MUSIC DANCE THEATRE FIlM lECTURES VISUAl ARTS

MUSIC DANCE THEATRE Film
Lectures Visual Arts
Welcome
Arts
Calendar
spring 2013
so, what’s new?
Funny you should ask: it’s a New Year; we’re presenting
lots of new work and new ideas and we hope you’ll
enjoy discovering them with us.
The first University of Surrey New Writers’ Festival takes
place on 15 and 16 March. Exploring Lewis Carroll and
his relationship with Guildford via workshops, cabaret,
panel discussions, interactive tours and competitions,
established writers and aspiring authors, playwrights
and songwriters will find something fascinating and
inspiring.
There’s new thinking about how and why artists
work together from The Weak Force, an international
collaboration between artists Matthew Sansom (UK),
Andy Thomson (NZ), Paul Cullen (NZ), Laresa Kosloff
(Aus), Bruce Barber (Can), and Kim Morgan (Can) in the
Lewis Elton Gallery as part of the Guildford International
Music Festival.
The Festival springs into life in March bringing new
artists and programmes, as well as returning Festival
friends, to the University and to venues around
Guildford. Look out for performances in heritage spaces;
a music documentary film series; new dance works
- Weightless, celebrating choreographer Yael Flexer’s
20th anniversary and The Protocol Project, which invites
the audience to try out digital effects; Guitar Greats,
with John Wiliams, Craig Ogden and friends; and the
high-energy drummers of The Dhol Foundation. There’s
plenty of opportunity to find something new to enjoy.
Award-winning dance also comes from Theo Clinkard
and Joe Moran in a double bill Ordinary Courage and
Obverse, plus Theo’s short film, To Leap or Skip in an
Emotional Manner (6 February). In these pages you’ll find performances by Guildford
School of Acting; dance, theatre studies and music
students; professional performances; exhibitions,
lectures and festivals, often in conjunction with
local and professional partners, created by university
academic staff, students and our peers. Some events
may still be in the planning stages; some of them
take place in venues around Guildford as well as on
campus. Whatever they are, we know you’ll find it an
entertaining experience.
Why not make your New Year’s resolution to try
something new with us?
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In person and phone bookings:
Open from 15 January 2013, 10.00 - 18.00
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Events still available to book online:
www.surrey.ac.uk/arts
All GSA shows go on sale 15 January 2013, 10.00
Please note there are reduced opening hours and closed
periods over Christmas and Easter holidays. Please call
the Box Office for further information.
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Lunchtime Recital
Rush Hour Concert
Pottery classes begin
Preview of MARK MICHAEL’S EXHIBITION
Creative Writers’ Group
Pottery/Painting & Drawing classes begin
RAY
Painting & Drawing classes begin
Book Circle
Poetry Reading Group
FEB
WED6
Andy Lavender
Head of the School of Arts
MAR
Rush Hour Concert
GSA: JERRY SPRINGER: THE OPERA opens
Preview of ZOROASTRIAN MIGRATION
EXHIBITION
CROSER HUGHES CHAMBER MUSIC AWARD
GSA: THE DROWSY CHAPERONE opens
Dance Double Bill
CROSER HUGHES WINNERS EVENT
SURREY ARTS YOUR PAINTINGS TRAIL
COMPOSERS AND CHOREOGRAPHERS
CREATIVE PRESENTATIONS
LUNCHTIME RECITAL
SURREY SCULPTURE SOCIETY LECTURE BY
ANGELA CONNER FRBS
GSA: ROMEO & JULIET opens
DOWN FROM THE MOUNTAIN
RUSH HOUR CONCERT
BRAHMS’ REQUIEM
Book Circle
Creative Writers’ Group
The Making of the Extraordinary
LUNCHTIME RECITAL
BYRON WALLEN PROJECT
WEAK FORCE EXHIBITION installation begins
Poetry Reading Group
LUNCHTIME RECITAL
ENSEMBLES CONCERT
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RUSH HOUR CONCERT
LUNCHTIME RECITAL
GUILDFORD INTERNATIONAL MUSIC
FESTIVAL begins
UNIVERSITY OF SURREY CHAMBER CHOIR
AND ORCHESTRA
THE SYMPHONOVA CONCERT
ACTUAL SIZE DANCE COMPANY
GUITAR GREATS WEEKENDS starts
BIG BAND CONCERT
GUITAR GREATS WEEKENDS
Preview of WEAK FORCE EXHIBITION
SURREY COMPOSERS CONCERT
LUNCHTIME RECITAL
GSA: THE WORLD GOES ‘ROUND opens
TOM DOWD AND THE LANGUAGE OF MUSIC
RUSH HOUR CONCERT
LONDON COMMUNITY GOSPEL CHOIR
THE Dhol FOUNDATION
Surrey New Writers’ Festival
GSA SINGERS: Here’s Where I Stand
Book Circle
Creative Writers’ Group
IT MIGHT GET LOUD
QUATTRO MANI COMPETITION
WEIGHTLESS
GSA: THE COLOUR OF JUSTICE opens
SHAKESPEARE PROJECT
PIANO PLUS!
SMOKEY JOE’S CAFE opens
Poetry Reading Group
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Preview of BOBBIE BALES’ EXHIBITION
CAPTURING THE EPHEMERAL opens
PERFORMANCE PHILOSOPHY CONFERENCE
Book Circle
Creative Writers’ Group
Poetry Reading Group
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MUSIC
DANCE
THEATRE
Film
Lectures
Visual Arts
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dance
Fri 8 Mar, 19.30
Box Office
Mon – Fri, 10.00 – 18.00
T: 01483 686876
PATS Dance Studio
Tickets: £4, £2.50 students
ACTUAL SIZE DANCE COMPANY
Enquiries
E: [email protected]
Online booking
www.surrey.ac.uk/arts/whatson
Joe Moran Obverse (credit Benedict Johnson)
Actual Size is a student led dance
company, working with professional
dance artists and developing their
own work. In the past the company
has worked with artists including
Luke Birch, Annie Lok, Karen Da
Silva and most recently Rosie
Heafford (Second Hand Dance).
Actual Size has also been fortunate
enough to tour work and perform
at dance platforms such as Dancin’
Oxford in 2010.
This year Actual Size, co-directed
by Victoria Giles and Rachel Gildea,
presents a diverse programme of
work made by visiting artists and
the students themselves.
Founded in 2005 by Surrey
Dance students, the company
continues to serve as a forum
for students to explore movement
and choreography.
Actual Size Dance Company
WED 6 FEB, 19.30
DANCE DOUBLE BILL
Ivy Arts Centre
Tickets: £12, £10 senior citizens, University staff
£5 students, concessions
New work by two exciting dance artists:
OBVERSE
by Joe Moran
Commissioned for The Place Prize for dance sponsored by Bloomberg,
Obverse by Joe Moran is a complex, detailed and choreographically intricate
new trio that tests the remarkable virtuosity of its dancers to visibly transform
their state of being, from moment to moment, in both body and thinking
Commissioned in 2012 Obverse pursues formalism in choreography to liberate
the poetics and immediacy of dance.
ORDINARY COURAGE
by Theo Clinkard
Wed 20 Mar, 19.30
“We are defined by how well we rise after falling”
Flexer and Sandiland
Theo Clinkard’s rousing new group work for six dancers and live piano
brims with visceral and eloquent physicality.
Ordinary Courage follows a community in repair and harnesses the capacity
for movement and touch to communicate when words are not enough.
A luminous room lit by Zerlina Hughes and an original score by Alan Stones
that incorporates Scarlatti and Bach provide the canvas for breathtaking
performances. Clinkard completes an international, seven-strong cast
drawn from the likes of Random Dance, Akram Khan, Richard Alston,
Siobhan Davies, Sydney Dance Company and Australian Dance Theatre.
TO LEAP OR SKIP IN AN EMOTIONAL MANNER
by Theo Clinkard
A film about the making of dance.
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WEIGHTLESS
Electric Theatre
T: 01483 444789
Weightless is a new work celebrating Yael Flexer’s 20th
anniversary as a choreographer. Engaging, thoughtful,
but with a cheeky wink, this show carries Yael’s
trademark witty text and humour combined with fastpaced, space-hungry movement and a driving musical
score by Israeli cellist Karni Postel.
Weightless features an exciting digital element with
radio-controlled floating objects drifting through
the auditorium and a multiplicity of sound objects;
disembodied voices immersing both audience and
performers.
Tickets: £15, £12 senior citizens, University staff
£5 students, concessions
Weightless playfully references its own historical
position. It questions the ‘weight’ of history, both
personal and aesthetic: what is it that roots us down
physically and emotionally? What might it feel like to
let go or take flight?
As the cast of international performers attempt to
‘get on with the show,’ their meaningful glances,
mutual teasing and asides to the audience subvert
the choreography and unsettle their choreographer
- who desperately tries to keep things under control
from the wings.
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Exhibitions
LEWIS ELTON GALLERY
Mon – Fri: 10.00 – 17.00
Sat – Sun: by prior appointment
Admission free
Co-ordinators:
Patricia Grayburn, Jo Baker
Enquiries:
T: 01483 689167 / 686641
E: [email protected]
www.surrey.ac.uk/arts/visualarts
Tue 15 Jan - Thu 31 Jan
Preview: Tue 15 Jan, 18.00 – 20.00
The Society of
Fickle Fingers
Mark Michael
Tue 5 Feb – Thu 21 Feb
Preview: Tue 5 Feb, 18.00 – 20.00
LIKE SUGAR IN MILK: STORIES OF
ZOROASTRIAN MIGRATION TO THE
SOUTH COAST OF ENGLAND
BandBazi
Laugh or frown, giggle or flinch, you are sure to have something
to say about Mark Michael’s art.
John Hayes, The Art Café & Jewry St. Gallery, Winchester
Satirist Mark Michael studied at Winchester School of Art and achieved
First Class Honours in Fine Art. The Society of Fickle Fingers comments
on how mobile technology, internet and instant messaging have
influenced the new ‘Me generation.’ He says “It’s important for me
not to censor my thoughts; I love the reactions and happenings that
I see everywhere from books, movies, television, the bludgeoning of
advertising and excessive fear from the media. The digital age seems to
have isolated and insulated us, forcing us to change.”
Like Sugar in Milk is a Heritage Lottery funded oral history
and photographic exhibition.
It marks the culmination of an 18 month project involving
over twenty volunteers. Volunteer ‘memory collectors’ from
Sussex and Surrey have captured the migration stories of
twelve Zoroastrian Elders from the wider South East region.
The project has been guided by a Steering Group made up
of members and leaders of Zoroastrian organisations.
Bandbazi are proud to present these captivating and
poignant stories to venues across the South East.
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Golden Sections © Peter Clarke
Fri 8 – Sun 24 Feb
Surrey Arts Your
Paintings Trail
How much do you know about the University’s Art
Collection? Did you know that it features in the Public
Catalogue Foundation edition for Surrey and that the
oil, acrylic and mixed media paintings can now be
discovered online?
Preview: Mon 11 Mar, 18.00 – 20.00
Exhibition dates: Tue 12 – Thu 27 March
GUILDFORD INTERNATIONAL
MUSIC FESTIVAL EXHIBITION
THE WEAK FORCE
COLLABORATIVE ART INSTALLATION
www.bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaintings
In February a ten year project to record the nation’s
public artwork approaches completion. To celebrate,
the BBC invited participants to organise events across
the UK. The University of Surrey’s contribution is a fun
quiz for art-lovers of all ages to discover the treasuretrove of paintings within the county. Visit participating
galleries and museums and the BBC Your Paintings
website to discover the paintings, people, places and
stories behind the artworks.
Further information about the quiz will be available in
February at: www.surrey.ac.uk/arts/visualarts
www.bbc.co.uk/thingstodo
8 – 24 MAR
GUILDFORD
INTERNATIONAL
MUSIC FESTIVAL
Artist-In-Residence
Roger Dellar ROI RI PS
This is the fifth occasion Roger has been Artist-InResidence at the biennial Guildford International Music
Festival. He says “Each time I enjoy the challenge of
getting the sense of the music, the movement, and
drama of lighting, all during the period of the recital.
Sometimes I don’t know the outcome until the painting
can be seen in better lighting. I’m aware that I must be
inconspicuous as the musicians and audience must not
be distracted.”
As an educator, Roger is always happy to talk about his
work during the interval or after a performance.
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The Weak Force is an international collaboration
between artists Matthew Sansom (UK), Andy Thomson
(NZ), Paul Cullen (NZ), Laresa Kosloff (Aus), Bruce
Barber (Canada), and Kim Morgan (Can). It is part
of Unified Field Theory, a larger arts research project
based at Auckland University of Technology. Visit this
multimedia artwork to explore connections between
gravitational theory, the 100th anniversary of Luigi
Russolo’s manifesto The Art of Noises, and questions
about how and why artists work together.
For more information: uft.gravity.com
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Webs of Lights ©Bobbie Bale
“WHAT DOES IT
SOUND LIKE, BABY?”
THE QUEST FOR
SOUND IN MUSIC
CREATION,
PERFORMANCE
& RECORDING
film
Please see the Box Office details
under each event.
Curated by Jamie Harber
and Dr Tim Hughes
Tickets: £7, £5.50 concessions,
University Staff and Friends
of the Electric Theatre
Please note each venue has
its own Box Office.
Tue 9 Apr – Thu 25 Apr
Preview: Mon 8 April, 18.00 – 20.00
to be opened by Carole Seymour-Jones,
author and Vice-President of English PEN
CAPTURING THE EPHEMERAL
Bobbie Bale
Bobbie Bale’s colourful abstract expressionist
paintings are inspired by her wild garden.
She explains that the seeds for the ideas had
been germinating for some time when a
particular experience galvanised her into action.
After walking through wet grass, she turned
back to see the silver pathway made by her
footsteps emerge and, just as quickly disappear.
The experience became a metaphor for the
beautiful moment, change and memory.
Bobbie says “I have been particularly
influenced by the fragility and edginess of
work by Eva Hesse and Anya Gallacio,
the poets Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman”.
There will be an opportunity to view sketch
books showing how the work has evolved and
listen to poetry readings recorded by the GSA
students.
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This series brings together four
extraordinary films about a broad
range of artists who share a
common goal: the right sound for
their music. Sometimes this was
done by fusing unrelated existing
sounds to create entirely new
genres (Ray Charles or Jimmy Page),
sometimes by bringing highly
traditional sounds into the present
(Alison Krauss, Gillian Welch or
Jack White); sometimes by endlessly
searching for the right sound for
a simple part (U2’s The Edge);
or sometimes combining all of the
above (producer Tom Dowd). This
series draws from the research of
University of Surrey popular music
scholar Tim Hughes, who will give
a short introductory talk before
each screening, and will be
available after the screenings to
engage in more relaxed discussions
at the bar.
also
LOOK
OUT FOR
Photograph © Terry Townsend
Production Still of Tom Dowd Mixing Layla On the Soundboard
18 Jan:
Ray
(2004) Dir Taylor Hackford,
152 min, Cert 15
The Electric Theatre, Guildford,
Box Office: 01483 444789
13 Feb:
Down
from the
Mountain
(2000) Dir Nick Doob,
Chris Hegedus and
D A Pennebaker
98 min, Cert PG
PATS Dance Studio,
University of Surrey,
Box Office: 01483 686876
Thu 14 Mar:
Tom Dowd
and the
Language
of Music
(2003) Dir Mark Moormann
90 min, Cert E
The Electric Theatre, Guildford,
Box Office: 01483 444789
Tue 19 Mar:
It Might
Get Loud
(2008) Dir Davis Guggenheim
98 min, Cert PG,
The Electric Theatre, Guildford,
Box Office: 01483 444789
The Electric Theatre’s
January Film Festival
For further information and to view
trailers of these films, please see
our website:
www.guildford.gov.uk/electrictheatre
www.surrey.ac.uk/arts/film
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lectures
Box Office
Mon – Fri 10.00 – 18.00
T: 01483 686876
Online booking:
www.surrey.ac.uk/arts/visualarts
Enquiries:
Surrey Sculpture Society
Co-ordinator, Lisa Pettibone
T: 07714 587536
www.surreysculpture.org.uk
WED 13 feb, 19.30
The Surrey Sculpture
Society spring Lecture
Angela Conner FRBS
Austin Pearce Lecture Theatre 1
Rocking Lady © John Bulmer
Tickets: £3, Surrey Sculpture Society members,
students and concessions free
Angela Conner’s sculptures harness the natural forces of our environment
using elements such as water and wind to move and unfold their abstract
forms. She has captured this energy in a staggering array of materials
including clay, steel and glass. The breadth of her sculpture moves easily
from figurative to modern kinetic art.
Unburdened by formal art training, she followed a creative path that led
her to work for Barbara Hepworth. Encouraged by work there, she set up
her studio in London and has been based there since.
Her work is represented internationally in many public and private
collections, including that of the Royal Family. Her 126ft sculpture
Wave in Ireland won the Kinetic Art International Organisation’s First
Prize and is the tallest mobile in Europe.
LOOK
OUT FOR
Further details will be available
in the Summer Arts Calendar
WED 19 JUN
ANNUAL ARCHITECTURE
LECTURE
In association with The Guildford Society
Alan Powers, Writer and authority on the 20th Century
Threads in the Urban Fabric – Guildford in the
20th Century and Beyond
School of Management
Lecture Theatre
Admission free
Enquiries: 01483 686641
www.theguildfordsociety.org.uk
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Poise © Simon Stringer
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These
events are
concerned
with areas
of academic
research
and study
There may be limited numbers of tickets
available to the public. If you’d like to
come on a journey with us, please keep
an eye on www.surrey.ac.uk/arts
to find out more.
Tue 19 Feb, 19.30
The Making of
the Extraordinary
Dr Peter Lamont, University of Edinburgh
Ivy Arts Centre
Admission free
Magicians, mesmerists, mediums and psychics performed
extraordinary feats for centuries. In the process, they have
provoked some extraordinary beliefs. But how does one make
an extraordinary feat happen? How does one make it seem truly
extraordinary? And what have people made of this? Peter Lamont
provides a brief glimpse into how magicians have faked the
impossible, how psychics have made it seem real, and how people
continue to come to the conclusions that they do.
Thu 11 – Sun 13 Apr
What is Performance Philosophy?
Staging a new field
Co-organised by Laura Cull (University of Surrey)
Eve Katsouraki (University of East London)
Dan Watt (Loughborough University)
Confirmed keynote speakers: Professor Martin Puchner (Harvard)
Professor Bojana Kunst (Giessen)
The inaugural conference of the new professional association, Performance Philosophy. The aim
of this conference is to explore the scope and diversity of research being undertaken by scholars
and practitioners concerned with the relationship between performance and philosophy broadly
construed.
T: 01483 686876
Online booking: www.surrey.ac.uk/arts
Wed 20 and Thu 21 Mar
Theatre
Studies
Shakespeare
Project
Ivy Arts Centre, Studio 2
A Year 1 Theatre Studies studio project
based on a play, or plays, by William
Shakespeare which will be created over
the next few weeks.
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Wed 6 Feb, 13.10
MUSIC
CROSER HUGHES
CHAMBER MUSIC AWARD
Box Office
Mon – Fri, 10.00 – 18.00
T: 01483 686876
PATS Studio One
Admission Free
Enquiries
T: 01483 689351
E: [email protected]
This is an annual competition for the performance of Chamber Music with keyboard.
The competition was started over 20 years ago by two former piano tutors to
encourage students to explore the vast range of interesting chamber music that is
available.
Online booking
www.surrey.ac.uk/arts/music
This is always a highly-charged event, as a guest adjudicator is invited to have
the final say and make the Award. The repertoire is really varied and excellent
performances make judging a winner very difficult.
Every Wed at 13.10 plus occasional Fri at 17.30
LUNCHTIME RECITALS
AND RUSH HOUR CONCERTS
The Winners and Highly Commended will perform at 7.30pm on Friday 8 February
at the United Reformed Church, 83 Portsmouth Road, Guildford GU2 4BS.
More details available at www.gurcms.org.uk
Presented by students from
Music and Sound Recording
PATS Studio One
Admission Free
Recharge your batteries on Wednesday
lunchtimes, or avoid the Guildford gridlock
at the end of a week, at these short and
refreshing Lunchtime Recitals and Rush
Hour Concerts. Even if you can only stay
for a little while, do drop in and enjoy a
musical break in your day.
The dates for the Spring semester are:
9, 11 January
1, 6*, 13, 15, 20, 27 February
1, 6, 13, 15, 20** March
* Croser Hughes Chamber Music Award
** Duet Competition
The performances are usually given by
students from Music and Sound Recording,
although occasionally we feature a
competition or a visiting performer or
ensemble.
Lunchtime Recitals are every Wednesday
at 13.10 and Rush Hour concerts this
spring are on Friday 11 January, 1 and 15
February, and 1 and 15 March.
The concerts cover a wide range of
repertoire and styles from classical to jazz
and include pop and digital works
Programmes for these events are not
usually available much in advance but can
be emailed to you a few days before the
recital. To join the e-list please email:
[email protected]
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Wed 9 Jan
LUNCHTIME RECITAL
Lionel Handy
cello
Britten
JS Bach
Suite No 2, Opus 80
Suite No 2 in D minor, BWV 1008
Our first programme after each vacation features a concert
by a distinguished visiting player who has connections to the
School of Arts. The outstanding Lionel Handy marks the start
of Benjamin Britten’s centenary year with a performance of his
second cello suite, together with Bach’s second suite, and some
more recent shorter pieces for solo cello.
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Dream of Gerontius
Sat 16 Feb, 19.30
BRAHMS’ GERMAN REQUIEM
University of Surrey Symphony Orchestra
and Choir
Conductor
Soloists
Russell Keable
Pippa Goss soprano
David Pike baritone
Guildford Cathedral by kind permission of the Dean and Chapter
Tickets: £13, £5 students and concessions
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After last year’s sell-out performance of the irreligious Carmina Burana
the University forces tackle one of the highlights of 19th Century sacred
choral and orchestral writing, Brahms’ magnificent and eloquently
uplifting German Requiem.
This setting of biblical texts, rather than the usual Latin Requiem text,
carries performers and listeners through music of consoling beauty to
grand and powerfully dramatic climaxes.
Canadian baritone David Pike and soprano Pippa Goss join the
student performers to add an international flavour to this emotional
and spine-tingling work.
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Fri 22 Feb, 19.30
THE BYRON WALLEN PROJECT
Pats Studio One
Tickets: £10, £5 students and concessions
“Byron’s always absorbing music genuinely draws in the disparate
elements of African and Eastern cultures, while retaining true jazz
spirit …”
Byron Wallen is “one of the most innovative, exciting and original trumpet
players alive” (Jazzwise Magazine). Widely recognised as a seminal figure
in world jazz, he is constantly travelling the world recording, teaching and
performing.
Byron was raised in a musical environment and started learning his first
instrument, the piano, at an early age. He then went on to study the
trumpet with Jimmy Owens, Donald Byrd and Jon Faddis in New York.
His early music career was forged while he was studying for a degree
in Psychology, Philosophy and Maths at Sussex University (he graduated
in 1992). Byron has been working on jazz improvisation, composition
and performance with Music students for several months. This concert
is the culmination of this mini-project which will showcase the ideas
they have been developing together. Byron and the band will play
a set based on compositions by Surrey students, all of which will be
interpreted through improvisation.
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TUE 12 MAR, 19.30
ENSEMBLES CONCERT
SURREY COMPOSERS
CONCERT
PATS Studio One
Admission Free
Ivy Arts Centre
Tickets: £5, students FREE
Student conductors direct an entertaining and diverse programme
of music for small orchestra and ensembles. The range of ensembles
changes with each concert and could include the University String
Orchestra, the Close Harmony Choir or the Percussion Ensemble
- or any other of our many ensembles!
Conductor
Tom Kilworth, Alex Blencowe
Composers
Tom Kilworth, Sandy Dobson, Jeevan Rai,
Alice Hunter, Jake Willson, James Whitcher,
Alex Blencowe, Felix Askew-Conti
Wed 27 Feb, 19.30
An exciting evening of new work by the
University of Surrey’s composition students.
With nine pieces being premièred, surround
sound electronics and a symphony orchestra
formed exclusively for the concert, this will
be an exciting evening of inventive musicmaking by up and coming composers.
Come along to this free event to hear some familiar and some new
works played and conducted with verve and enthusiasm.
Please email [email protected] nearer the date for a full programme.
Wed 20 Mar, 13.10
Fri 8 Mar, 19.30
UNIVERSITY OF SURREY
CHAMBER CHOIR AND
ORCHESTRA
United Reformed Church, 83 Portsmouth Road, Guildford GU2 4BS
Admission Free (There will be a retiring collection)
DIRECTED BY RUSSELL KEABLE
Britten
Hymn to St Cecilia, Op 27 (Words by W H Auden)
Stravinsky Mass
Music by Bach and Purcell
The University of Surrey’s Chamber Choir and Orchestra return to the URC
Music Series with a programme of music to nurture the soul. Britten’s setting
of Auden’s poem was written at the same time as his Ceremony of Carols, and
shares the same wonderful music effects. The Hymn contrasts with the austere
beauty of Stravinsky’s Mass and the extreme purity of Bach and Purcell.
This concert is one of the opening events of the 2013 Guildford International
Music Festival.
See also www.gurcms.org.uk and
www.guildfordinternationalmusicfestival.co.uk
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QUATTRO MANI competiton
PATS Studio One
Admission Free
The Quattro Mani Competition
for piano duet playing was established
in 2010 with the generosity of concert
pianist Maureen Galea. Maureen was
our first PhD performance, and is now
a well-established piano tutor at the
University and locally. The aims of the
Competition are to encourage the
exploration of an under-played, but
rather wonderful, area of the piano
repertoire, while developing
the team-working and collaborative
skills for which performing musicians
are renowned. If the first Competition
is anything to go by, we anticipate a
high standard of entry from students.
We are thrilled to welcome the pianist,
Benjamin Frith, to Surrey to judge
this event.
There is also a chance to see Maureen
in action during the Piano Day, which
closes the 2013 Guildford International
Music Festival, when she will give a
piano duet concert with her University
colleague, Margaret Roberts.
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Guildford International Music Festival
8 – 24 March 2013
The twelfth Guildford International Music Festival springs into life in March
bringing new artists and programmes and welcoming back some Festival friends
and favourites. For two majestically musical weeks, the spotlight shines brightly
on Guildford as the University works with local partners to mix a delicious sonic
cocktail of concerts, talks, community projects and more.
To join the Festival’s mailing list, please email [email protected]
Visit www.guildfordinternationalmusicfestival.co.uk for the full programme.
The full programme will be published in January, but here are some of the artists and highlights:
The Brodsky String Quartet, The Wheel
of 4Tunes – a spin of the wheel results in a perfect
programme!
Guitar Greats – a weekend of recitals, talks and
workshops, featuring John Williams, Craig Ogden,
Gary Ryan, Thomas Leeb, John Wheatcroft, and
friends.
The London Community Gospel Choir
– joyous, uplifting voices in Guildford Cathedral.
Dance and the Digital – choreographer Yael
Flexer showcases her choreographic credentials in a
new show, Weightless (see page 5), and emerging
artists Sian Goldby (choreographer) and sound artist
(Sandy Dobson) encourage playful interaction with their
Protocol Project.
The Dhol Foundation – one of the highlights
of the Olympics Closing Ceremony, these astounding
drummers and musicians bring a one-off, high energy
show to the Festival.
the symphonova concert – a truly unique
orchestral event.
Music and Words – Janacek’s Intimate Letters
at the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, with the actor Timothy
West and the stunning Pavao String Quartet.
Piano Plus! – a closing day of pianistic passion with
Mark Bebbington, Emilie Capulet, Maureen Galea
and Margaret Roberts, and Nikolai Demidenko.
Red Priest – the virtuosic early music group’s new
show Handel in the Wind.
LOOK
OUT FOR
special Hidden Heritage
Watts Gallery
The Love of Beauty
Clandon Park
A Celebration of Maori Culture
St Martha-on-the-Hill
Concerts for Walkers
St Mary’s Church
Brahms in the
Red Hedgehog Tavern!
Hatchlands Park
Historic Keyboards Recitals
There is also a full programme
at The Electric Theatre, including
a specially curated music
documentary film series,
the unique folk group Spiro,
comedian Boothby Graffoe,
theatre show Silly Songs of
Shakespeare...
…as well as performances at
GLive, Guildford Cathedral and
new Guildford Fringe events at
the Boileroom and pubs around
the town.
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MUSIC
and dance
Box office
Mon – Fri 10.00 - 18.00
T: 01483 686876
Enquiries
E: [email protected]
Online Booking
www.surrey.ac.uk/arts
Sun 10 Feb, 19.30
COMPOSERS AND
CHOREOGRAPHERS CREATIVE
PRESENTATIONS
PATS Dance Studio
Admission Free
This will be the 25th annual celebration of collaboration and creative
work presented by students from Dance, Music and Sound Recording.
The students come together over an intensive weekend of non-stop
activity, which tests their inventiveness and creativity. Choreographers
and composers are paired together and discuss their ideas which are
then shared with the dancers and musicians; collectively they devise
and present the emerging pieces which have evolved over the weekend.
There is also an opportunity for you to ask questions and to gain an
insight into this fascinating creative process. Be prepared for dancers
playing, and musicians dancing!
theatre
Ivy Arts Centre
Mon – Fri, 10.00 - 18.00
T: 01483 686876
Enquiries
E: [email protected]
Online Booking
www.surrey.ac.uk/arts
Electric Theatre
Mon – Sat, 10.30 - 17.00
T: 01483 444789
Online Booking
www.guildford.gov.uk/electrictheatre
GLive
Mon – Fri 10.00 - 18.00
T: 0844 7701 797
Online Booking
www.glive.co.uk
YVONNE ARNAUD THEATRE
(Mill Studio)
Mon – Fri, 10.00 - 18.00
T: 01483 440000
Online Booking
www.yvonne-arnaud.co.uk
Mon 4 – Sat 9 Feb, 19.30
Sat 9 Feb, 14.30
JERRY SPRINGER:
THE OPERA
Music by Richard Thomas
Book and Lyrics by Stewart Lee
and Richard Thomas
This amateur production is presented by arrangement with
Avalon Promotions Limited
Director
Musical Director
Designer
Charlotte Conquest
Niall Bailey
Colin Mayes
The Electric Theatre
Tickets £10, £9 Concessions
Winner of 6 Olivier Awards, this musical satirizes America’s trash
TV culture taking a raucously irreverent look at religion, sexuality
and popular culture. Based on the notorious TV talk show of the
same name, this musical is an audacious and scandalous, yet
ultimately moral and challenging show that’s recommended to
anyone who can accept the odd dose of outrage in their lives.
This production is not recommended for under 16 years
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Wed 13 – Fri 15 Feb
19.30
Romeo
and Juliet
By William Shakespeare
Director Sarah Malin
The Ivy Studio
Tickets £10, £9 Concessions
Shakespeare’s classic tragedy of
passion and violence has been
adapted and produced for a schools
audience.
Wed 6 – Sat 9 Feb, 19.30
Sat 9 Feb, 14.30
Original Broadway production of The Drowsy Chaperone
produced by Kevin McCullum, Roy Miller, Bob Boyett,
Stephanie McClelland, Barbara Freitag and Jill Furman
This amateur production is presented by arrangement with Josef
Weinberger Ltd. on behalf of Music Theatre International of New
York
Director:
Musical Director
Michael Vivian
Peter Roberts
The Mill Studio at Guildford’s Yvonne Arnaud Theatre
Tickets £10, £5 Student concessions available
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The World
Goes ‘Round
The Kander & Ebb Musical
Music and lyrics by John Kander and Fred Ebb: Conceived by
Scott Ellis, Susan Stroman and David Thompson
This amateur production is presented by arrangement with Josef
Weinberger Ltd. on behalf of Music Theatre International of New York
The Drowsy Chaperone
Music, Lyrics and Book by Lisa Lambert
and Greg Morrison, Bob Martin and Don
McKellarson
THU 14 and FRI 15 Mar,
19.30
Director
Phyllida Crowley Smith
G-Live - Studio, Guildford
Tickets: £10, £9 Concessions
A modern day musical theatre addict
known simply as ‘Man in Chair’ drops the
needle on his favourite LP. From the crackle
of his hi-fi, the uproariously funny 1928
musical magically bursts to life on stage,
telling the tale of a pampered Broadway
starlet who wants to give up show business
to get married, His infectious love of The
Drowsy Chaperone speaks to anyone who
has ever been transported by the theatre.
Fans of the Broadway songwriting duo Fred Ebb and John Kander
won’t want to miss The World Goes Round, an engaging musical revue
embracing musicals from Chicago to Funny Girl, from New York, New York
to Kiss of the Spiderwoman. GSA brings you the best of this important
Broadway song-writing team in an evening of music offering a seamless,
uninterrupted roller-coaster ride from beginning to end.
Rouses theatre-goers to their feet with its infectious tunes....
Winner of Five Tony Awards including
Best Book and Best Original Score
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Sun 17 Mar, 17.00 and 20.00
GSA Singers present
HERE’S WHERE I STAND
Director
Samantha Lloyd
Musical Director
Peter Roberts
The Electric Theatre
Tickets £12 [no concessions]
The 2013 GSA Singers present their
annual ‘Electric’ concerts. These highly
renowned performers are back for just
two performances and will be delighting
audiences with songs from modern
and traditional musicals, popular music
featuring some well known favourites and
lesser known gems.
Fri 22 and Sat 23 March, 19.30
Sat 23, 14.30
Smokey Joe’s Cafe
Words and Music by
Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
This amateur production is presented by
arrangement with Josef Weinberger Limited on
behalf of R&H Theatricals
Director Kenn Oldfield
Musical Director Steven Hill
Wed 20 – Sat 23 Mar, 19.30
Sat 23, 14.30
The Colour Of Justice
Based on the transcripts
of THE STEPHEN LAWRENCE INQUIRY
Edited by Richard Norton-Taylor
An amateur production by arrangement with Samuel French Ltd and Oberon Books
Director
Trevor Rawlins
The Ivy Studio
Tickets £10, £9 Concessions
Legendary songwriting duo Leiber and Stoller
virtually invented rock ‘n’ roll and their songs provide
the basis for an electrifying entertainment that
illuminates a golden age of American culture, in an
idealised 50s setting. Classic themes of love won,
lost and imagined blend with hilarious set-pieces
and slice-of-life emotions. Not just pop music but
compelling musical theatre!
Five time Tony Award nominated and Grammy
Award winning Broadway musical
The Ivy Arts Centre
Tickets £10, £9 Concessions
This dramatic reconstruction, based on the transcripts of the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry,
was originally produced at the Tricycle Theatre in London. Black teenager Stephen
Lawrence was stabbed to death in a racist attack by a gang of white youths in Eltham,
South-East London in 1993. The police investigation failed to provide sufficient evidence
to convict at the time, and the public inquiry into the investigation caused a national outcry
when it found that the police force was guilty of ‘institutionalised racism’. The case was
back in the news in early 2012, when two members of the gang (Gary Dobson and David
Norris) were finally convicted of the murder of Stephen Lawrence.
This production contains strong language
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classes
clubs
and societies
Enquires
T: 01483 686641
Co-ordinator
Jo Baker
E: [email protected]
Online booking
www.surrey.ac.uk/arts/visualarts
SU
PHOTOGRAPhic
SOCIETY
POTTERY
Classes
Mon 14 Jan - 18 Mar
or
Wed 16 Jan - 20 Mar
18.00 - 20.00
Pottery Workshop,
Undercroft of Speirs Residence,
Battersea Court
Painting
and drawing
classes
Wed 16 Jan - 20 Mar
or
Fri 18 Jan - 22 Mar
18.00 - 20.00
Lecture Theatre H
Fees: External £110, staff £95,
students and concessions £75
Fees : External £95, staff £80,
students and concessions £60
Tutor: Karen Watson BA (Hons)
Three Dimensional Design
Mixed ability classes from complete
beginners to more advanced
students. There is the opportunity
to explore a considerable range
of media during these ten week
courses. Materials supplied include:
watercolour, acrylic, chalk and oil
pastels, charcoal, pencil and ink.
The subject matter is predominantly
still life. These courses can be booked
online.
10 week courses. Mixed ability
classes, suitable for beginners
and more advanced students.
Limited availability, early booking
recommended.
Tutor: Annie Boisseau BA (Hons)
Fine Art (Wed)
Tutor: William Lawrence BA (Hons)
Fine Art, PGCE (Fri)
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thursdays
18.00 - 20.00
Enquiries:
E: [email protected]
www.facebook.com/ussuphotosoc
Joining information:
www.ussu.co.uk/photo
The Photographic Society is run
through the Students’ Union and
is open to people of all abilities
and photographic backgrounds.
It operates as a forum for the
exchange of ideas and information
and to promote the work of its
members. Work by the Society
members can be seen in the
Senate House Stairwell and the
Ivy Arts Centre. The venue and
locations change with the various
photographic workshops and
shoots.
poetry
reading
group
creative
writers’
group
Tue 13.00 - 14.00
29 Jan
26 Feb
26 Mar
29 Apr
Tue 13.00 - 14.00
15 Jan
19 Feb
19 Mar
16 Apr
School of English and
Languages, 55AC05
Admission free
School of English and
Languages: 55AC05
Admission free
Enquiries: Co-ordinator: Kate Brady
Tel: 01483 684358
Email: [email protected]
The totally relaxed Poetry
Reading Group meets on the
last Tuesday of the month.
A delightful way to spend your
lunchtime reading poetry books
with others and chatting about
them. No knowledge of poetry is
necessary – just a spirit of curiosity
and adventure.
Enquiries: Penny Rance
Tel: 01483 686663
Email: [email protected]
The Creative Writers’ Group meets
on Tuesdays, usually the third
Tuesday of the month. Meetings
offer a stimulating and supportive
environment for both novice and
more experienced writers. Open
to University staff, students and
members of the public over the
age of 18. There is no need to book
in advance, just turn up and join in.
Bring poetry to read, if you like.
If not, you can either just listen or
pick a poem at random to read
from anthologies available at the
meetings.
Open to all over the age of 18,
this group is run in collaboration
between the University’s Centre for
Wellbeing and the Department of
English.
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book
circle
Mon 21 Jan
Co-ordinator: Jo Baker
T: 01483 686641
E: [email protected]
Introduced by David Page
Admission free
The University Book Circle meets
monthly, usually on the third
Monday of the month from
17.30 – 19.00. Meetings take place
in the Lewis Elton Gallery where
you can enjoy the latest exhibitions
while reviewing selected books.
MARY ANN IN AUTUMN
by Armistead Maupin
Mon 18 Feb
PEREIRA MAINTAINS
by Antonio Tabucchi
Introduced by Leslie Powell
Mon 18 Mar
THE GINGER TREE
by Oswald Wynd
Introduced by Jo Baker
Mon 15 Apr
THE OTHER HAND
by Chris Cleave
Introduced by Avril Kirkpatrick
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FRI 15 and SAT 16 MARCH
SURREY NEW
WRITERS’ FESTIVAL
Dive down the rabbit hole and follow Alice to the
first annual Surrey New Writers Festival – a literary
wonderland where writers from the community
and the University of Surrey can interact with text
in dynamic and contemporary fashions. This literary
festival will feature a variety of workshops, discussion
panels, interactive tours and competitions.
This year’s programme will celebrate Guildford’s
historical connection with renowned author, Lewis
Carroll, with a fantastical Alice in Wonderland Cabaret
evening. There will also be specialist workshops on
translation, digital texts, film, screenwriting, and song
writing. Industry experts, such as editors and agents,
will be amongst the Mad Hatter, Queen of Hearts and
other familiar faces, ready to offer tips and advice to
all aspiring writers.
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OUR CREATIVE HUB:
Linking the Public, Research and Student Work
Thomas Heatherwick, designer
of the beautiful and ingenious
Olympic Flame Cauldron, said
that the spirit of Danny Boyle’s
Olympic Opening Ceremony was
about connecting with ‘people and
rooting things, rather than them
just being up in the air like a dream
in the sky’.1
This grounded approach applies to
the various activities of the School
of Arts, a creative hub where
students, staff and professional
visitors come together to extend
their creativity, curiosity and
imagination, rooted in the reality
of bringing academic research,
student development and artistic
practice into the public arena.
The events in this brochure
are presented by the School of
Arts. Our degree programmes
cover Dance, Film, Music, Sound
Recording and Theatre and our
public events revolve around these
disciplines and artforms. Other
distinct strands of our creative hub
include:
Research
Questioning, challenging, testing,
playing, looking for originality or
explanation are at the centre of
all universities. At Surrey we invite
a wide range of audiences to
enjoy, challenge, debate and even
disagree with our investigations
and findings in performances,
exhibitions, talks and seminars.
We want our audiences to
explore with us and we value your
feedback on our events.
Lewis Elton Gallery
Guildford School
of Acting
An integral part of the School of
Arts, the GSA is a conservatoire
with an international reputation
for excellence in training actors
and technicians to professional
standards in all areas of theatre
and the recorded media.
Productions at the Ivy Art Centre,
Yvonne Arnaud, Electric Theatre
and London venues, whether
musical or contemporary theatre,
are thrilling, enjoyable experiences.
The Lewis Elton Art Gallery
is situated at the heart of the
University of Surrey’s campus,
adjacent to the Learning Resource
Centre. Gallery staff work with
many artists, academics and
creative practitioners to curate
an extensive and invigorating
schedule of exhibitions and events;
they are also responsible for the
maintenance of the University
Art Collection as well as a range
of special collections. Previews
are open to all and offer the
opportunity to meet the artists.
• Curating several professional visual arts exhibitions a year including the
renowned summer exhibition at the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre.
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Box Office: Monday – Friday 10.00 – 18.00
Ivy Arts Centre, University of Surrey,
Guildford, GU2 7XH
T: 01483 686876
E: [email protected]
www.surrey.ac.uk/arts
Artistic Director Guildford International Music Festival:
Pauline Johnson
T: 01483 689690
E: [email protected]
School of Arts Co-ordinator: Sally Anne Lowe
T: 01483 686155
E: [email protected]
Patrons with
special requirements
The rich and extensive arts experiences in Guildford need nurture and
particularly, more exposure. Guildford Arts promotes the arts by
• Running a small grants scheme to encourage initiatives by arts
organisations and practitioners to develop a good new idea.
Arts Administrator and Executive Director of
Guildford International Music Festival: Patricia Grayburn
T: 01483 689167
E: [email protected]
Faculty Events Officer: Rebecca Williams
T: 01483 683549
E: [email protected]
Join Guildford Arts
• Sponsoring major arts oriented events e.g. the Guildford Book Festival,
the Guildford International Music Festival and many others
University of Surrey Box Office
Marketing Co-ordinator (Events): Madeleine Gibb
T: 01483 684046
E: [email protected]
GUILDFORD ARTS
• Producing a magazine – ‘News & Views’ – which gives arts organisations
a complementary printed outlet.
This calendar is produced by the School of Arts.
Assistant Arts Administrator: Jo Baker
T: 01483 686641
E: [email protected]
1 Interview with Louise Jury,
The Telegraph, 30 July 2012
• Maintaining a general arts web site – www.guildfordarts.com – which all
arts organisations can use to promote their activities and events, giving
the public a comprehensive opportunity to see what’s available.
General
Information
Sponsor of the
Guildford International Music Festival 2013
Become a supporter. Join Guildford
Arts on the web site for £10 a year.
Enjoy many fine artistic events each
year with lectures, sociability, wine
and refreshments. Play your part in
sustaining the wider artistic life of
Guildford and the surrounding area.
www.guildfordarts.com
Please discuss your requirements with the Box Office
when booking in advance, so that we may answer your
queries, reserve parking spaces or wheelchair places
or simply tell you more information about our facilities
and discuss ways in which we can help to make your
visit more enjoyable. There is an access ramp to the
PATS building, and wheelchair spaces can be provided
for all performances. The Lewis Elton Gallery and the
Ivy Arts Centre are both on the ground floor and are
easily accessible. Disabled parking is available outside
the different venues by prior arrangement and an
access leaflet is available upon request. Large print
notes and programmes can be provided with prior
notice.
Most events are now available to book online:
www.surrey.ac.uk/arts
Advanced booking is advised for all events.
Please note there are reduced opening hours and
closed periods over Christmas and Easter holidays.
Please call the Box Office for further information.
University of Surrey
Arts Mailing List
Sign up to receive regular updates about arts
at the University of Surrey:
www.surrey.ac.uk/arts/signup
Facebook and Twitter:
www.facebook.com/universityofsurreyarts
www.twitter.com/uniofsurreyarts
Data Protection
If we have mailed this calendar to you, your details
are safeguarded under the Data Protection Act.
However, we do work with other arts organisations
in Surrey to promote arts events across the region,
and this may occasionally result in reciprocal mailings.
Please let us know if you do not wish to receive such
arts information and if you object to the possible
disclosure of your name and address to another local
arts organisation.
The information in this
brochure is available in
large print on request.
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Arts Buildings
1 Guildford School of Acting (GSA)
Academic Buildings
2 Ivy Arts Centre and Box Office
Central Facilities
Learning Resource Centre
AQA
Car Park
Car Parks
3 Studios (PATS)
Pay &
Display
Parking
Main Car Park
Accommodation
Main Car Park
4 Lewis Elton Art Gallery, Arts Office
5 Austin Pearce Building
Exit
Entrance
6 School of Management
Bus stops
7 Lecture Theatre Block
Disabled Parking
8 Senate House
Railway
9 Wates House
6 MS
AQA
Car
Park
PATS field
CS
10 University Hall
5 AP
11 Nodus
AQA
BA
ES
BC
12Lake
Pottery Workshop
BB
11
Car Park 1
NC
Terry’s
Pond
ATI
AD
London
1
GSA
2
Ivy
Arts
Centre
AC
3 PATS
AB
AA
4
Art Gallery
7 LT
PM 8 SE
TB
A3
AZ
AY
AX
AW
DK
HA
University
Main Entrance
10
University Hall
9
WH
Portsmouth
Students’
Union
12
HC
Guildford Cathedral
Guildford Cathedral
Manor Park
The Surrey Research Park
The Surrey Sports Park
Royal Surrey County Hospital
How to get
to the University of Surrey
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Guildford
Guildford
Railway
Station
By Rail
By Bus
By Road
VISITOR Parking
The University is only ten minutes
walk from Guildford Station.
Alternatively there is a bus that runs
frequently from the centre of town
via the station to the University.
Arriva bus numbers 17, 27 and
37 run from the Friary Bus Station
to the campus. There are several
bus stops on campus, which are
clearly signposted.
From the A3, take the exit marked
with the brown mortar board
sign for the University, NOT the
Guildford Town Centre exit.
Mon - Fri, 09.00 - 17.00:
Visitors should use the Pay &
Display Car Park near the Main
Car Park.
Guildford is on the main London
(Waterloo) to Portsmouth line, with
a good service. Train information
08457 484950
Traveline bus information
0870 6082608
Mon - Fri, after 17.00
and Sat - Sun, all day:
Parking is free. Visitors should use
the Main Car Park or Car Park 1.
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University of Surrey
Arts Calendar
spring 2013
All events open to the public
www.surrey.ac.uk/arts
Box Office: 01483 686876
Monday to Friday 10.00 – 18.00
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Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy
of the information contained in this brochure
at the time of going to press. In the case of
unforeseen circumstances, however, the University
reserves the right to introduce changes to the
artists, programmes and information advertised.
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