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IF YOU LIKE TO PEEK BEHIND THE SCENES

IF Talks & Special Events

Adrian McNally, Festival Artist-in-Residence Lone Twin Artistic Directors Gregg Whelan and Gary WintersThe Phare Ponleu Selpak & Compagnie Ubi: RougeKazzum: photo from 'Brown Paper Packages''Harbour of Songs' Album CoverMetro Boulot DodoWired Aerial Theatre: 'As The World Tipped'Rosemary Lee

LONE TWIN - 'COLLECTIVE SPIRIT' - THE BOAT PROJECT: Saturday 21 & Sunday 22 July at 11am, Next to the Boat in Queen’s Court, the centre:mk. Hear about the groundbreaking Boat Project from Lone Twin’s Co-Artistic Director Gary Winters, and all about the maiden voyage from crew members Michelle Die’tt (Saturday) and Steve Ashmore (Sunday). 

THE PHARE PONLEU SELPAK (PPS) & COMPAGNIE UBI: 'ROUGE': Saturday 21 July at 3.30pm, Acoustic Stage, Campbell Park. Find out about the work of the PPS in Cambodia and the making of Rouge over some 3 years. With guests Sarosi Nay of France's Compagnie Ubi and Sok Sopheak of PPS.

MAKING OUTDOOR & SITE-SPECIFIC SHOWS FOR THE YOUNG: Sunday 22 July at 2.30pm, Acoustic Stage, Campbell Park. Join the Directors of creative companies Fevered Sleep and Kazzum who discuss making interactive performance work for young audiences.

ALBUM LAUNCH: 'HARBOUR OF SONGS': Monday 23 July at 5.30pm, Acoustic Stage, Campbell Park. The Festival's Artist–in-Residence and music producer Adrian McNally, with Lone Twin Artistic Directors Gregg Whelan and Gary Winters, share tracks from and discuss making the album Harbour of Songs and its sources of inspiration with Monica Ferguson, The Stables' CEO and Festival Director.

A VERY PERSONAL TYPE OF PERFORMANCE: Wednesday 25 July at 5.30pm, Acoustic Stage, Campbell Park. Esther Simpson of Metro Boulot Dodo (Festival commission: Track Down) discusses making site-specific, interactive digital work.

GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE - THE ARTS RESPOND: Thursday 26 July at 5pm, Acoustic Stage, Campbell Park. An exploration of creative responses to climate change issues, including Wired Aerial Theatre's production As The World Tipped. Presented with the Open University and Tipping Point, and chaired by Dr Joe Smith of the Open University.

LOOKING AHEAD TO 2014 - ROSEMARY LEE: Saturday 28 July at 12noon, Theatre Tent, Campbell Park. A talk by top choreographer Rosemary Lee, who shares examples of works made over the past twenty five years, and plans for IF:2014.

Date & Time 21-28 July 2012

Times vary, see event listings below

Tickets Free

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