programme

Watch this space !

The festival programme is almost complete, but do check back for new additions throughout the 4 weeks!

 

Gallery

 

The Space Station gallery exhibits work by local artists and photographers.  The gallery is usually open even when no performances are taking place.

 

 

Raffle

 

Space Station relies on its friends and supporters to stay open! Help us out by buying a couple of raffle tickets.

You could win some great prizes, like a bottle of bubbly, a mini-fridge and a range of gifts donated by our friends at Starbucks.

 

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www.spacestationfestival.co.uk
Got an event you want to hold in our shop? Want to display your art work?
E-mail us at avenues@worker.com

gallery (ongoing):
artwork by Gwen and Jack Grahl
photography from Sarah Dodd
Découpage by Claude Smith

Tuesday 29.12

 

Hard As Nails (Barefaced Theatre)

 

It's difficult to get the Mona Lisa's enigmatic smile onto a false nail.  ‘Hard as Nails’, explores the lives of three complex women, who intertwine in startling ways.  It is a dark comedy and a powerful story about big business, show business, healthcare and the importance of the perfect manicure.

9-6
Performance 4pm
Workshop 5pm (£1)

www.barefacedtheatre.com

GALLERY OPEN

 

12-6

CLOSED

Wednesday 30.12

 

CLOSED

Thursday 31.12

 

Performance: The Wake (Nusa Pavko)

The second in a series of performances that seek to explore (post)modern attitudes towards death and postemotionalism.   The artist will be exploring her own emotions towards these subjects with the help of a symbolic body, recreating an atmosphere that uses the power of memory to promote emotional unburdening. You are invited to watch this authentic display and leave markers of your own.

 

 

2-6pm

GALLERY OPEN

 

12-6

Friday 1.1

 

CLOSED

CLOSED

Saturday 2.1

 

GALLERY ONLY

GALLERY OPEN

 

10-6

Sunday 3.1

 

CLOSED

CLOSED

Monday 4.1 and Tuesday 5.1

 

The You & The Me (Two Prong Crown)

 

Two Prong Crown are 2 sound designers and two actor/ performers. The show they are devising tracks a pair of twins who are separated at birth and then meet later in life with and discover eerie similarities. We will be using our time in the space station to work on this show, titled 'The You and The Me' which goes on at Camden People's Theatre February 8th-14th.

 

9-6 both days

GALLERY OPEN

 

9-6

Wednesday 6.1

 

CLOSED

 

CLOSED

Thursday 7.1

 

Shifting Shadows (Kate Theodore)

A rolling series of interactive installations by visual artist and puppeteer Kate Theodore.
Come and watch the unfolding of a surreal temporary shadow theatre from outside the shop front or have a hands on experience assisting the performance inside, moving lights and objects in the space. A new installation will begin on the hour every hour 11-4 with a free for all experiment with drinks and snacks 4-6pm. Drawings and a video documentation of the day’s shadow theatre will be available and a copy sent to all who participate. If you are interested in being involved from the start as a performer/ object puppeteer please contact info@katetheodore.com or 07909977455.

 

www.katetheodore.com

GALLERY OPEN

 

9-6

Friday 8.1 and Saturday 9.1

 

Firstborn hope you will join them as they attempt to scratch out an Identity in London in 2010 in their uniquely boisterous, irreverent way. They’ll explore how identities get constructed, deleted, switched, swapped, exchanged and refunded (only on production of a receipt). 

 

An open rehearsal of a mask / impro company at work.

New and used identities, bought and sold 9-4:30 both days.

+Friday 4:30pm ‘Mask Making’ workshop (price £1 + material costs if you wish to keep your mask -  £4 approx.)

+ Saturday 4:30pm ‘performance’ ( a mildly more organised version of the previous two days activity) 

 

www.firstborn-theatre.co.uk

Sunday 10.1

 

CLOSED

GALLERY OPEN

 

9-6

CLOSED

Monday 11.1 and Tuesday 12.1

 

Site-Specific Dance Piece (Ella Robson)

 

Ella Robson devises and rehearses a group dance piece over 2 days, with filming taking place on the 2nd day. Open rehearsals all day.

 

GALLERY OPEN

 

9-6

Wednesday 13.1

 

CLOSED

CLOSED

Thursday 14.1

 

1pm music from Laura Victoria

a voice and a cello: songs of love affairs, shipwrecks, imaginary worlds and cups of tea brought to life by cello playing that veers between moving melancholy airs, punchy rock riffing and slap bass.
www.myspace.com/lauravictoriamusic

 

2pm music from Sanfeliu

 

Sanfeliu is a sound creator working on concrete music, sampladelica, improvisation with electronics and stage music. He often works in collaboration with visual artists, and also enjoys collaboration with other musicians.
www.myspace.com/elsanfeliu

 

4pm comedy from Sam Quinn

 

Organised Fruit Crime is the fastest growing illegal industry in Britain today, with the Mafia even going so far as to put GM daffodil genes into carrots to make them yellow, so that they can be sold as bananas. Luckily for the public however, Fruit And Veg Squad (FAVS), Europe's most highly decorated Fresh Produce Protection Unit are on the case, headed by none other than living legend Clachan Shanda AKA The Cabbage Patch Doll. Today YOU have the chance to see him and the FAVS team in action, as they attend to the scene of a mysterious burglary at The Green Grocers on 41-42 Granville Arcade. 

 

4-6pm

GALLERY OPEN

 

9-6

Friday 15.1                      4WALLS

4Walls will present work by South London artist Marie Smith.  Smith will use the shop space to exhibit sculpture, drawings and posters.  Her work explores black culture and imagery in relation to her own identity, alongside the modern meaning of self.  As well as black and white posters Smith will be exhibiting a hair sculpture made from her own hair and wax.
This exhibition is part of an ongoing project called 'Test Ground' where members of 4Walls exhibit their work to be critiqued and discussed by others.  From 4 - 5 pm a discussion about the work exhibited will take place with members of 4Walls and a guest speaker (to be confirmed).  This will be open to the public and members of the community to participate in, or to simply watch the discussion.
4Walls is a project and community of 'pre-emerging' artists that aims to support ourselves and others at a point in our careers when we are post art eduaction and prior to having gallery recognition. During this time work, ideas and confidence are all radically fluctuating and developing whilst at the same time there is a contant struggle and pressure to survive financially as an artist.

 4Walls is an experimental project that currently operates through 'Crit Group', 'Test Ground' and group exhibitions in order to address these issues.

 

www.4walls.org.uk

GALLERY OPEN

9-6

Saturday 16.1

 

Spaces Between ( The Scatter Collective)

 

The Scatter Collective are hosting a tea party!

We are currently devising a piece of verbatim theatre  based on a series of interviews with a cross section of the London public. We are exploring issues of mental health. Why are we so afraid to discuss head space in open space? We would like our tea party guests to share their thoughts over tea, cakes and a spot of performance.

9am—1:30pm
www.thescattercollective.com

 

Touch It (Screen Deep)

 

Touch It 3 will explore boundaries that exist in Film between screen and audience, fiction and reality; the void, the 3^rd eye. We will look at this specifically through VHS – playing on the quality of this format and the nostalgia it presents. Film and performance come together for this event.

 

2-6pm
www.screendeep.co.uk

Sunday 17.1

 

CLOSED

GALLERY OPEN

9-6

CLOSED

Monday 18.1

 

DIY Performance (Laura & Lauren)

 

Choreographer Laura Bridges and artist Lauren Willis invite you to collaborate with them to create a 60-second DIY Performance. With an interest in documentation, authorship and interaction the pair aim to explore the roles of artist, performer and audience; encouraging all to come together, interact and create moments of shared understanding and connections.

11am—6pm

www.lauraandlauren.co.uk

GALLERY OPEN

9-6

Tuesday 19.1

 

tbc

GALLERY OPEN

 

Wednesday 20.1

 

CLOSED

CLOSED

Thursday 21.1 and Friday 22.1

 

The Measuring Shop (Tangled Feet)

 

Critically acclaimed theatre ensemble tangled feet explore how we measure things. How do we measure success, pain or love? The project will be a creative exploration of how we create complex and simple things: from the practical to the abstract and will see the ensemble trying to record their results in a performance in the empty shop.

 

9-5 both days
+
Friday 5pm ‘Making Theatre’ workshop (£1) + Saturday 5pm ‘sharing’ (free)

 

www.tangledfeet.com

Saturday 23.1

 

You’re Not Like Other Girls Chrissy (Caroline Horton)

 

A day of open rehearsals and improvisations for a one woman show commissioned by Bite Size Festival 2010 You're Not Like The Other Girls Chrissy based on the stories of an extraordinary 90 year old. Discover her love story which started at an English Tennis Club in 1937 and never ended:  ‘You’re not like the other girls Chrissy’ he said, and she’s not….nearly blind, very French and gloriously irrepressible. 

 

tocarolinehorton@yahoo.co.uk

 

9-6

 

 

RAFFLE DRAW 6pm
Winners will be notified by phone or text!

PHOTO BY STEVEN DAVIES
filmcafe..co.uk

 

GALLERY OPEN

9-6

GALLERY OPEN

9-6

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