Arts by the Sea Festival: what's happening where

YOU CAN’T BEAT IT: Big Issue vendors, and drummers Bill Webb and Steve Slater take part in rehearsals for their part in Bournemouth’s Arts by the Sea Festival YOU CAN’T BEAT IT: Big Issue vendors, and drummers Bill Webb and Steve Slater take part in rehearsals for their part in Bournemouth’s Arts by the Sea Festival

Saturday, September 29

  • Noon onwards. Various locations. Festival 2012 Emerging Artists ‘Journeys’ Commissions
  • Noon – late. Bournemouth Seafront. Marcia Farquhar’s The Open University
  • Noon, 2pm, 4.10pm. Lower Gardens. Little Universe
  • 2.45pm, 4.30pm. Lower Gardens. Fink Soup
  • 1pm, 3.30pm. Lower Gardens. Time for Tea
  • Noon – 5pm. Lower Gardens. A-Roving We Will Go
  • Noon – 10pm. The Square. Gourmet Street Food
  • Noon – 10pm. The Triangle. Vintage Mobile Cinema
  • 1pm – 9pm. Pinewalk. Boscombe Vintage Market
  • 2pm. Lower Gardens. A Journey to the Hell of a Woman (family version)
  • 4pm. The Triangle. The Big Issue Vendor Flash Mob
  • 5pm. The Square. The Big Issue Vendor Flash Mob
  • 5pm – 9.30pm. Russell-Cotes Museum. The Ice Book (various performances)
  • 5.30pm – 6.30pm. The Square. The Regular Joes
  • 6pm – late. Bournemouth Beach. Glowing Pathfinder Bugs
  • 6pm. Lower Gardens. A Journey to the Hell of a Woman
  • 6.30pm – 10pm. The Square, V Club. Urban street dance
  •  7pm – 10pm. Lower Gardens. Land of Lower Gardenia
  • 7pm – late. Lower Gardens. Light trail
  • 7pm. St Stephen’s Church. Organ recital
  • 7.30pm – late. Centre Stage. Hoedown Showdown
  • 8pm – 9pm. Bandstand, Lower Gardens. The Submarine of Living Cinema
  • 8pm – 9pm. The Square. The Regular Joes
  • 8pm – 3am. St Peter’s Church. Church for the Night
  • 8pm – 4am. The Winchester. Live World Music for the Festival
  • 8pm – 10pm. Lower Gardens. In the Bandstand
  • 9pm – midnight. Lansdowne. Take Over the Towers
  • 9.15pm – 9.30pm. Pier Approach. Seeper: The Secret Incident
  • 10.30pm – 2am. Flire Cafe Bar. Festival Late Lounge, featuring Spacedog
  • 10.30pm – 2am. Pavilion Dance Terrace. Silent Disco

Sunday, September 30

  • 8pm – Centre Stage. Pierre Bensusan

Wednesday, October 3

  • 8pm – late. The Winchester. Freeway Poets – ‘Journeys’ Special

Thursday, October 4

  • 7.30pm. Pavilion Dance. Decadence: When the Sky Breaks

Friday, October 5

  • 9am – 5pm. Pavilion Dance. Silicon Beach
  • 7.30pm – 10.15pm. Shelley Manor. Cosi Fan Tutte

Saturday, October 6

  • 9am – 5pm. Pavilion Dance. Silicon Beach
  • 4pm. The Print Room. Meet the Conductor: Kirill Karabits
  • 7pm. Pavilion Theatre. Southern Climes
  • 7.30pm – 10.15pm. Shelley Manor. Cosi Fan Tutte

Sunday, October 7

  • 7pm – 8pm. Ocean Room, Pavilion Dance. Carnival of Objects’ The Nose

Wednesday, October 10

  • 2pm – 4.30pm. Pavilion Ballroom. Grand Tea Dance
  • 6.30pm and 8pm. Bournemouth Natural Sciences Society (BNSS). The Ethometric Museum

Thursday, October 11

  •  6.30pm, 7.30pm. Pavilion Dance. Between + Duet for a Bed of Leaves.
  •  5pm, 6.30pm, 8pm. BNSS. The Ethometric Museum

Friday, October 12

  • 7.30pm – 8.30pm. Pier Theatre, The Paper Cinema’s Odyssey
  • 7.30pm – 10.15pm. Shelley Manor. Cosi Fan Tutte
  •  8.30pm – 11pm. Key West Bar. Spacedog + Professor Elemental

Saturday, October 13

  • 10.30am – noon. Bournemouth beach. The Big Sandcastle Build
  • 10.30am – 4.30pm. BNSS. Open Weekend
  • 10.30am – noon. BNSS. Fantastic Plasticine Garden (Kids)
  •  7.30pm – 10.15pm. Shelley Manor. Cosi Fan Tutte
  • 7.30pm – 8.30pm. Pier Theatre. The Paper Cinema’s Odyssey
  • 9pm – late. The Winchester. Perico

Sunday, October 14

  • 10.30am – 4.30pm. BNSS. Open Weekend
  • 10.30am – Noon. BNSS. Creating Butterflies and ‘Glass’ Painting (Kids)
  • 1.30pm – 3.30pm. BNSS. Creating Birds (Kids)
  • 8pm. Centre Stage. While and Matthews

Tuesday, October 16

  • 7.30pm. BNSS. Ken Scott: The Intrepid Traveller
  • 8pm. The Winchester. John Hegley

Wednesday, October 17

  • 7.30pm – 9pm. Pier Theatre. Pepperminta by Pipilotti Rist
  • TBC. Odeon Cinema. Frankenweenie

Thursday, October 18

  • 11am – 4pm and 7.30pm – 9pm Shelley Manor. This This Monster This Things
  • 11am – 4pm and 7.30pm – 9pm. Shelley Manor. Breathe 2012
  • 11am – 4pm. Shelley Manor. Film Shorts + Animations
  • 7.30pm – 9pm. Shelley Manor. Music for Guitar and Strings by Paganini
  • 7.30pm. Pavilion Dance. Aakash Odedra: Rising

Friday, October 19

  • 11am – 4pm and 7pm – 9pm. Shelley Manor. This This Monster This Things
  • 11am – 4pm and 7pm – 9pm. Shelley Manor. Breath 2012
  • 11am – 4pm. Shelley Manor. Film Shorts + Animations
  •  7pm – 8pm. Shelley Manor. Spark of Being
  • 7.30pm – 10pm. Russell-Cotes Museum. Masked Evening Salon
  • 9pm – 9.50pm. Shelley Manor. Les Goddesses

Saturday, October 20

  • 11am – 4pm and 7pm – 8.30pm. Shelley Manor. This Monster This Things
  • 11am – 4pm and 7pm – 8.30pm. Shelley Manor. Breathe 2012
  • 11am – 4pm. Shelley Manor. Film Shorts + Animations
  • 11am – 1pm. Shelley Manor. Forever Frankenstein Kids’ Workshops
  • 2pm – 3pm. Shelley Manor. Prosthetics Talk + Demonstration
  • 7pm – 8.30pm. Shelley Manor. Frankenstein and the Cyborg

Sunday, October 21

  • 11am – 4pm and 7pm – 8.30pm. Shelley Manor. This This Monster This Things
  • 11am – 4pm and 7pm – 8.30pm. Shelley Manor. Breathe 2012
  • 11am – 1pm. Shelley Manor. Forever Frankenstein Kids’ Workshops
  • 11am – 4pm. Shelley Manor. Film Shorts + Animations
  • Noon – midnight. Shelley Manor. Marcia Farquhar
  • Noon – 4pm. Shelley Manor. Forever Frankenstein Shelley Walks
  • 2pm. Shelley Manor. Giorgio Sadotti in Conversation
  • 7pm – 8.30pm. Shelley Manor. Exquisite Corpse
  • 3pm – 4pm. From Alum Chine. Robert Louis Stevenson Walk

Monday, October 22

  • 11am – 4pm. Shelley Manor. This This Monster This Things
  • 11am – 4pm. Shelley Manor. Breathe 2012
  • 11am – 4pm. Shelley Manor. Film Shorts + Animations
  • 11am – 4pm. Shelley Manor. Les Goddesses
  • 7.30pm – 9pm. Ocean Room, Pavilion Dance. Weevil in the Biscuit

Tuesday, October 23

  • 11am – 4pm. Shelley Manor. This This Monster This Things
  • 11am – 4pm. Shelley Manor. Breathe 2012
  • 11am – 4pm. Shelley Manor. Film Shorts + Animations
  • 11am – 4pm. Shelley Manor. Les Goddesses
  • 7.30pm – 11pm. The Winchester. A Night of Gothic Film
  •  8pm – 9pm. Centre Stage. The Red Shoes

Wednesday, October 24

  • 11am – 4pm. Shelley Manor. This This Monster This Things
  • 11am – 4pm. Shelley Manor. Breathe 2012
  • 11am – 4pm. Shelley Manor. Film Shorts + Animations
  • 11am – 4pm. Shelley Manor. Les Goddesses
  • 7.30pm – 11pm. The Winchester. The Red Shoes.
  • 8.30pm. Flirt Cafe Bar. Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein

Thursday, October 25

  • 11am – 4pm. Shelley Manor. This This Monster This Things
  • 11am – 4pm. Shelely Manor. Breathe 2012
  • 11am – 4pm. Shelley Manor. Film Shorts + Animations
  • 11am – 4pm. Shelley Manor. Les Goddesses
  • 7.30pm - 12midnight. Pier Theatre. Shaun of the Dead + After (Dead) Party
  • 7.30pm. Pavilion Dance. Hetain Patel: Ten

Friday, October 26

  • 11am – 4pm. Shelley Manor. This This Monster This Things
  • 11am – 4pm. Shelley Manor. Breathe 2012
  • 11am – 4pm. Shelley Manor. Film Shorts + Animations
  • 11am – 4pm. Shelley Manor. Les Goddesses
  • 6pm – 9.30pm. Ocean Room, Pavilion Dance. Journeys Through Film
  • 6.15pm. Russell-Cotes Museum. Jack Maguire. Mysterious Journeys

Saturday, October 27

  • 11am  - 4pm. Shelley Manor. This This Monster This Things
  • 11am – 4pm. Shelley Manor. Breathe 2012
  • 11am – 4pm. Shelley Manor. Film Shorts + Animations
  • 11am – 4pm. Shelley Manor. Les Goddesses
  • 10am – 5pm. Garden Room. Pavilion Dance. Lit Up! Presents: Write Now: How to be a writer in 2012
  • 11.15am. St Peter’s Church. Coda Fiddle Orchestra: Journeys
  • 7pm. Pavilion Theatre. Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
  •  7.30pm. Pier Theatre. British Sea Power

Sunday, October 28

  • 10am – 4pm. Garden Room, Pavilion Dance. Lit Up! Presents: Write Now: How to be a writer in 2012
  • 11am – 4pm. Shelley Manor. This This Monster This Things
  • 11am – 4pm. Shelley Manor. Breathe 2012
  • 11am – 4pm. Shelley Manor. Film Shorts + Animations
  • 11am – 4pm. Shelely Manor. Les Goddesses
  • 3pm. The Winchester. Death of a Model Citizen
  • 6pm – 7.50pm. Ocean Room, Pavilion Dance. The Draughtsman’s Contract
  • 8.10pm – 10.10pm Ocean Room, Pavilion Dance. The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover

Monday, October 29

  • 7pm – 10pm. Ocean Room, Pavilion Dance. Meet the Director Peter Greenaway + Nighwatching
  • 7.30pm. The Winchester. Death of a Model Citizen

EVENTS HAPPENING THROUGHOUT THE FESTIVAL

  • Bournemouth Library. Paul Wenham Clarke – Hard Times
  • Bournemouth Library. The Truth about Stanley
  • The Gallery at AUCB. Laura Eldret: Power Plays
  • The Gallery at AUCB. Richard William Wheater: Them and Us

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