Portsmouth Festivities 2012 Events Brochure

22 June to 1 July 2012

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Portsmouth Festivities will take you on a

journey with the world’s greatest storyteller, as

we celebrate Charles Dickens’ birth 200 years ago.

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PatronsThe Lord Lieutenant of HampshireThe Rt Worshipful, The Lord Mayor of PortsmouthThe Lord Bishop of PortsmouthThe Chancellor of The University of PortsmouthThe Dean of PortsmouthThe Vice Chancellor of The University of PortsmouthThe Second Sea-LordCatherine BottProf. John Carey, FBADr Tim HandsRaymond LeppardSir Andrew MotionPeter Phillips

Portsmouth Festivities is a member of the British Arts Festivals Association

Welcome

Welcome to the Portsmouth Festivities programme for 2012 in which we celebrate Charles Dickens’ birth 200 years ago in Portsmouth and share in the growing excitement of the 2012 London Olympics.

We have a programme which offers something of interest for everybody and, thanks to so many friends and supporters on board, the chance to make this a summer of great expectations indeed!

We are very excited to be teaming up with Portsmouth Guildhall who will be managing the new Portsmouth Festivities box offi ce. Most tickets can be purchased from there or through our new online system at www.portsmouthfestivities.co.uk

James PrioryChair, Portsmouth Festivities

Executive Committee and TrusteesJames Priory (Chair), The Portsmouth Grammar SchoolStephen Baily, Portsmouth City CouncilThe Very Revd David Brindley, Portsmouth CathedralCllr Cheryl Buggy Walter Cha, Blake Lapthorn Max Craft, Blake LapthornProfessor John Craven, University of PortsmouthPeter Emery, Gunwharf QuaysChristopher EvansCllr Lee HuntBrian LarkmanClaire Looney, Portsmouth City CouncilIan Pratt, Kings TheatreMargaret Roberts, Portsmouth Music FestivalNaval Base Commander, Royal Navy Caroline Sharman, New Theatre RoyalCllr Gerald Vernon-JacksonMark Waldron, The NewsCllr Steve Wemyss

General Manager Helen ReeveMarketing and Publicity Diane Paxman and Sue MertonFestivities Assistant James Hall

Portsmouth Festivities is proud to be part of

Dickens 2012, co-ordinated by the Charles Dickens Museum and Film London in association with the Dickens Fellowship, is an international celebration of the cultural and educational signifi cance of the life and work of Charles Dickens to mark the bicentenary of his birth. Dickens-related activity will take place all over the world under the Dickens 2012 banner to celebrate one of the world’s most inspiring authors and provide a legacy for future generations.

Offi cial Media Partners

Symbols & Events CodesProgramme information appears in diary format with the following colour coding:

Books and Talks

Cathedral Services

Classical Music

Exhibition

Families and Schools

Film

Lunchtime Live

Outdoor

Advance Booking Only Complimentary refreshment is included Speaker’s books for sale and signing after the talk Book through the Festivities Box Offi ce Book through the Kings Theatre Box Offi ce Book through the Visitor Information at D-Day Museum or City Museum Payable at door

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Poetry

The Boat Project

Theatre

Twilights

Walks

World Music, Folk & Jazz

Offi cial Bookseller Grant Aid

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A Hundred Seas Rising . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

The Brodsky Quartet Master Class . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Evensong . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

The Wheel of 4Tunes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Petrifying Portsmouth Perambulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

The Boat Project – Arrival. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

The Boat Project – Story Stage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Free Dickens Walk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Portsmouth Festival Choir. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Emma Johnson and Friends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Hampshire Guitar Orchestra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Festivities Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Lunchtime Live . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Portsmouth Music Festival Winner’s Recital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Model Boat Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Walk Back in Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Master Class with Emma Johnson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

John Sutherland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Evensong . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

A Mutual Friend – Poems and Music for Charles Dickens . . . . . . . . . . . 8

VOCES8 in concert. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

The Story of the Journey of Food – Workshops for Schools. . . . . . . . . . 9

Lunchtime Live. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

The Launching of Dickens of Portsmouth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Prince William – Penny Junor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Evensong . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

The Fisherman’s Friends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Dickens on Film . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

The Boat Project – Presentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Cathedral Twilight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

The Boat Project – Shared Story . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Anthony Horowitz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Lunchtime Live. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Michelle Magorian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Ladies in Dickens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Dickens on Film: David Copperfi eld (1935) (Cert U). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Evensong . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Where the Dickens? Albert Road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Dickens’ Museum of Curiosities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

The Challenge – Andrew Lambert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Petrifying Portsmouth Perambulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14


Lunchtime Live. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

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Dickens the EastEnder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Dickens on Film: BBC Great Expectations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Dickens and Mothers-in-Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Hard Times: Child Poverty in the Dickens Bicentennial Year . . . . . . . . . . 15

Luck – Ed Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Leafi ng Through Childhood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Paranormal Portsmouth Perambulation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Lament for Lorca . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16


Lunchtime Live. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

The Chimes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Venice – Roger Crowley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Evensong . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Lord Hattersley. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Mozart and Beethoven Recital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18


The Boat Project – Gosport Story Sail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Charles Dickens – Lucinda Dickens Hawksley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Warm up for the Olympics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Lunchtime Live. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

In the Footsteps of Wyllie – Nigel Grundy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Composing Master Class with Stephen Montague . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Evensong . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Ensemble 360 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Christopher Hitchens Memorial Lecture – John Bird . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

The Boat Project – Thirty Pounds of Bone presents The Ship’s Log . . . 22

Cathedral Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Schools' Talk with Ellen Renner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Writing for Children with Ellen Renner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Nicholas Nickleby performed by Gerald Dickens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

The Impossible Gentlemen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Cathedral Eucharist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Dickens Drama Workshop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

The Boat Project – Departure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

An Audience with Sir Max Hastings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Victorian Portsmouth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Barnaby Rudge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Evensong . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Paranormal Portsmouth Perambulation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Taizé Style Night Prayer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

An Audience with Dee Caffari MBE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

The Boat Project by Lone Twin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26-27

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A Hundred Seas Rising

18 May – 2 September 2012AspexSuki ChanInspired by Charles Dickens’ novel, A Tale of Two Cities, A Hundred Seas Rising explores how literature might be implicated in the imagination and trajectories of revolutions. The installation features one hundred old school desks arranged in rows like a classroom. One hundred voices have been recorded and represent a cross-section of views from different cultural and social backgrounds.

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The Brodsky Quartet Master Class

Friday 22 June 2pmPortsmouth CathedralSince its formation in 1972 the Brodsky Quartet has performed over 3000 concerts on the major stages of the world and released more than 60 recordings. Come and watch the master class made up of experienced amateurs, students and semi-professionals.

£5 (£3 conc, U18 £1)

Evensong

Friday 22 June 6pmPortsmouth CathedralPortsmouth Cathedral ChoirMusic by Purcell and Wise

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The Wheel of 4Tunes

The Brodsky QuartetFriday 22 June 7.30pmPortsmouth CathedralIn celebration of the Brodsky Quartet’s 40th anniversary they present the Wheel of 4Tunes! This fantastic event promises a diverse programme of music chosen in an informal and fun way. Throughout the evening the wheel will be spun to create a programme from a selection of 40 of their favourite quartets and short pieces. The quartet will also discuss the music and invite questions from the audience, making this a unique performance not to be missed.

£14 (£12 conc)

Petrifying Portsmouth Perambulation

Friday 22 June 7.30pmMeet Library, Guildhall SquareGuided walks inspired by local macabre reports from Dickens’ Household Words supplement. Defi nitely not for the squeamish!

£7 (£4 conc accompanied children)

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The Boat Project – Arrival

Community Choir with VOCES8Saturday 23 June 11.45am with offi cial boat arrival ceremony at 1pmGunwharf QuaysThe Boat Project crew arrive into Portsmouth to be greeted by a massed Community Choir of Portsmouth-based singers with international a cappella group VOCES8.

Free

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Portsmouth Festivities Story Stage

Sunday 24 June to Saturday 30 June 12noonGunwharf QuaysTimed with the midday gun, fi red from Gunwharf Quays, Portsmouth Festivities and Gunwharf Quays will be hosting a story stage giving local talent the opportunity to present literature, music, art or theatre around the theme ‘journeys’ and ‘stories’.

Free to take part email [email protected]

Free Dickens Walk

Saturday 23 June 2.30pmMeet at Victory Gate ends at City Museum

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Portsmouth Festival Choir

Childhood, Creativity and ImaginationSaturday 23 June 7.30pmAdmiral Lord Nelson SchoolPeter Allwood conductorMark Dancer organThe programme will include music by Michael Tippett, John Rutter and Benjamin Britten and Portsmouth Festival Choir will be joined by a local children’s choir for this special occasion.

£12 (£10 conc, £5 students, free U16)

Emma Johnson and Friends

Saturday 23 June 7.30pmPortsmouth CathedralClaire Booth sopranoEmma Johnson MBE clarinetAndrew West pianoFranz Schubert is Emma Johnson’s favourite composer. The outstandingly popular British clarinettist describes his appeal:“Of all composers, for me it is Schubert who had the greatest gift for melody". To celebrate this incredible melodic richness Emma Johnson has devised a programme in which Schubert combines her voice, the clarinet with a beautiful soprano in The Shepherd on the Rock. This fi nal pinnacle of Schubert’s output will be placed in the context of the composer’s contemporaries in cultured, early nineteenth century Vienna.

“Johnson is superb” Sunday Times

Emma Johnson will give a pre-concert talk in the Royal Naval Club at 5pm. A supper package is also available at the Royal Naval Club between the talk and the concert.

£16 (£14 conc) Concert Only £35 (£32 conc) to include Talk, Supper & Concert £5 (£3 conc) Talk Only

Hampshire Guitar Orchestra

Saturday 23 June 7.30pm St George’s Church, PortseaHAGO’s guests are the Cambridge Guitar Orchestra (CGO), directed by Peter Rueffer. CGO feature yet more unusual classical guitars plus the occasional electric guitar and play a blend of classical and light jazz. Together, these two unusual orchestras form a unique and family-friendly informal concert, with a gentle sound unlike anything you will have heard before.

£7.50 (£1 U18)

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Festivities Service

Sunday 24 June 11amPortsmouth CathedralWith The Reverend Tim Daykin, Presenter on Radio Solent. Music by Dove and Walton.

Free

Lunchtime Live

Angelic VoicesSunday 24 June 1pmPortsmouth CathedralSt John’s Chapel ChoirA lunchtime concert of both sacred and secular music arranged for the angelic tone of boys' voices.

£5 (£1 U18)

Portsmouth Music Festival Winner’s Recital

Sunday 24 June 1.10pmPortsmouth Grammar School – RotundaImy Luc pianoWinner of the 2011 Portsmouth Music Festival, young musician Imy will perform in this her debut recital.

£5 (£1 U18)

Model Boat Display

Sunday 24 June 2pmCanoe Lake, SouthseaPortsmouth Model Boat Display Team present a family show.

Free

Walk Back in Time

Sunday 24 June 2.30pmStarts Square Tower

£3 (£1 Leisure Card, free accompanied children)

Master Class with Emma Johnson

Sunday 24 June 3pmPortsmouth Grammar School – RotundaInternationally renowned clarinettist Emma Johnson will lead a workshop for selected participants from the 2012 Portsmouth Music Festival.

£5 (£1 U18)

John Sutherland

Sunday 24 June 4pmPortsmouth Grammar School – David Russell TheatreProfessor Sutherland, emeritus Lord Northcliffe professor of English Literature at University College London, noted author and critic provides

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the perfect companion to Dickens’ dazzling imagination. In his latest books, The Dickens Dictionary: An A-Z of England’s Greatest Novelist and The Connell Guide to Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations, excavates the hidden links between Dickens’ characters, themes, preoccupations and the minutiae of his endlessly inventive wordplay.

“the sharpest and wittiest of literary commentators” Claire Tomalin

£8 (£6 conc, £1 U18)

Evensong

Sunday 24 June 6pmPortsmouth CathedralCathedral ChoirMusic by Humfrey and Gibbons.

Free

A Mutual Friend – Poems and Music for Charles Dickens

Tongues and GrooveSunday 24 June 8pmThe Florence Arms, SouthseaReadings from A Mutual Friend new poems by contemporary writers responding to the life and work of Dickens. The evening will offer a series of intimate glimpses into Dickens’ place in the current poetic imagination. Themed music with Janet Ayers and Les Kazoos D’Amour. Hosted by Portsmouth poet, Maggie Sawkins.

£4 (£3 conc)

VOCES8 in concert

Sunday 24 June 8pmPortsmouth CathedralVOCES8 has established itself at the forefront of British a cappella performing repertoire, ranging from early polyphony to unique jazz and pop arrangements. Debuting at the Festivities last year to a standing ovation, we look forward to welcoming this now internationally acclaimed act back to Portsmouth. “The slickest of the lot…two parts King’s Singers, three parts Swingle Singers, a dash of Bobby McFerrin and California sunshine…” BBC Radio 3

£16 (£14 conc)

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The Story of the Journey of Food

Workshops for SchoolsMonday 25 June – Friday 29th JuneWhat story does your cup of coffee or lunchtime banana tell? Where did it come from? How did it get here? Led by Portsmouth Grammar School in partnership with The Southern Co-operative. Workshops will be held throughout the Festivities for school pupils to fi nd out more about where food comes from, how it is prepared and the journey it has to take just to get into the shop. The workshops will also feature information about Fairtrade and the International Year of the Co-operative.


Lunchtime Live

Monday 25 June 1.10pmPortsmouth CathedralWill Drakett organMusic by Mendelssohn and Schubert.

£5 (£1 U18)

The Launching of Dickens of Portsmouth

The Dickens FellowshipMonday 25 June 2.30pmRoyal Naval Club and Royal Albert Yacht ClubProfessor Tony PointonExamines the resources on which Dickens’ abilities were built, his route into becoming a famous novelist, and the factors which drove him to become the writer and social reformer that he was.

The Royal Naval Club will offer a pre-event lunch at 12noon. Booking is essential – tickets available from Portsmouth Festivities box offi ce.

£5 (£3 conc) Talk Only £16 (£14 conc) to include Talk and Lunch

Prince William

Penny JunorMonday 25 June 4pmSt George’s Church, PortseaPublished to coincide with the Queen’s Jubilee, Prince William will be the fi rst in-depth portrait of our future King and a wide-ranging and fascinating biography of this intensely private man. A distinguished expert on the Royal Family and a trusted biographer, Penny Junor has had unprecedented access to the Prince’s household and drawn on her experience and contacts built up in over 30 years of writing royal biographies.

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Evensong

Monday 25 June 6pmPortsmouth Cathedral Choir (men’s voices)Music by Doveton and Lassus.

Free

The Fisherman’s Friends

Monday 25 June 7pmHMS Warrior 1860, Portsmouth Historic DockyardShanty singers from Port Isaac, this much loved local institution with their authentic sound of the sea, have been together for more than 15 years. There is no gang leader, no choir master and no holds barred in the singing of The Fisherman’s Friends. The ten-man group mesh their voices in an incredibly rousing and joyful set of shanties and Cornish folk songs. Aboard HMS Warrior 1860 for the fi rst time in Portsmouth, this is an event which is not to be missed!

“We have a very full sound,” says Jon Cleave (bass). “You’ve got the different grades of baritone in the middle, which all blend, and then there are the tenor harmonies at the top and I do the bass underneath – so it makes a fat sound, a full sound, a solid wall of sound. Like Phil Spector.”

£16 (£14 conc)

Please note that this event is outdoors and there could be restricted views.

Dickens on Film

Monday 25 June 7pmKings Theatre, SouthseaAlthough he died before the advent of cinema, Dickens is the world’s most adapted novelist for fi lm and TV. The Dickens 2012 fi lm season will be an evening of fi lm including: Fire, Fits and Starts of Restlessness and 80,000 Christmas Lights, three short fi lms produced through Film London; new documentary Arena Dickens on Film, exploring Charles Dickens’ work on screen and his infl uence on the art form, and Dickens Before Sound, silent shorts before 1914 including extracts from 1913’s David Copperfi eld and 1901’s Oliver Twist.

£7 (£5 conc)

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The Boat Project – Presentation

Monday 25 June 7.45pmRoyal Naval Club and Royal Albert Yacht ClubA talk and presentation by The Boat Project team including Lone Twin, the captain and crew.

A supper package is also available at the Royal Naval Club. Booking is essential – tickets available from Portsmouth Festivities box offi ce

£5 (£1 conc) Talk only £20 (£18 conc) to include Talk and Supper

Cathedral Twilight

‘So sweet the arrow’ – sacred and secular passions of the heart Monday 25 June 9.30pmPortsmouth CathedralCantum Barbum (choral)Join Cantum Barbum as they explore glorious sacred and secular repertoire for three voices by the great Italian composer Claudio Monteverdi, England’s prolifi c Henry Purcell and also their contemporaries, Antonio Lotti, Antonio Caldara, Matthew Locke and William Boyce.

£8 (£6 conc)

The Boat Project – Shared Story

Tuesday 26 June 10amAction Stations, Portsmouth Historic DockyardLooking at the process of making a story and how great stories have been produced. Students will have the chance to meet characters from the different Dickens stories and then the opportunity to create their own story, not 30 different stories but just the one. This single narrative will be published on the Action Stations website as well as the Historic Dockyard’s website for all the city, county and country to see!


Anthony Horowitz

Tuesday 26 June 11amPortsmouth Grammar School – David Russell TheatreAnthony Horowitz is probably one of the most prolifi c and successful writers working in the UK – and is unique for working across so many media. Anthony has written over 30 books including the bestselling teen spy series Alex Rider, and the new Sherlock Holmes novel The House of Silk. Anthony also writes for fi lm and television and is the writer and creator of award winning drama series Foyle’s War. He is also currently working with Stephen Spielberg and Peter Jackson writing the sequel to the Tintin fi lm. Portsmouth Festivities is delighted to welcome Anthony to share his work and answer audience questions.

This talk has been organised through Down Syndrome Families & Schools International and Footprints Down Syndrome Support Group.

£8 (£6 conc,£1 U18)

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Lunchtime Live

Peter and the WolfTuesday 26 June 1.10pmPortsmouth CathedralDavid Coram organ and pianoA tour de force of three of the best-loved musical tales for children, Peter and the Wolf in a new arrangement for organ, Carnival of the Animals freshly arranged for organ and piano, and Poulenc’s Babar the Little Elephant.

£5 (£1 U18)

Michelle Magorian

Tuesday 26 June 1.30pmMayfi eld SchoolA Portsmouth-born author of the internationally acclaimed novel Goodnight Mister Tom, the story of a young boy who was moved out of London during the Second World War. Many of her other books are inspired by wartime including Back Home. Portsmouth Festivities is delighted to be inviting Michelle Magorian back to Portsmouth and in particular to Mayfi eld School who are celebrating their 80th anniversary this year.

£8 (£6 conc, £1 U18)

Ladies in Dickens

The Dickens FellowshipTuesday 26 June 2.30pmRoyal Naval Club and Royal Albert Yacht ClubSusan Healey and Professor Tony PointonSome have said the Ladies in Dickens are all alike and bland and this talk shows that they were not. Susan Healey, Chair of the Birthplace Branch Dickens Fellowship and Professor Tony Pointon look at the many and varied ladies, some of whom were among his funniest characters.


£5 (£3 conc) talk only £16 (£14 conc) to include lunch and talk

Dickens on Film

David Copperfi eld (1935) (Cert U)Tuesday 26 June 4pm Omega CentreDavid Copperfi eldDavid O Selznick’s star studded adaptation of Dickens’ novel is seen as the fi rst fully successful screen telling of the author’s work by Hollywood. When David’s father dies, his mother remarries. His new stepfather Murdstone has a mean and cruel view on how to raise a child.

£5 (£3 conc)

Presented in association with Portsmouth Film Society

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Evensong

Tuesday 26 June 6pmPortsmouth CathedralPortsmouth Cathedral ChoirMusic by Lloyd and Britten.

Free

Where the Dickens? Albert Road

Tuesday 26 June 7pmMeet at Kings Theatre, Albert RoadAllow us to take you on a journey through the life and times of Charles Dickens. An evening of delightfully different dramatic performance delivered by well known local theatre companies, One Off Productions, New Apollo, Portsmouth Players and Cop The Needle Productions. Be guided from venue to venue as Albert Road plays host to this most different of Dickensian evenings.

£3 donation

Dickens’ Museum of Curiosities

Ceramic Exhibition by Portsmouth Grammar School and Artist-in-Residence Christine DerryTuesday 26 June 7.30pmPortsmouth CathedralThe exhibition includes ceramics and other artworks produced by Year 9 pupils and Christine Derry in response to the writing of Dickens during the Spring Term 2012. The exhibition will run until 1 July. Organised in support of DebRA.

Free

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The Challenge: Britain Against America in the

Naval War of 1812

Andrew LambertTuesday 26 June 7.30pmSquare TowerIn 1812 America declared war against Britain, challenging British command of the sea, invading Canada and threatening the very Atlantic lifeline on which Britain’s war against Napoleon depended. Two years later the White House was a smoking ruin, and America was bankrupt. The challenge had been answered. Andrew Lambert examines how the Royal Navy won the last Anglo-American War.

£8 (£6 conc, £1 U18)

Petrifying Portsmouth Perambulation

Tuesday 26 June 7.30pmMeet Library, Guildhall SquareGuided walks inspired by local macabre reports from Dickens’ Household Words supplement. Defi nitely not for the squeamish!

£7 (£4 accompanied children)

Cathedral Twilight

Parry: Songs of FarewellTuesday 26 June 9.30pmPortsmouth CathedralThe Shulbrede EnsembleAn evening of choral music centred around Hubert Parry’s six Songs of Farewell, the last music he wrote before his death in 1918. Considered a choral masterpiece today, starting with a simple four part setting of My Soul, there is a Country, the songs increase in complexity before ending with a 15 minute setting of Psalm 39 Lord let me know mine end for double choir. Accompanied by works from John Tavener and Charles Wood.

£5 (£3 conc)

Lunchtime Live

Oundle Festival Young Organist WinnerWednesday 27 June 1.10pmPortsmouth CathedralChristopher Keenan organ

£5 (£1 U18)

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Dickens the EastEnder

A workshop with screenwriter, Sarah PhelpsWednesday 27 June 10amAction Stations, Portsmouth Historic DockyardSarah Phelps, screenwriter for the BBC adaption of Great Expectations and Oliver Twist, as well as writing over 50 episodes of EastEnders, comes to Action Stations using the idea that Dickens was the original soap writer. Students will get the opportunity to construct their own screen plays, comparing social issues from the 1800s to those of today. This process will end with a screening of the fi nal episode of the BBC adaptation of Great Expectations in Action Stations cinema.


Dickens on Film

BBC Great ExpectationsWednesday 27 June 1.15pmAction Stations, Portsmouth Historic DockyardAn opportunity to see again the fi nal episode of the critically acclaimed adaptation of Great Expectations originally aired at Christmas on the BBC. Staring Gillian Anderson, Ray Winstone and up and coming star Douglas Booth as Pip.


Dickens and Mothers-in-Law

The Dickens FellowshipWednesday 27 June 2.30pmRoyal Naval Club and Royal Albert Yacht ClubProfessor Tony PointonMothers-in-law are not common in novels, but Dickens wrote of them, including his own, though few notice her. They come in a variety, and his last completed novel has possibly the best.


£5 (£3 conc) Talk Only £16 (£14 conc) to include lunch and talk

Hard Times: Child Poverty in the Dickens Bicentennial Year

The Bill Sargent Trust LectureWednesday 27 June 6pmPortsmouth University Park BuildingCharles Dickens brought child poverty alive in the 1800s through his books and readings. In his bicentennial year we refl ect on the reality of child poverty in 2012 and the challenges of today. Alison Garnham, Chief Executive of the Child Poverty Action Group and leading national expert and campaigner will deliver the Bill Sargent Trust Lecture.

Free, by ticket only To book tickets go to www.bstrust.org.uk

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Luck – In Sport and Life

An audience with Ed SmithWednesday 27 June 7.30pmRoyal Marines MuseumEd Smith was a professional cricketer for 13 years, who represented England, Cambridge University, Kent and Middlesex, where he was captain for two seasons. He is now an author and features writer for The Times. Ed will explore the themes of his new book Luck and its role in relation to having great expectations.

“Recommended to anyone with an interest in sport, history and human nature” Mark Lawson Radio Four

£8 (£6 conc, £1)

Leafi ng Through Childhood

Wednesday 27 June 7.30pmPortsmouth CathedralArtwork and poetry produced by the Art and English departments of Portsmouth Grammar School, celebrating memories of childhood.

Free

Paranormal Portsmouth Perambulation

Wednesday 27 June 7.30pmMeet New Theatre Royal, Guildhall WalkDickens was fascinated by the supernatural. This guided walk relates true local ghost stories and provides thought provoking explanations.

£7 (£4 accompanied children)

Lament for Lorca

Cancion GitanaWednesday 27 June 7.45pmMenuhin Theatre, Portsmouth Central LibraryIn the opening days of the Civil War in 1936, Federico Garcia Lorca, Spain’s greatest modern poet, was brutally murdered by a gang of fascists. International Flamenco company Cancion Gitana have created a new biography, a dance theatre performance of a kind rarely seen in the UK.

£16 (£12.50 conc)

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Cathedral Twilight

Wednesday 27 June 9.30pmPortsmouth CathedralAmonn Al Mahrouq saxophoneMusic for saxophone, organ and piano.

£5 (£3 conc)

Lunchtime Live

Thursday 28 June 1.10pmPortsmouth CathedralPortsmouth Grammar School musicians

£5 (£1 U18)

The Chimes

Thursday 28 June 2.30pm and 7.30pmPortsmouth Grammar School – David Russell Theatre The Chimes takes inspiration from The Chimes by Dickens using Butoh and physical theatre as a basis for the work. Performed by Portsmouth Grammar School pupils, it is a journey into time where the spirits trapped in a church arise to remind us about the consequences of our choices.

£8 (£6 conc, £1 U18)

Venice: The Rise and Fall of a Maritime Power

Roger CrowleyThursday 28 June 4pmRoyal Naval Club and Royal Albert Yacht ClubIn fi ve turbulent centuries, Venice rose from a place of poor lagoon dwellers to the richest city on earth: a brilliant mosaic fashioned from what it bought, traded, borrowed and stole. In a lavishly illustrated talk, historian and author Roger Crowley draws upon fi rst-hand accounts to give us a glittering account of this city of fortune.


£8 (£6 conc, £1 U18) for talk only £20 (£18 conc) for lunch and talk

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Evensong

Thursday 28 June 6pmPortsmouth CathedralCathedral Youth ChoirMusic by Statham and Stanford.

Free

Lord Hattersley

The Lessons of Lloyd GeorgeThursday 28 June 7.30pmRoyal Marines MuseumRoy Hattersley, who has just published a biography of David Lloyd George, speculates on what other Prime Ministers can learn from the record of the father of the welfare state and leader of the fi rst Conservative-Liberal Coalition – including Jim Callaghan (in whose cabinet Roy Hattersley served), a Portsmouth man whose centenary is celebrated this year.

£10 (£8 conc, £1 U18)

Mozart and Beethoven Recital

Young-Choon Park pianoThursday 28 June 7.30pmMenuhin Theatre, Portsmouth Central LibraryThe South Korean born pianist Young-Choon Park began the study of the piano at the age of four and gave her fi rst full recital when she was seven. Now extensively touring we look forward to welcoming her popular programme of Mozart and Beethoven including the B-fl at-Major Sonata, K.333, one of the more ambitious and technically demanding of Mozart’s 19 piano sonatas.

“individually refreshing, while demonstrating real passion and style as well as outstanding technical profi ciency…” Sunday Times

£10 (£8 conc)

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Cathedral Twilight

What are the wild waves saying? – Parlour songs and poetry from the age of DickensThursday 28 June 9.30pmPortsmouth CathedralAlexandra Stevenson soprano Soprano Alexandra Stevenson will be joined by David Price and Tim Clifford Hill to perform parlour songs composed by her ancestor, Stephen Glover (1813-1870), who was one of the most popular composers of his generation; his most famous ballad, What are the wild waves saying?, was based on Dombey and Son. Enter the world of a Victorian parlour and explore themes of the sea, the south, twilight and belief…

£8 (£6 conc)

The Boat Project – Gosport Story Sail

Friday 29 June 10amExplosion Museum, GosportExplosion Museum will welcome The Boat Project to Gosport, greeted by children from local primary schools. The children, using their own stories of how they have come to live in Gosport, will share them on pieces of sail cloth. These tiny pieces of cloth will be stitched together to create the Gosport Story Sail, which will then create a virtual piece of work that will express their great expectations for the future.


Charles Dickens

Lucinda Dickens HawksleyFriday 29 June 10.30amRoyal Naval Club and Royal Albert Yacht ClubA direct descendant of Charles Dickens, Lucinda Dickens Hawksley, presents a defi nitive illustrated guide to the man and his works.

The Royal Naval Club will offer a post-event lunch at 12noon. Booking is essential – tickets available from Portsmouth Festivities box offi ce.

£8 (£6 conc, £1 U18) for talk only £20 (£18 conc) for lunch and talk

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Warm up for the Olympics

Ensemble 360Friday 29 June 1pmMountbatten Leisure CentreGet physical and join us for this FREE event, when choreographer Anna Olejnicki will lead up to 200 people in an aerobics-style dance to a brand new piece of music especially written for this event by US composer Stephen Montague and performed live by the dynamic Ensemble 360. No experience needed! All ages and abilities welcome.

Free to take part email [email protected] phone 023 9282 4355 or just come along and join in!

Lunchtime Live

Friday 29 June 1.10pmPortsmouth CathedralPortsmouth Cathedral Choral Scholars

£5 (£1 U18)

In the Footsteps of Wyllie

Nigel GrundyFriday 29 June 4pmMary Rose Museum, Portsmouth Historic DockyardMany people have heard of the Portsmouth Marine Artist W L Wyllie RA (1851-1931), though few know anything of his life and work. Artist Nigel Grundy, a friend of the Wyllie family, has recently published In the Footsteps of W L Wyllie RA: The Old Portsmouth Years' Trail, 1906-1931. Nigel’s entertaining and illustrated talk will take the audience through the life and work of W L Wyllie RA, the most popular marine artist of his period.

£8 (conc £6)

Composing Master Class with Stephen Montague

Friday 29 June 4pmPortsmouth Grammar School – RotundaStephen Montague will lead a workshop for selected participants, sharing his enthusiasm for music and the art of composing.

Free

If you are a keen composer aged 14-17 and would like to be considered to participate, please email [email protected].

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Evensong

Friday 29 June 6pmPortsmouth CathedralPortsmouth Cathedral ChoirMusic by Bevan, Holst and O’Regan.

free

Ensemble 360

Friday 29 June 7.30pmPortsmouth Grammar School – David Russell TheatreMusic in the Round’s resident group Ensemble 360 makes its own contribution to the Olympic celebrations with a programme designed to inspire us all to get active!

The concert features a rare chance to hear André Caplet’s effervescent Quintet, pieces featured at the 1936 and 1984 Olympic Games, music by composers with some surprising connections to the world of sport, and a new work by US-born composer Stephen Montague. Montague’s piece vividly demonstrates that classical music can be just as powerful an inspiration to physical exercise as any other musical style!

£15 (£12 conc)

Christopher Hitchens Memorial Lecture

An audience with John BirdFriday 29 June 7.30pmAction Stations, Portsmouth Historic DockyardFollowing the death of Portsmouth born writer Christopher Hitchens, Portsmouth Festivities announce a memorial lecture to celebrate his work. John Bird, founder of The Big Issue will be the inaugural speaker at this event, discussing the theme of social mobility in Dickens’ day and our own. The audience will also have the opportunity to open the discussion through questions and answers to hear John’s own story, about The Big Issue and views about Britain today.

£10 (£8 conc, £1 U18)

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Christopher Hitchens

Photo Credit: Christian Witkin

John Bird

Photo Credit: Martin Gammon

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The Boat Project – Thirty Pounds of Bone

presents The Ship’s Log

Friday 29 June 8pmThe Cellars, Eastney, SouthseaThirty Pounds of Bone presents The Ship’s Log, collaborating with local shanty singer Chris Ricketts and vocal harmony group Bemis. A collection of songs, created on the high seas, documenting each part of the boat's maiden voyage.

Free

Cathedral Service

Twilight Compline with the Choral ScholarsFriday 29 June 9.15pmPortsmouth CathedralMusic by Deane and Tye.

Free

Schools' Talk with Ellen Renner

Event for ages 9+Saturday 30 June 11am Portsmouth Grammar School – Bristow-Clavell Science CentrePortsmouth Grammar School is delighted to welcome Ellen Renner to Portsmouth Festivities. Reading extracts from the prize winning (North East Book Award) Castle of Shadows, Ellen’s stunning debut novel, and City of Thieves.

Free

Writing for Children

With Ellen RennerSaturday 30 June 2pm Portsmouth Grammar School – Bristow-Clavell Science CentreFor all those budding writers looking to gain confi dence for their fi rst children’s novel, Ellen Renner shares her wealth of experience in a beginner's guide to writing. This will include reading extracts from Castle of Shadows and City of Thieves, which reached The Times 'Best Children’s Books for 2010' list.

“Ellen Renner’s debut, Castle of Shadows, is not to be missed… Renner’s story bristles with talent and brio, craft and polish…” Amanda Craig

£8 (£6 conc, £1 U18)

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Naomi Atherton – Ensemble 360 - p 21

Photo Credit: Benjamin Ealovega

Tim Horton – Ensemble 360 - p 21

Photo Credit: Benjamin Ealovega

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Nicholas Nickleby performed by Gerald Dickens

Saturday 30 June 7.30pmPortsmouth Grammar School – David Russell TheatreEnter the world of Charles Dickens in the company of his great great grandson Gerald Dickens as this remarkable actor performs Dickens’ masterpiece Nicholas Nickleby, playing every character himself. Performed on the original site of the New Theatre Royal, believed to be where the fi rst performance of Nicholas Nickleby took place.

£14 (£12 conc)

The Impossible Gentlemen

Gwilym Simcock, Mike Walker, Steve Swallow, Adam NussbaumSaturday 30 June 8pmWedgewood Rooms, SouthseaThe Anglo-American jazz ‘supergroup’, The Impossible Gentleman features internationally acclaimed British piano sensation Gwilym Simcock, Salford guitarist and UK treasure Mike Walker and American bass and drums superstars Steve Swallow and Adam Nussbaum. The result is nothing less than remarkable with four unique talents, all superb players in their own right, coming together to create something new and powerful.

“World-class jazz – nothing short of sensational” The Guardian 4 stars

“It’s terrifi c” The Telegraph 4 stars

£16 (£14 conc)

Cathedral Eucharist

Sunday 1 July 11amPortsmouth CathedralPortsmouth Cathedral ChoirMusic by Widor.

Free

Dickens Drama Workshop

With Love SouthseaSunday 1 July 12pmSquare TowerLove Southsea is excited to announce that they have joined forces with Manic Stage Productions to bring you a ‘Dickens Drama workshop’.

Free

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The Boat Project – Departure

Flying a FlagSunday 1 July 2pmGunwharf QuaysA feast of fl ags and fabric, salsa and trumpets, Fred and Ginger andBhangra – a fabulous event inspired by journeys for the fi nale of PortsmouthFestivities as Dee Caffari sails The Boat Project out of Portsmouth hosted by Portsmouth’s New Theatre Royal and Gunwharf Quays with Aspex Gallery.

Free

An Audience with Sir Max Hastings

Sunday 1 July 2pmAction Stations, Portsmouth Historic DockyardSir Max Hastings is an author, journalist and broadcaster. We are delighted to welcome him to Portsmouth Festivities for the fi rst time.

£16 (£14 conc)

Victorian Portsmouth Walk

Sunday 1 July 2.30pmStarts Victory Gate

£3 (£1 Leisure card, free accompanied children free

Barnaby Rudge

Sunday 1 July, 2.30pm and 4pmThe Blue Lagoon at Hisea LidoA taster of Dickens’ Barnaby Rudge with some audience participation. The play will be on at the Kings Theatre from 9 – 11 August 2012 as part of the City’s Bicentenary Celebrations. Not suitable for young children.

Free to fi nd out more www.barnabyrudge.org

Evensong

Sunday 1 July 6pmPortsmouth CathedralPortsmouth Cathedral ChoirMusic by Tippett and Wesley

Free

Paranormal Portsmouth Perambulation

Sunday 1 July 7.30pmMeet New Theatre Royal, Guildhall WalkDetails page 16.

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The Festivities is proud to partner with many organisations during the Festivities. For details of all associated events with the Festivities please visit www.portsmouthfestivities.co.uk

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Taizé Style Night Prayer

Sunday 1 July 8pmPortsmouth Cathedral Taizé Sung Prayer is for you when you need some peace and quiet and nobody to bother you. Completely ecumenical, just beautiful sung chants and long stretches of prayerful silence and meditation.

Free

An Audience with Dee Caffari MBE

Sunday 1 July 8pmPortsmouth Grammar School – David Russell TheatreDee Caffari is the fi rst woman to have sailed single-handed and non-stop around the world in both directions and the only woman to have sailed non-stop around the world three times. Dee shares her unique story at the closing event of Portsmouth Festivities 2012.

£10 (£8 conc) PF BOOKS CR

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Accommodation and Food

For full details on accommodation and food available in Portsmouth contact the Visitor Information Centre on 023 9282 6722 or visit www.visitportsmouth.co.uk

Parking

There may be on street parking available and several well placed car parks but do be aware that some car parks have limited opening hours. Please refer to the map, check www.visitportsmouth.co.uk or speak to the appropriate box offi ce for information on parking in the city.

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The Boat Project is travelling along the South Coast in the run up to the London 2012 Olympic& Paralympic Games and will be arriving in Portsmouth for Portsmouth Festivities. A 30-foot yacht built out of donated wooden items – 50 of which came from Portsmouth including parts of HMS Warrior 1860, war widows’ memories and beachcombers’ treasures.

The Boat Project is Lone Twin’s most ambitious projectto date. Led by artists Gregg Whelan and Gary Winters,Lone Twin is widely regarded as one of Europe’s leading performance companies, showing projects around the world to popular and critical acclaim.

The Boat Project can be followed online at www.theboatproject.com

The Boat Project by Lone Twin is also part of the London 2012 Festival, a spectacular 12-week nationwidecelebration from 21 June and running until 9 September2012 bringing together leading artists from across the world with the very best from the UK.

Join us in our celebration of The Boat Project, which has inspired numerous activities and events to be at the very heart of Portsmouth Festivities and the people of Portsmouth.

The Boat Project – Arrival

Community Choir with VOCES8Saturday 23 June 11.45am with the offi cal boat arrival ceremony at 1pmGunwharf QuaysDetails on page 5.

The Boat Project – Gunwharf Quays and

Portsmouth Festivities Story Stage

Sunday 24 June to Sunday 30 June 12noonGunwharf QuaysDetails on page 5.

The Boat Project – Boatside Gathering

Sunday 24 June 1pm to 4pm Gunwharf QuaysPlease come and visit The Boat Project at Gunwharf Quays.

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The Boat Project – Presentation

Monday 25 June 7.45pm Royal Naval Club and Royal Albert Yacht ClubDetails on page 11.

The Boat Project – Shared Story

Tuesday 26 June 10am Action Stations, Portsmouth Historic DockyardDetails on page 11.


Open to SchoolsWednesday 27 June 10am to 1pm Gunwharf QuaysTo take part please email [email protected]

The Boat Project – Gosport Story Sail

Friday 29 June 10am Explosion Museum, GosportDetails on page 19.

The Boat Project – Thirty Pounds of Bone

presents The Ship's Log

Friday 29 June 8pmThe Cellars, Eastney, SouthseaDetails on page 22.


Saturday 30 June 1pm to 4pm Gunwharf QuaysPlease come and visit and look around The Boat Project at Gunwharf Quays.

The Boat Project – Departure

Flying a FlagSunday 1st July 2pmGunwharf QuaysDetails on page 24.

The Boat Project by Lone Twin is part of the London 2012 Festival, a spectacular 12-week nationwide celebration from 21 June and running until 9 September 2012 bringing together leading artists from across the world with the very best from the UK. The Boat Project original design concept and artwork created by Atwork and Something Somewhere.

The Southern Co-operative, Gunwharf Quays and Portsmouth Festivities are proud sponsors of the programme of events that form part of the The Boat Project’s visit to Portsmouth. We also thank our partners and supporters Action Stations, Aspex Gallery, Explosion Museum, Portsmouth City Council, Portsmouth Historic Dockyard, New Theatre Royal and The News.

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Please note that tickets will carry a booking fee of £1 per ticket. This only applies to tickets coded PF.

By postPlease use the booking form opposite. There will be a chargeof £1 per booking form. Please post your completed booking form with payment to: Portsmouth Guildhall Portsmouth PO1 2ABT: 023 9282 4355 Please ensure that all booking forms are received by 8 June 2012.

In personTickets can be booked in person at the Portsmouth Guildhall Portsmouth PO1 2AB. The box offi ce is open Monday to Friday 10am to 6pm daily and Saturday 10am to 2pm. If you wish to purchase your tickets on the day of an event, please contact the box offi ce to check availability.

Methods of paymentPayment may be made by Switch, Visa, Barclaycard, Mastercard or cheque. Cheques should be made payable to Portsmouth Guildhall.

RefundsWe regret that tickets may not be exchanged nor money refunded.

ConcessionsConcessionary rates apply to full time students, seniors, recipients of Jobseeker’s Allowance and Working Family Tax Credit and Leisure Card Holders. Please provide appropriate identifi cation when purchasing tickets.Wheelchair users and one of their companions are entitled to two tickets for the price of one.

‘Kids a Quid’We endeavour, where possible, to offer young people aged 18 or under and who are in full time education Festivities tickets for just £1. Events where this is applicable are marked U18 £1.

SchoolsSchools wishing to make group bookings for children’s events, please contact the Portsmouth Guildhall for further details.

AccessWe try to make all Festivities events as accessible as possible and would like to ensure that people enjoy their visits to the various venues. To enable us to do this, please notify the Box Offi ce staff of any particular requirements you may have when making your booking.

All information is correct at the time of going to press. Portsmouth Festivities reserve the right to make changes to the published programme if necessary.

Book at the Portsmouth Guildhall Box Offi ce: 023 9282 4355

Book at the Portsmouth Visitor InformationCall: 023 9282 6722

Book at theKings Theatre Box Offi ce: 023 9282 8282www.kings-southsea.com

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Saturday 23 June Arrival11.45am with offi cial boat arrival at 1pm Gunwharf QuaysCommunity Choir with VOCES8

Sunday 1 JulyDeparture2pm with celebrity skipper at 3pmGunwharf QuaysFlying a Flag

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The Southern Co-operative, Gunwharf Quays and Portsmouth Festivities are proud sponsors of the programme of events that form part of the The Boat Project’s visit to Portsmouth. We also thank our partners and supporters Action Stations, Aspex Gallery, Explosion Museum, Portsmouth City Council, Portsmouth Historic Dockyard, New Theatre Royal and The News.

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