm / J2 / £10 adv
Music
Skinny Lister are the wildest party band you’ll ever get drunk
with. Expect lusty shanties, punk folk roar-alongs and crazed
whirls of love.
Tue 05 May
Hollie Mcnish
Spoken
Cambridge hero and internationally acclaimed poet and spoken
Word
word artist Hollie McNish is a breath of fresh air. Reciting words of
love, politics, race, breasts and all that comes in between, Hollie’s
poems captivate and move audiences. Plus Charlotte Higgins.
8pm / J2 / £11 adv / 12+
Thu 07 May
kim noble: You’re Not Alone
Theatre Described as “One of the most hypnotically involving pieces of
Comedy theatre I’ve ever seen” (Telegraph) You’re Not Alone is a provocative,
moving and comic production that chronicles one man’s attempts at
connection, friendship and employment at B&Q.
7.30pm / J2 / £10 (£6 con) / 18+
Fri 08 May
Comedy
Andrew Lawrence:
Reasons To Kill Yourself
Returning from his critically acclaimed, sell-out Edinburgh 2014
show, Andrew Lawrence, heads back onto the road.
8pm / J2 / £14 (£12 con) / 16+
Fri 08 May
Music
Lee Thompson & The Silencerz
+ Terry Hall Dj Set
Charismatic saxophonist and founding member of Madness Lee
Thompson is joined by 10 piece ensemble The Silencerz for a set
of reggae, ska, funk and Motown. Plus DJ sets from The Specials
front man Terry Hall.
8pm – midnight / J1 / £16 adv / 16+
Sat 09 May
Matt Forde: 24 Hour
Political Party People
Comedy
Following a sell-out run in Edinburgh, Matt comes back to
celebrate the great and the good (and Ed Miliband). See his brand
new show as the countdown to Election 2015 starts here.
8pm / J2 / £11 / 16+
Sun 10 May
Family
non zero one: Ground Control
Using a giant projection screen and a live, highly intelligent
computer 7-12 year-olds are given control of the technology and
asked to work together to decide the future of their new planet.
11.30am, 1.30pm & 3.30pm /
£9 child / J3 / ages 7-12 (no adults!)
Mon 11 May Ugly
Music
Tue 12 May
Music
Duckling
Ugly Duckling’s sound is a combination of late-80’s/early 90’s
hip-hop, funk, soul and jazz with plenty of humour and highspirited skilfulness.
Gordie Mackeeman
& His Rhythm Boys
Sat 23 May
menagerie theatre company:
Bloominauschwitz
Thu 14 May
Theatre
(Ed) delivering funny humour through a pretty sweet microphone/
speaker set up.
8pm / J2 / £13 adv
Meet Leopold Bloom, kidney-loving man of Dublin and hero of
James Joyce’s Ulysses. As usual, it’s June 16th 1904, but something is
very wrong. A spectacular new play from Richard Fredman.
8pm / J2 / £13 / 16+
Theatre
Dance
Spoken
Word
from 2pm / J2 & J3 / £15 (£10 con) / 15+
will varley
8pm / J2 / £8 adv
Music
Folk singer Will Varley has been a stalwart of the acoustic/folk
scene since his early teens. He was last seen at Cambridge Junction
supporting Beans On Toast.
4pm & 7.30pm / J2 / £12 (£8 con) / 14+
Fri 15 May
the fiver
Sun 24 May
Doors 6.45pm / J1 / £6
Featuring Flux 32, 28 Boulevard, Horse Party, Sleeve of Hearts,
The Saps and Stormdreamer.
fairport convention
Folk-rock pioneers.
Fri 15 May
Music
8pm / J2 / £22 adv
Sat 16 May
Fiver Unplugged
Doors 7pm / J3 / £6
Music
The best up and coming acoustic talent from the East of England.
Sat 16 May
Music
Sun 17 May
Family
Tom Baxter
Critically acclaimed singer-songwriter.
8pm / J2 / £16 adv
11.30am & 2.30pm / £10 adult / £6 child
Group of 4: £27 (max. 2 adults) / J2 / ages 7+
Mon 18 May The
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Willows
Native Cambridge folk outfit The Willows’ first album Beneath
Our Humble Soil was nominated for Best Debut in the Spiral
Earth Awards 2014, and has been championed by the likes of Bob
Harris and Mike Harding.
8pm / J2 / £13 adv
Wed 20 May gandini
Circus
Dance
Family
Music
Dance
juggling: 4x4
4 jugglers and 4 Royal Ballet dancers share a stage for the first
time - 4x4 is a celebration of where these paths meet.
7.30pm / J2 / £12 (£8 con)
Group of 4: £34 (max. 2 adults) / ages 8+
Wed 20 – Fri 22 May
Comedy I Fagiolini: Betrayal A Polyphonic Crime Drama
A daring and innovative collaboration between vocal ensemble
I Fagiolini and director John La Bouchardière fusing voices with
contemporary dance. Presented by the Cambridge Early Music
Festival of the Voice.
Wed & Thu 8pm, Fri 7.30 & 9.30pm / J1 /
£26 (£21 con) / 16+
francesca martinez:
what the **** is normal?!
show for anyone who has ever struggled to fit in, felt ‘different’
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or wondered what the **** normal means?
8pm / J3 / £15 (£13 con) / 16+
Mon 25 May The
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Ukrainians
Founded by ex-Wedding Present guitarist Peter Solowka The
Ukrainians fuse traditional Ukrainian and Western music.
8pm / J2 / £12 adv
Tue 26 May
dave gorman’s screen guild
8pm / J2 / £16 / 16+
Comedy Warm up for new TV show Modern Life is Goodish.
Wed 27 May Coco
Music
Rapunzel
Told in an inventive, visual and physical style with live music and
magical design, Rapunzel is a delightful show about the curiosity
and joys of growing up, risk taking and discovering who you are.
Watch Out Festival
A festival of dangerous new theatre and dance. A day-long
showcase of wild and innovative new shows developed with
Cambridge Junction. Cambridge, you better watch out!
See website for full line up.
Sun 24 May
Music
Ed Gamble: Gambletron 5000
Comedy Gamble wops out his debut solo effort. Essentially it’s a great guy
8pm / J2 / £11 adv
Award-winning old-time roots music with an energy level that
practically yanks you out of your seat by the collar.
Thu 21 May
And The Butterfields
A truly colourful, energetic and foot stomping act to be reckoned
with, featuring beatboxer EupheX and performing their own unique
fusion of folk, pop and hip hop, or “fip fok” to their fans.
8pm / J2 / £13 adv
Wed 28 May fingerstyle
Music
collective
A collaboration between acoustic guitarists Don Alder,
Dan LaVoie and Stuart Masters.
8pm / J2 / £11 adv
Fri 29 May
Barb Jungr: Hard Rain
8pm / J2 / £11 adv
Music
Cabaret
Barb Jungr appears on a tour celebrating the release of her new album
Hard Rain with a set of the songs of Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen.
Sat 30 May
Music
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The Lambrettas
Mod revival icons. Plus Mick Walker’s ‘The Circles’
and DJ Jacqui Carroll.
Doors 7pm – midnight / J1 / £16 adv
Sat 30 & Ruby Wax: Sane New World
Sun 31 May Much loved US born comedian, actor and writer Ruby Wax’s new
Comedy show is based on her critically acclaimed book “Sane New World”.
8pm / J2 / £21 (£19 student) / 16+
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