As part of Southampton Celebrates, John Hansard Gallery and City Eye will be presenting Sampler from Friday 16 February – Saturday 24 February, giving everyone a flavour of what’s to come when the Gallery formally reopens later this year.
Nuffield Southampton Theatres will also be hosting a full day of activities for all ages in their new venue, NST City, on Saturday 17 February.
Take a look at what’s on over the Southampton Celebrates week:
Friday 16 January
18:00-21:00 Launch Night
john hansard gallery, city eye & nst city
Join us on the 16 February as a week-long celebration of art and culture kicks off, signalling the launch of Studio 144. University of Southampton’s John Hansard Gallery, City Eye and Nuffield Southampton Theatres’ will all be opening the doors to their new homes in Guildhall Square.
18:00: Build up in Guildhall Square
18:3: ZoieLogic Dance Theatre presents Homegrown, the opening show celebrating Southampton as a city of makers
18:55: Fireworks
19:00-21:00: Party in Studio 144
Don’t miss out! Make sure you’re attending our Facebook event for the latest updates
Saturday 17 February
11:00-20:00 Exhibitions
All spaces, John Hansard Gallery
Explore all the works and installations on display at John Hansard Gallery over the Southampton Celebrates week from artists Rhona Byrne, Rob Crosse, Hetain Patel, Sam Laughlin, and David Batchelor.
Find out more about the artists and their works: http://www.jhg.art/event-detail/270-jhg-sampler-16-24-february-at-studio-144/
11:00-11:30 Chinese Lion Dance
All Spaces, John Hansard Gallery
A traditional celebratory dance and martial arts performance for John Hansard Gallery and City Eye by the Waterside Lion Dance club in conjunction with the Chinese Association of Southampton, to bring good luck to Studio 144 in celebration of the Chinese New Year celebrations of the Year of the Earth Dog.
11:00-15:00 Family Filmmaking Fun
The Production Lab, City Eye
Try your hand at making your own storyboard or short animation – or have a go at both!
11:00-15:00 City Eye Archive
the Hub, City eye
Stop by for a showcase screening of City Eye Film including our film record of events and stories relating to the Cultural Quarter and development of Studio 144.
11:00-15:30 Family Activities with The Wardrobe Ensemble
Studio Theatre, NST City
Join The Wardrobe Ensemble on a journey through the stars where you take the steering wheel. The Star Seekers will be hosting an action-packed day of games, songs and crafts that are out-of-this-world!
Suitable for under 6’s. Adults will need to accompany children throughout activities
11:00-16:00 The Shadow Factory Exhibition
Main house, NST City
Step into the stories behind The Shadow Factory in this immersive installation. Featuring the visually stunning set by 59 Productions, the Tony Award winning design team behind the London 2012 Opening Ceremony.
11:00-17:00 Conversation Station with Stair/Slide/Space
Foyer, John Hansard Gallery
Conversation Station led by Stair/Slide/Space is a participatory artwork in which people are invited to build a structure to enable comfortable discussion. Stair/Slide/Space is a Portsmouth-based group of artists and curators that work collectively to foster research and concept-led artistic practice.
11:30-13:00 Drop in Drama Club Session
Rehearsal Studio, NST City
This is a fun, fast-moving session of games and drama exercises to grow skills and develop imagination!
Suitable for ages 7 – 13
11:30-15:30 Love and Information
Various Locations around NST City
Members of NST’s Youth Theatre will be performing scenes from their recent production of Caryl Churchill’s Love and Information. Why not make a treasure hunt of it and find them all?
11:30-17:00 Tours of NST City
NST City
Sign up on the day for a tour of NST City, led by members of staff, board members and ushers. We’ll take you through our spaces from Box Office to backstage.
12:00-16:00 Film Industry Talks
Screening Room, City Eye
A programme of film-focused talks for experienced and aspiring filmmakers. Programme details at city-eye.co.uk
12:00-16:00 Discover JHG: Family drop in day
Active Space, John Hansard Gallery
Take part in free fun, drop-in, Discover Arts Award embedded activities for all of the family, exploring the programme of artist works in the Gallery.
12:00-17:00 An Ode to You
Director’s Office, NST City
Ever fancied being the subject of a sonnet, a hero of a haiku or an object of an ode? Submit some simple information before the day and have your very own poem performed just for you.
Suitable for all ages. Instructions on how to submit information to follow shortly.
12:30-16:00 The Video Booth
Suite 4, City Eye
Tell us what you think about Studio 144 and the things you’ve seen and participated in today at NST, John Hansard Gallery and City Eye.
14:00-16:00 Poetry Demystified with Inua Ellams
Rehearsal Studio, NST City
A discussion-based workshop under the expert guidance of award-winning poet, playwright and performer Inua Ellams. Exploring what poetry is and isn’t. Whether you’re a closet poet, or whether you’ve never written a line of poetry in your life, come, talk and give it a go.
Suitable for ages 16-25
14:00 – 19:00 Music Sessions
Barova Room, NST City
Want to chill out and enjoy some great music? Pop in, pull up a chair and listen to local bands performing acoustic sets.
18:00 – 19:00 Experiment
Studio Theatre, NST City
Experiment is NST’s scratch night of performances in development. Simmering with fresh ideas and diverse styles, it offers a range of exciting new pieces by artists testing out new ideas. Part of our Laboratory programme.
Suitable for ages 14+
19:30 The Shadow Factory
Main House, NST City
Tickets start from £10
Experience this spectacular world premiere to open Southampton’s brand new theatre NST City featuring a 25-strong community chorus made up of Southampton residents, and conceived by Nuffield Southampton Theatre’s director Samuel Hodges (Dedication, The Glass Menagerie) and 59 Productions (Warhorse, An American in Paris), the Tony award winning design team behind the London 2012 Opening Ceremony.
Book now: https://www.nstheatres.co.uk/city/the-shadow-factory
Monday 19 February
11:00-16:00 The Shadow Factory Exhibition
Main house, NST City
Step into the stories behind The Shadow Factory in this immersive installation. Featuring the visually stunning set by 59 Productions, the Tony Award winning design team behind the London 2012 Opening Ceremony.
16:00-18:00 Discover JHG: Teacher’s preview
All Spaces, John Hansard Gallery
Teachers, join us to discover our new building and forthcoming exhibitions programme. The event will help to inform our Arts Award and Artsmark Partner embedded schools programme offer and learn more about how we can support cross-curricular approaches to engaging with art.
Book in advance: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/discover-john-hansard-gallerystudio-144-teachers-preview-tickets-42077338452
19:00-21:00 Writers in Conversation: Paul McVeigh
Foyer, John Hansard Gallery
Winner of The McCrea Literary Award and The Polari First Book Prize, Paul McVeigh will read from his novel The Good Son, followed by an opportunity for questions and answers.
Book in advance: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/discover-john-hansard-gallerystudio-144-writers-in-conversation-tickets-42496758950
19:00-21:30 City Eye Film Screening
Meeting Room, City Eye
More information and information on how to book for free will follow.
19:30 The Shadow Factory
Main House, NST City
Tickets start from £10
Experience this spectacular world premiere to open Southampton’s brand new theatre NST City featuring a 25-strong community chorus made up of Southampton residents, and conceived by Nuffield Southampton Theatre’s director Samuel Hodges (Dedication, The Glass Menagerie) and 59 Productions (Warhorse, An American in Paris), the Tony award winning design team behind the London 2012 Opening Ceremony.
Book now: https://www.nstheatres.co.uk/city/the-shadow-factory
Tuesday 20 February
11:00-20:00 Exhibitions
All spaces, John Hansard Gallery
Explore all the works and installations on display at John Hansard Gallery over the Southampton Celebrates week from artists Rhona Byrne, Rob Crosse, Hetain Patel, Sam Laughlin, and David Batchelor.
Find out more about the artists and their works: http://www.jhg.art/event-detail/270-jhg-sampler-16-24-february-at-studio-144/
11:00-17:00 Conversation Station with Stair/Slide/Space
Foyer, John Hansard Gallery
Conversation Station led by Stair/Slide/Space is a participatory artwork in which people are invited to build a structure to enable comfortable discussion. Stair/Slide/Space is a Portsmouth-based group of artists and curators that work collectively to foster research and concept-led artistic practice.
11:00-16:00 The Shadow Factory Exhibition
Main house, NST City
Step into the stories behind The Shadow Factory in this immersive installation. Featuring the visually stunning set by 59 Productions, the Tony Award winning design team behind the London 2012 Opening Ceremony.
12:00-16:00 Department for Doing Nothing (DfDN)
Active Space, John Hansard Gallery
As part of Tate Exchange, DfDN is a project that benefits young people from the city, giving them an opportunity to re-engage with learning and take part in workshops. The project aims to creatively explore issues of youth crime from the perspective of young people, teachers, youth offending service workers and artists.
Programmed by John Hansard Gallery, in partnership with Artswork, Southampton Youth Offending Service, Compass School and In-Focus Training Ltd.
19:30 The Shadow Factory
Main House, nst city
Tickets start from £10
Experience this spectacular world premiere to open Southampton’s brand new theatre NST City featuring a 25-strong community chorus made up of Southampton residents, and conceived by Nuffield Southampton Theatre’s director Samuel Hodges (Dedication, The Glass Menagerie) and 59 Productions (Warhorse, An American in Paris), the Tony award winning design team behind the London 2012 Opening Ceremony.
Book now: https://www.nstheatres.co.uk/city/the-shadow-factory
Wednesday 21 February
11:00-20:00 Exhibitions
All spaces, John Hansard Gallery
Explore all the works and installations on display at John Hansard Gallery over the Southampton Celebrates week from artists Rhona Byrne, Rob Crosse, Hetain Patel, Sam Laughlin, and David Batchelor.
Find out more about the artists and their works: http://www.jhg.art/event-detail/270-jhg-sampler-16-24-february-at-studio-144/
10:00-16:00 Discover JHG: Schools Open Day
All Spaces, John Hansard Gallery
John Hansard Gallery invites schools from across Hampshire and the wider area to an Open Day in the new building Studio 144. Groups will visit in allotted time slots throughout the day, which will last approximately 50 minutes and will incorporate an interactive talk/tour of the exhibitions/gallery.
Book in advance: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/discover-john-hansard-gallerystudio-144-schools-open-day-tickets-42078966321
11:00-17:00 Conversation Station with Stair/Slide/Space
Foyer, John Hansard Gallery
Conversation Station led by Stair/Slide/Space is a participatory artwork in which people are invited to build a structure to enable comfortable discussion. Stair/Slide/Space is a Portsmouth-based group of artists and curators that work collectively to foster research and concept-led artistic practice.
11:00-16:00 The Shadow Factory Exhibition
Main house, NST City
Step into the stories behind The Shadow Factory in this immersive installation. Featuring the visually stunning set by 59 Productions, the Tony Award winning design team behind the London 2012 Opening Ceremony.
18:00-20:00 Entropics 11: Holly Pester
Foyer, John Hansard Gallery
Over the past 12 months, Southampton’s experimental poetry series, Entropics, has hosted some of the most interesting contemporary poets and writers from around the UK and beyond. Holly Pester is a poet and multidisciplinary writer working through archives and written histories, with gossip, radical tales and dream logic. Pester is lecturer in Poetry and Performance at University of Essex. John Hansard Gallery’s Writer in Residence Iain Morrison will be participating as part of the event.
Book in advance: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/discover-john-hansard-gallerystudio-144-entropics-11-holly-pester-tickets-42092691373
19:00-21:30 City Eye Film Screening
Meeting Room, City Eye
More information and information on how to book for free will follow.
19:30 The Shadow Factory
Main House, NST City
Tickets start from £10
Experience this spectacular world premiere to open Southampton’s brand new theatre NST City featuring a 25-strong community chorus made up of Southampton residents, and conceived by Nuffield Southampton Theatre’s director Samuel Hodges (Dedication, The Glass Menagerie) and 59 Productions (Warhorse, An American in Paris), the Tony award winning design team behind the London 2012 Opening Ceremony.
Book now: https://www.nstheatres.co.uk/city/the-shadow-factory
Thursday 22 February
11:00-20:00 Exhibitions
All spaces, John Hansard Gallery
Explore all the works and installations on display at John Hansard Gallery over the Southampton Celebrates week from artists Rhona Byrne, Rob Crosse, Hetain Patel, Sam Laughlin, and David Batchelor.
Find out more about the artists and their works: http://www.jhg.art/event-detail/270-jhg-sampler-16-24-february-at-studio-144/
11:00-17:00 Conversation Station with Stair/Slide/Space with Iain Morrison workshop
Foyer, John Hansard Gallery
Conversation Station led by Stair/Slide/Space is a participatory artwork in which people are invited to build a structure to enable comfortable discussion. Stair/Slide/Space is a Portsmouth-based group of artists and curators that work collectively to foster research and concept-led artistic practice.
John Hansard Gallery’s Writer in Residence, Iain Morrison, will be leading a workshop with Stair/Slide/Space on Thursday 22 February to respond to the activity’s outcomes.
11:00-16:00 The Shadow Factory Exhibition
Main house, NST City
Step into the stories behind The Shadow Factory in this immersive installation. Featuring the visually stunning set by 59 Productions, the Tony Award winning design team behind the London 2012 Opening Ceremony.
15:30-17:30 Cities Communities Engagement Hub: Researchers Café with Dr Alan Wong
Active Space, John Hansard Gallery
Future Cities Southampton Community Network Meeting will discuss initiatives that are of relevance to people today that will help shape the City for our future generations.
The Researchers’ Café enables students, staff and the public to meet University researchers and discuss their research in an informal space. These events will be led by Dr Alan Wong, a Research Fellow within Engineering and the Environment at the University of Southampton.
Book in advance: www.eventbrite.com/e/future-cities-southampton-community-network-meeting-tickets-42394790961
19:30 The Shadow Factory
Main House, NST City
Tickets start from £10
Experience this spectacular world premiere to open Southampton’s brand new theatre NST City featuring a 25-strong community chorus made up of Southampton residents, and conceived by Nuffield Southampton Theatre’s director Samuel Hodges (Dedication, The Glass Menagerie) and 59 Productions (Warhorse, An American in Paris), the Tony award winning design team behind the London 2012 Opening Ceremony.
Book now: https://www.nstheatres.co.uk/city/the-shadow-factory
Friday 23 February
11:00-20:00 Exhibitions
All spaces, John Hansard Gallery
Explore all the works and installations on display at John Hansard Gallery over the Southampton Celebrates week from artists Rhona Byrne, Rob Crosse, Hetain Patel, Sam Laughlin, and David Batchelor.
Find out more about the artists and their works: http://www.jhg.art/event-detail/270-jhg-sampler-16-24-february-at-studio-144/
11:00-16:00 Communities Open Day with Lizzie Jones
Active Space, John Hansard Gallery
Artist Lizzie Jones will lead a drop-in workshop event in Studio 144 for Southampton Community groups. Lizzie will facilitate a creative workshop, where visitors will be invited and encouraged to make things in response to the art on display.
11:00-17:00 Conversation Station with Stair/Slide/Space
Foyer, John Hansard Gallery
Conversation Station led by Stair/Slide/Space is a participatory artwork in which people are invited to build a structure to enable comfortable discussion. Stair/Slide/Space is a Portsmouth-based group of artists and curators that work collectively to foster research and concept-led artistic practice.
11:00-16:00 The Shadow Factory Exhibition
Main house, NST City
Step into the stories behind The Shadow Factory in this immersive installation. Featuring the visually stunning set by 59 Productions, the Tony Award winning design team behind the London 2012 Opening Ceremony.
19:30 The Shadow Factory
Main House, NST City
Tickets start from £10
Experience this spectacular world premiere to open Southampton’s brand new theatre NST City featuring a 25-strong community chorus made up of Southampton residents, and conceived by Nuffield Southampton Theatre’s director Samuel Hodges (Dedication, The Glass Menagerie) and 59 Productions (Warhorse, An American in Paris), the Tony award winning design team behind the London 2012 Opening Ceremony.
19:45-20:45 Elaine Mitchener: SWEET TOOTH
NST City
Acclaimed vocalist and movement artist Elaine Mitchener will present an experimental and ambitious 50-minute cross disciplinary music theatre piece. SWEET TOOTH marks the culmination of five years’ research by Mitchener into our love of sugar and the historical links between Britain and the Transatlantic Slave Trade.
Book now: https://www.nstheatres.co.uk/city/the-shadow-factory
Saturday 24 February
11:00-20:00 Exhibitions
All spaces, John Hansard Gallery
Explore all the works and installations on display at John Hansard Gallery over the Southampton Celebrates week from artists Rhona Byrne, Rob Crosse, Hetain Patel, Sam Laughlin, and David Batchelor.
Find out more about the artists and their works: http://www.jhg.art/event-detail/270-jhg-sampler-16-24-february-at-studio-144/
11:00-14:00 SWEET TOOTH: Perspectives
Meeting Room, John Hansard Gallery
The series of conversations exploring the cross-disciplinary nature of SWEET TOOTH will include a dialogue between Elaine Mitchener and composer Dr Drew Crawford (University of Southampton), examining the work’s structural improvisational methodology, as well as the historical consultant for the piece, Dr Christer Petley (University of Southampton), in conversation with Dr Pritipuspa Mishra (University of Southampton) to explore the historical material within the performance. The event will conclude with a panel discussion chaired by Don John, founder of Southampton Black History Month.
Book in advance: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/discover-john-hansard-gallerystudio-144-sweet-tooth-perspectives-tickets-42493378840
11:00-20:00 Conversation Station with Stair/Slide/Space
Foyer, John Hansard Gallery
Conversation Station led by Stair/Slide/Space is a participatory artwork in which people are invited to build a structure to enable comfortable discussion. Stair/Slide/Space is a Portsmouth-based group of artists and curators that work collectively to foster research and concept-led artistic practice.
14:30 & 19:30 The Shadow Factory
Main House, NST City
Tickets start from £10
Experience this spectacular world premiere to open Southampton’s brand new theatre NST City featuring a 25-strong community chorus made up of Southampton residents, and conceived by Nuffield Southampton Theatre’s director Samuel Hodges (Dedication, The Glass Menagerie) and 59 Productions (Warhorse, An American in Paris), the Tony award winning design team behind the London 2012 Opening Ceremony.
Book now: https://www.nstheatres.co.uk/city/the-shadow-factory
Great round-up of events, thanks for sharing 🙂 Lots of interesting looking bits, especially The Shadow Factory.