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WORLD OF WORDS FESTIVAL 2016
CREATE
ENGAGE
INSPIRE
28 May
to 12 June
2016
FILM
COMPETITIONS
LITERARY
WORKSHOPS
PERFORMANCE
KIDS & FAMILY
www.worthingwow.co.uk
2016 Welcome
Worthing WOW is a non-profit group which exists to promote arts, culture and
heritage in Sussex. Worthing WOW has an excellent reputation offering a platform
for work, celebrating creativity and encouraging artistic expression.
Follow us
@WorthingWOW
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More details about all events and bookings:
www.worthingwow.co.uk
Welcome to our 2016 festival brochure. Our fantastic team have been working very hard as
#WOW2016 is going to be our biggest and most ambitious festival yet!
We have a very strong Film strand this year as we celebrate 120 years of film in Sussex with
events, workshops and screenings.
Within our Literary strand, we have author events, writing workshops and hands-on chances for
you to get creative! Look out for our activities for children and families, as well as competitions
for everyone.
– Melody Bridges, WOW Artistic Director
Funded and supported by: FHSE, ACE, HLF, Talking Pictures, Sussex Community Foundation,
Worthing and Adur Councils.
Businesses who have helped: Zurich Insurance, Studio Thirteen, Cine Film Factory, Ardington
Hotel, Foundlight (© Cover image from WOW promo film).
WOW launch events
Thurs 14 April
7.30pm Connaught Theatre
John Cooper Clarke
Tickets £15 - 24.50
Connaught Box Office : 01903 206206
JCC shot to fame in the 1970s as the bestloved and most important performance poet
of this generation. His four albums are widely
acknowledged as masterpieces. His impact on
modern music is also huge and can be heard in
his recent collaborations with Arctic Monkeys
and Plan B. Today he is one of British society’s
key orators and his poetry is included on the
national curriculum syllabus.
“JOHN COOPER CLARKE IS ONE OF BRITAIN’S
OUTSTANDING POETS” - Sir Paul McCartney
Sat 28 May 7.00pm Southern Pavilion £5 tickets via Worthing WOW
www.worthingwow.co.uk
First night of the festival!
Recreation of 1896 night
VARIETY SHOW WITH FILM
7.00pm Plaque unveiling (outside)
7.30pm Evening entertainment (inside)
Based on research by our project historian,
Ellen Cheshire, we will be recreating a night
of variety that audiences would have seen
at the Pavilion 120 years ago when they
first encountered the new novelty ‘electric
animated photographs’. The screening will
take place in the beautiful Southern Pavilion
(on the sea end of the pier), the precise
location of the first 1896 film screening in Worthing.
We will enjoy performances from: Northbrook College Performing Arts students, Chichester
University Musical Theatre students and local young dancers and performers. A Master of
Ceremonies will host this live evening of performance with early silent films shown amongst
live acts. Strictly limited seating so book now to enjoy live theatre and film in this magnificient
building at the end of the pier.
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All details were correct at the time of going to press, please check website for up-to-date details
The Worthing Gazette reviewing the show on 2 September 1896 said “… the most novel
item of the evening’s entertainment is the series of animated photos, the newest and most
striking electric invention.”
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FILM
120
YEARS
of film
in
1896-2016
120 years later we are celebrating local
film history with a series of exciting
exhibitions, educational workshops and
events between March-June 2016,
culminating in the Worthing WOW
festival (28 May - 12 June) - a major
local cultural event.
28 December 1895
31 August 1896
Sussex
Worthing WOW has planned
exhibitions at Worthing Museum
and Marlipins Museum,
mentored Northbrook College students, run workshops in local schools and
offered adult education classes in film-making.
We are delighted to be celebrating this unique history and to share
information with the community thereby inspiring people to be proud of
the film history in this area.
29 July 1914
ellenfilmsussex@gmail.com
1 October 1914
2016:
15 June 1915
120 Years of Film
And now, one hundred
and twenty years later
we are celebrating these
marvellous achievements.
1919
1922
10 March 1924
1996
2016
1906
5 April 1911
We’d love to hear from anyone who
has any photos or reminiscences of
cinemas past and present in Worthing, Lancing and Shoreham or of any
film-making activity in the area.
Do email Ellen Cheshire :
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Timeline of Film in Sussex
The first film screening in Worthing took
place on the pier on 31st August 1896.
Audiences in Paris paid to see a
selection of short films filmed
by the Lumiere Brothers. And so
cinema was born.
Traveling showman, Lt Walter Cole, presented a
programme of ‘Electric Animated Photographs’ at
the Pier Pavilion, Worthing, as part of his music
hall show. This was the first time films were
shown in Worthing.
First full time cinema opens in the Winter Hall in Worthing,
a converted chapel in Montague Street. Stopped showing
films in October 1923. Boots now occupies the site.
Impresario Carl Seebold builds the Kursaal (now Worthing Dome)
which incorporated the Electric Theatre, one of the country’s first
purpose-built cinemas.
The Picturedrome (now Connaught) a purpose built
cinema opened in Worthing. It has remained in use as both
a cinema and theatre since.
Scenic artist Francis Leonard Lyndhurst and comedians Will Evans, Arthur
Conquest and George Graves had begun making films in the seaside resort
of Shoreham. Known as the Sunny South Film Company they produced
eight films including The Showman’s Dream. None of the films survive.
Lyndhurst launched the Sealight Film Producing Company at
Shoreham. The site for his new studio complex was near the
Church of the Good Shepherd and included a glasshouse studio.
The Manchester based Progress Film Company began production at Shoreham in 1919,
Head of Production was Sidney Morgan and between 1919-1922 made at least 20 films.
A number of these starred his daughter Joan Morgan.
A major fire destroyed many of the studio buildings at
Shoreham, with the loss of a number of films.
The Rivoli on Chapel Road, Worthing opened with Douglas Fairbanks’s Robin Hood. With 1,680
seats and a pipe organ it was Worthing’s biggest cinema. In 1960 it was damaged by fire and
demolished in 1984.
Centenary of Cinema celebrations: two plaques were mounted commemorating the
first film screening in 1896 at Worthing Pavilion and the studios at Shoreham.
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Worthing Museum exhibition
Worthing Museum will proudly host an exhibition of film equipment from the early days
of film-making and film screening. In 1896 film was shown for the first time in West
Sussex, one of the earliest screenings taking place on Worthing pier. Many thanks to
Heritage Lottery Fund for supporting this project. Exhibition curator: Carly Vaughan.
Thanks for support in researching this exhibition and equipment must go to Dave Norris,
The Projected Picture Trust and the Cine Film Factory (www.cinefilmfactory.co.uk).
01903 221448
www.worthingmuseum.co.uk
3 May - 2 July Marlipins Museum
Shoreham by Sea
Movies and Bungalows
FILM Backdrop
6.30pm Shoreham Fort
FREE EVENT
Shoreham holds a unique position in the history of film-making as it was the location of
one of the earliest film studio complexes. It is thought that in 1913, Francis Lyndhurst
(grandfather of the famous actor, Nicholas Lyndhurst) chose the location due to the pure
air and increased hours of sunshine.
Bungalow Town was already a popular destination for music hall artists and the first film
to be made at Shoreham Fort was the 1914 film The Showman’s Dream which featured
local actor and music hall star Will Evans as the lead character. The Friends of Shoreham
Fort have co-ordinated local groups, including Creative Waves, to help re-create the
original film backdrop. The backdrop will be unveiled at 6.30pm on Friday 10th June at
Shoreham Fort.
‘Movies and Bungalows - the story of Shoreham Beach’
LASTING LEGACIES
The beach community thrived for many years until the sudden evacuation of residents
and the clearing of the buildings at the outbreak of the Second World War.
We’re delighted that as part of our celebration of 120 Years of Film in Sussex we’re
creating some lasting legacies, thereby ensuring that Worthing and Shoreham’s place in
film history is not forgotten. Our film historian Ellen Cheshire has been delving through
archives uncovering new information about film-making and cinemagoing in the area
which will inform the following …
The early twentieth century saw a vibrant influx of new residents and industries to our
small south coast seaside town. Of particular importance were the establishment of
‘Bungalow Town’ and the development of the early film industry on Shoreham beach.
The exhibition will draw on historic images and associated material held in the museum’s
collections. This temporary exhibition will run from 3rd May until 2nd July 2016.
Marlipins Museum is open from 3rd May to 29th October,
Tuesdays to Saturdays, 10.30am – 4.30pm
Adult admission £3.00 Child admission £1.50
Marlipins Museum, 36 High Street, Shoreham
01273 462994
www.sussexpast.co.uk and www.friendsofmarlipins.org.uk
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Fri 10 June
FILM
FILM
14 May - 11 June
At the Southern Pavilion there will be a new plaque commemorating the night (31 August
1896) when the people of Worthing first saw the latest in technological entertainment ‘electric animated photographs’.
In association with the Friends of Shoreham Fort, we’re creating an information panel
outlining the importance Shoreham Beach Studios holds in British film history. It will be
displayed outside the Church of the Good Shepherd Hall, Shoreham Beach.
Our Heritage Trail will guide you around Worthing and Shoreham so you can see where
some iconic British films were shot, and other film related locations. Finally, we’re
producing a book bringing together Worthing and Shoreham’s amazing film-related history
from the past 120 years.
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5.00pm-7.30pm Denton Lounge
FREE EVENT doors open 5.30pm (arrive early to guarantee your seat)
Tickets in advance from Worthing Theatres 01903 206206
The Classic Cinema Freeview channel that we all love,
Talking Pictures TV, are coming to Worthing to share
their love of classic films.
Come along for an evening to celebrate short films and their makers. We have three
tranches of new short films to show. The first made by local school children and the
second by adults as part of WOW workshops to celebrate 120 years of film in Sussex, a
project funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund. The final tranche is a chance for all South
Coast film-makers to get involved. If you are a film-maker, amateur or professional, we
want to see your shorts! Please send your films to Worthing Film Club by May 1st.
A panel of judges will select the best to be shown on the night. There will be a prize for
the best film, to be presented by a special guest.
For further information see website:
worthingfilmclub.blogspot.co.uk/
7.30pm Nissen Hut, Shoreham Fort
FREE Film Screening
A Lowland Cinderella
Fri 10 June MY LIFE IN PROJECTION
with Dave Norris
8.30pm-9.30pm Projectionist’s Bar, The Dome Cinema
FREE ENTRY (arrive early to guarantee a seat - limited capacity)
Described by Mark Kermode as ‘The Last Projectionist Standing’, Dave Norris has worked
as a projectionist for 35 years, 32 of them in London’s West End. He has run some of the
greatest film premieres and worked with such industry luminaries as David Lean, Richard
Attenborough, Baz Luhrmann, Barbra Streisand, Cubby Broccoli & other members of the
James Bond crew. Don’t miss this one off opportunity to meet a legend.
4.00pm-6.00pm Fraser’s Bar Join us for a night of silent cinema at the Nissen Hut, Shoreham Fort for the screening of
a film, filmed at Shoreham Studio. A Lowland Cinderella stars legend Joan Morgan as the
leading lady in this familiar tale, filmed in 1921. It’s the first time it has been shown at
the Fort, and although this event is free seating is limited. Apply for your tickets via the
Worthing WOW website now.
We would like to thank Richard Durrant for his score and Screen Archive South East for
allowing us to show the film. Join us from 6.30pm to see the unveiling of the recreated
film backdrop created for the benefit of the community and serving as a lasting legacy of
the festival.
FREE EVENT
Tickets in advance from Worthing Theatres 01903 206206
Sir Sydney Samuelson, CBE was appointed by
the government in 1991 as the first British Film
Commissioner, and was awarded a Fellowship of BAFTA
(the highest honour the Academy can bestow) in 1993.
He has had a long and successful career in the cinema,
and started many years ago as a humble rewind boy at
the Luxor Cinema in Lancing. Join him for a free talk
about his fascinating life in cinema.
FREE EVENTS
FREE EVENTS
FREE EVENT but seating is limited
Book via: www.worthingwow.co.uk
Smokescreen (1964) was filmed in
Brighton and Worthing, with a great
cast including Peter Vaughan. Don’t
miss the chance to enjoy a drink and
watch this free movie screening as
the sun sets!
Sat 11 June
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FREE FILM SCREENING
Smokescreen
6.00pm-7.30pm Denton Lounge
FREE EVENT
Tickets in advance from Worthing Theatres 01903 206206
(the bar will be open for food and drink from 4.30pm)
Fri 10 June FILM
FILM
Wed 1 June Thurs 9 June My Life in Cinema
with Sir Sydney Samuelson
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7.15pm Connaught Studio
Competitions
120 Years of Women in Film
We are running 3 competitions.
All free to enter. Amazing prizes to be won!
So get cracking with your applications!
Tickets £10, Concessions £7.50
Worthing Theatres box office 01903 206206
The first narrative film was made in 1896 by director Alice GuyBlaché. 120 years later only one woman has been awarded the
Best Director trophy at the Academy Awards. Expect a lively
debate about diversity within the film industry, favourite film
clips from Lois Weber to Jane Campion, and a look ahead to how
the television and film industry may change in the future.
An expert panel including Laraine Porter (British Silent Film
Festival), Nuala O’Sullivan (Women Over 50 film festival
Director), Kate Kinninmont, MBE (CEO, Women in Film and
Television) discuss 120 years of women as makers and creators
of cinema. The panel will be chaired by Melody Bridges, author
of bestseller Silent Women: Pioneers of Cinema.
FREE EVENTS
Sun 12 June 2.00pm Denton Lounge
Movie Screening and Talks
MASTERCLASS FREE
Talk & Film
£10/£7.50 Worthing Theatres 01903 206206
Join our two special guests for an afternoon of music and
cinema. Multi-award winning Neil Brand is considered one
of the finest improvising concert pianists in the world.
Experienced presenter from BBC4’s Sound of Cinema and
Radio 4 regular, Neil will be offering his insights into how to
improvise on the piano.
Masterclass
Composing music for silent film with Neil Brand
2.00pm–3.00pm Denton Lounge
FREE EVENT (arrive early to guarantee a seat)
Talk & Film Screening
Tickets: £10, Concessions: £7.50
(Groups 10+ £5.50 per ticket)
3.30pm Honorary Academy Award winner Kevin Brownlow
is a documentary film-maker and expert on the silent film
era. Before a screening of the 1924 film The Signal Tower,
Kevin will give us a window into his long career in film, and
explain why this American movie has a special relationship
with Worthing.
The Signal Tower, directed by Clarence Brown, is a film
that looks at the boundaries of friendship and marriage, as
a work colleague stays over and finds himself on the road to
temptation. (70 mins running length)
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Both Events supported by FHSE /BFI audience network
The deadline for each is 1st May
Flash Fiction Competition
Worthing WOW and West Sussex Writers are pleased to offer this Flash Fiction
writing competition. Send in your entries – no more than 300 words – by 1st
May. For more information on prizes and how to enter please visit:
www.westsussexwriters.co.uk
competitions
film
FILM
Sun 5 June SOUTH SHORTS Film Competition
Send us your shorts! We are searching once more for the best short films made
by film-makers from across the South Coast. Entry is free and there are some
amazing prizes to be won. More info here:
http://southshorts.blogspot.co.uk/
Writing for Children Competition
Are you a writer with an original story for children aged 8-16 years? We are
running this exciting competition in association with University of Chichester.
Your story needs to be no more than 1500 words long. For more information
about prizes and how to enter please visit:
www.worthingwow.co.uk
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Event
date
time
venue
event
time
venue
event
Sun 5
10.00-11.30am
St Paul's
Editing Your Novel
Sun 5
12.00-1.30pm
St Paul's
Compiling Your Short Story
Sun 5
1.30-3.00pm
St Paul's
Writing for Continuing Drama
Competitions Deadline
Sun 5
3.00-5.00pm
St Paul's
Poetry Workshop
APRIL
Thurs 14
7.30pm
date
JUNE
Connaught Theatre
John Cooper Clarke
MAY
Sun 1
Sat 28
10.00-4.00pm
St Paul's
Worthing Writers Retreat
Sun 5
6.00-7.30pm
Ardington Hotel
Sasha Dugdale / Frances Leviston
Sat 28
7.00pm
Southern Pavillion
Plaque Unveiled
Recreation of 1896 Night
Sun 5
8.00-9.30pm
Ardington Hotel
Suzanne Joinson / Joanna Walsh
Sun 29
2.00-3.00pm
RSOPA
Write a Novel in 60 Minutes
Sun 5
11.00am
and 2.00pm
Ardington Hotel
Michael O'Leary Storytelling
Mon 30
2.00-4.30pm
Ardington Hotel
Sea Scribes Writing Workshop
Sun 5
7.15pm
Connaught Studio
120 Years of Women in Film
Tue 31
7.00pm
Library
Chindi
Mon 6
Tue 31
8.00pm
Fraser’s Bar
POLARI
Tue 7
12.10-12.50pm
Library
Lunchtime talk with Sheila Rance
Wed 8
6.00-8.00pm
Baked
Late Night at Baked
Thu 9
5.00-7.30pm
Denton Lounge
South Shorts
Fri 10
6.30pm
7.30pm
Shoreham Fort
Film Back drop unveiled
A Lowland Cinderella (U)
Fri 10
8.30-9.30pm
The Dome Cinema
Projectionist’s bar
My Life in Projection
10.00-12.30pm
1.00-6.00pm
St Paul’s
Theatre Day:
How to Write a Short Play
Immerse Yourself
JUNE
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Diary
Day of Rest for Tired Organisers
Wed 1
6.00-7.30pm
Denton Lounge
Smokescreen (U)
Thu 2
8.00pm
The Libertine
What I Learned from Johnny Bevan
Fri 3
7.30pm
Highdown Gardens
Macbyrd - Rude Mechanicals
Fri 3
10.30am
and 1.30pm
Town Hall
Simon James
Sat 11
Fri 3
7.00-8.30pm
Ardington Hotel
David Constantine / Jennie Feldman
Sat 11
4.00-6.00pm
Fraser’s Bar
My Life in Cinema
Sat 4
10.00-11.30am
St Paul's
How to Write a Synopsis
Sun 12
2.00pm
Denton Lounge
Celebrating Silent Cinema
Sat 4
12.00-1.30pm
St Paul's
Social Media for Writers
Sat 4
1.30-2.30pm
St Paul's
The State of the Publishing Industry
Sat 4
3.00-4.30pm
St Paul's
Writers Surgery: One to One
14 May - 11 Jun
Worthing Museum
Film cameras & projectors
3 May - 2 Jul
Marlipins Museum
Movies and Bungalows
Sat 4
3.00-5.00pm
St Paul's
Poetry Workshop
Sat 4
6.00-7.30pm
Ardington Hotel
Mimi Khalvati / Amarjit Chandan
Sat 4
8.00-9.30pm
Ardington Hotel
Jane Rogers / Vanessa Gebbie
EXHIBITIONS
FILM
COMPETITIONS
LITERARY
WORKSHOPS
PERFORMANCE
KIDS & FAMILY
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8.00pm-9.30pm
Prose at The Ardington Hotel
with Professor Jane Rogers and Vanessa Gebbie
‘Bringing the best in contemporary
literature to Worthing.’
ALL Wordthing events
£7.00/£5.00
Tickets available online :
www.westsussexwriters.co.uk
Fri 3 June
7.00pm-8.30pm
Sat 4 June
6.00pm-7.30pm
Critically acclaimed novelist and scriptwriter Professor Jane Rogers
(Mr Wroe’s Virgins, The Voyage Home) is in Worthing to launch
her tenth novel, Conrad and Eleanor, described as ‘a radical,
remarkably nuanced look at marriage’.
LITERARY
LITERARY
Sat 4 June
All literary strand supported by
Arts Council England and
The University of Chichester
She is joined by Sussex author Vanessa Gebbie (A Coward’s Tale),
who will read from her 2015 micro-fiction collection, Ed’s Wife
and Other Creatures, which explores the ever-shifting face of
relationships.
Sun 5 June
6.00pm-7.30pm
Poetry at The Ardington Hotel
with Sasha Dugdale and Frances Leviston
Described by The Guardian as ‘one of the most original poets of her
generation’, Sasha Dugdale (The Estate, Red House) is the current
editor of Modern Poetry in Translation, co-founded by Ted Hughes
in 1965.
She is reading with Frances Leviston (Public Dream), whose second
collection Disinformation (2015) explores the duality of poetry as
a vessel of both truth and persuasion, and is on the longlist for the
2016 International Dylan Thomas Prize.
Poetry at The Ardington Hotel
with David Constantine and Jennie
Feldman
With a 30 year career spanning ten books
of verse alone, acclaimed writer and
poet David Constantine discusses his most
recent work: Poetry (2013), a passionate
argument for the importance of verse,
and Elder (2014), which reflects on what
makes us both human and humane.
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He is reading with Jennie Feldman, a
poet and translator who has published
two resonant collections of verse, The
Lost Notebook - shortlisted for the Glen
Dimplex Award - and Swift (2012).
Poetry at The Ardington Hotel
with Mimi Khalvati and Amarjit
Chandan
Mimi Khalvati is an Iranian-born British
poet who has published eight collections of
verse (The Meanest Flower, The Weather
Wheel) and is the founder of The Poetry
School in London.
She is reading with Punjabi poet, editor
and translator Amarjit Chandan, who
returns to Worthing with his latest
collection The Parrot, The Horse and The
Man. Chandan was one of the ten British
poets selected by Andrew Motion, the Poet
Laureate, for the National Poetry Day in
2001.
Sun 5 June
8.00pm-9.30pm
Prose at The Ardington Hotel
with Suzanne Joinson and Joanna Walsh
Worthing-based author Suzanne Joinson (A Lady Cyclist’s Guide to
Kashgar) is launching her second novel, The Photographer’s Wife,
a powerful story of betrayal set in the complex period between the
two world wars.
Joining her is Joanna Walsh, a writer and illustrator whose sharp,
evocative work includes Fractals, Hotel and Vertigo. Walsh is the
fiction editor at 3:AM Magazine and also runs @read_women, which
the New York Times called ‘a rallying cry for the equal treatment of
women writers’.
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Worthing Writers Retreat:
10.00am-4.00pm
stop talking, start writing
Tickets £20 Booking via website:
www.brightonwritersretreat.co.uk
(Age: 18+)
West Sussex Writers’ weekend
Eight workshops and a Writer’s Surgery to help you hone your writing skills
All events at St Paul’s Arts Centre
Tickets for all WSW events via www.westsussexwriters.co.uk
Ticket per workshop: £7.00 / £5.00
Saturday 4 June
10.00am-11.30am
10.00am-11.30am How to Write a Synopsis
Editing Your Novel
A practical investigation into this needlessly
worrying but essential art, run by editor
Sarah Palmer.
12.00noon–1.30pm
Social Media for Writers
Perfecting your final draft before sending
it out for consideration is arguably
the most important part of the novelwriting process. Alison McLeod, author of
Unexploded, illustrates how to show off
your work to best effect.
The author’s essential guide to using social
media for self-promotion, run by publishers’
publicist Nichola Smalley. It’s pretty self-explanatory really.
That is the big, secret solution to beating procrastination. You’ll spent the day in a room
with a bunch of writers, limitless caffeine and no internet.
Set your personal writing goal for the day and then you write. And write. And write.
A score board, gold stars, general silliness and supportive competitiveness will help you
reach your targets and break you out of your bad habits.
In short: space to write. Bliss.
Tues 31 May
12.00noon-1.30pm
Compiling Your Short Story
Collection
1.30pm-2.30pm
What do you put in? What do you leave
The State of the Publishing Industry out? Award-winning short story writer and
Stop talking about writing. Start writing.
From Inspiration to Publication
7.00pm Worthing Library
Tickets £4, available from the Library 01903 704809
worthing.library@westsussex.gov.uk
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Sunday 5 June
WORKSHOPS
WORKSHOPS
Sat 28 May
Independent authors share secrets of self-publishing success. Share
an evening with members of CHINDI, a group of self-published
authors from Chichester. Find out how you can go from inspiration to
publication and get advice on each stage of the process. Whether you
are nurturing a creative idea or already have a manuscript ready to go to the next step,
come along for a friendly presentation and conversation.
Literary agent Victoria Salter will give a
talk, and answer questions, about what
genres are hot, and what are not, in the
current publishing industry.
novelist Vanessa Gebbie will guide you
through this vital process.
3.00pm-4.30pm
Writers Surgery :
Agent/Editor one-to-ones
Gaby Robinson-Wright has worked on
Family Affairs, Eastenders and Waterloo
Road. She’ll be sharing her knowledge of
the industry and running a workshop to
give a flavour of what it’s like to write for
continuing dramas.
Book your place by 1st May to have a ten
minute one-to-one discussing your novel
proposal with literary agent Victoria Salter
or editor Tanya Andrews.
Email surgery@worthingwow.co.uk
Suggested donation £10 to Worthing WOW
3.00pm-5.00pm
Poetry Workshop
1.30pm-3.00pm
Writing for Continuing Drama
3.00pm-5.00pm
Poetry Workshop
Poetry Workshop with award-winning poet
Frances Leviston.
Poetry Workshop with award-winning poet
Mimi Khalvati.
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10.00am-12.30pm and 1.00pm-6.00pm
Tickets in advance only from St Paul’s: THEATRE DAY
St Paul’s Arts Centre
01903 368 967
Come and join one or both of these exciting workshops – learn how to pen a play, create an
immersive experience, unleash your inner bard - one day, two workshops, free your play!
SPECIAL OFFER: COMBINED TICKET TO BOTH WORKSHOPS £20
How to Write A Short Play with Janet Behan
10.00am-12.30pm
£8 inc. tea, coffee & biscuits
Actress, playwright, director and teacher Janet Behan takes this fun,
intensive workshop on how to write a short play from scratch – tips,
questions, practical exercises and advice are guaranteed to get your
idea onto the page.
Janet founded Market Theatre in 2014, to give blossoming playwrights a deadline to
work to and a chance to hear their early drafts performed. She believes playwriting can
be liberating, cathartic and above all great fun. This workshop is for anyone who’s ever
thought they might have a play in them – come on, seize your courage in both hands,
jump in and have a go!
Immerse Yourself
devise, create, perform, experience
with Joel Scott and Paul Ackerley
Workshop Performance Workshop Performance 1.00pm-5.00pm
5.30pm-6.00pm
£15 inc. tea, coffee & biscuits
pay what you can
Immersive Theatre is a very exciting, relatively new
way of fully engaging in a theatrical experience
from within the piece.
In this practical site specific workshop Joel
and Paul will guide you through the process of
creating immersive theatre; from inception to shaping, from crafting to culmination of
a performable piece using improvisation, sound, physical theatre, choreography and
yourselves - in just 4 hours!!
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The results of the workshop will be shared with a limited number audience.Joel is one
of the originators of immersive theatre, www.goatandmonkey.co.uk Paul’s background
is in sound-art and industrial, electronic music, https://soundcloud.com/koprivshtitsa/
paul-ackerley-audio-sample-ost-without-blinking-and-year-walk Their work is written for
specific sites and is delivered through collaboration using a variety of techniques to create
a truly immersive theatrical experience of which the audience is part of.
Mon 30 May
2.00pm-4.30pm Ardington Hotel
FREE WORKSHOP (arrive early to guarantee a place)
Sea Scribes invite you to take part in a Writing Workshop with
Swinging Sixties fun and music, run by local author Wendy
Hughes. Wendy has run many workshops in Worthing and
previously in Walton-on-Thames.
This will be a light-hearted event and will last for one hour,
following which there will be a fifteen minute break for
refreshments. From 3.15pm onwards Sea Scribes members will
read excerpts from their work and answer readers’ questions.
Tues 7 June
WORKSHOPS
WORKSHOPS
Sat 11 June
Lunchtime talk with Sheila Rance
Book deals, a bus pass and babies
12.10 - 12.50pm Worthing Library
FREE EVENT no ticket required
Sheila Rance, local author of the stunningly original fantasy
adventure Sun Catcher, reviewed in The Guardian as ‘Game of
Thrones for a younger audience’ talks about how it’s done – or at
least how she managed to do it.
As a Sussex author, who went to school in Worthing, she will take
you on a writer’s odyssey into the world of agents, publishing
houses and book deals.
And now, with a film option for Sun Catcher on the horizon, she
thinks that perhaps Sun Catcher should be called Dream Catcher...
EDUCATION
A big part of the run up to every festival is the educational workshops that take place.
After all the motto of Worthing WOW is:
Create! Engage! Inspire!
This year, after receiving funding from Heritage Lottery Fund to celebrate 120 years of
film in Sussex, The Education team worked with Northbrook Performing Arts students to
develop a workshop that they then delivered in local schools.
The ‘How to Tell a Story’ workshops have developed school pupils’ understanding of
storytelling on film and in drama, encouraging their confidence as writers. The ‘Make
Me a Film-maker’ workshops took place with two groups of adults as an introduction to
making short films, and a way of learning how to capture stories on film.
The stories on film from both the children’s and adults’
workshops will be shared at the South Shorts night which
takes place on Thursday 9th June.
Thanks to Northbrook College for their support.
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8.00pm Fraser’s Bar - Connaught Theatre
£7.50
POLARI – spoken word event
Box Office : 01903206206
Paul Burston with guests
(Bar open from 7pm)
Fri 3 June
7.30pm
MACBYRD - Rude Mechanicals
Outdoor theatre at Highdown gardens
Adults £15, Seniors £14, Students £12, Children £8, Families £38
Macbyrd a brand new 1940s comedy thriller - and sixteen of the characters are birds!
Don’t miss Inspector Seed, a pigeon, as the detective!
Polari is a literary salon hosted by author Paul
Burston who invites special guests to share their
stories.
Bring picnics and your own low backed chairs from 6.00pm. Don’t forget to dress up
warm; even on warm summer days it can get very cold.
It began in 2007 in the upstairs room of a bar
in Soho. Events are now held monthly at the
Southbank Centre and regularly sell out.
Tickets online www.therudemechanicaltheatre.co.uk 01323 501260.
For the special large group rate (10 or more people come together for £13 each) contact
the Box Office on 01323 501260 or therudes@btinternet.com
In 2013, Polari was named ‘LGBT Cultural Event
of the Year’ in the Co-op Respect Loved By You
Awards. Supporters include Patrick Gale, Ali Smith Image © Justin David
and Sarah Waters, who describe Polari as “always
fun, always thought-provoking – a guaranteed
good night out”.
Worthing Pride is a group that has come
together to offer events for LGBT audiences and
supporters of equality.
Thurs 2 June
7.30pm
Worthing
PRIDE
2016
What I Learned From Johnny Bevan
The Libertine, Upstairs
£10/£8.50 Tickets from www.worthingwow.co.uk
Luke Wright and Paul Jellis present
What I Learned From Johnny Bevan
Written & performed by Luke Wright
WINNER Fringe First Award for new writing
WINNER The Stage Award for acting excellence
A story of shattered friendship, class ceilings, and
the hollow reality of the New Labour dream.
Wed 8 June 6.00pm
Baked on Rowlands Road
Performance
Performance
Tues 31 May
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Baked
FREE
Come along and share poems, stories and
songs at this late night event with the best
cake in town. Arrive 6pm to guarantee a
seat. This event especially supports 18 - 24
year olds, ensuring a continuing platform for
new work and providing an opportunity to
hear and promote new voices.
At university the whip-smart, mercurial Johnny
Bevan saves Nick, smashing his comfortable,
middle class bubble and firing him up about politics, music and literature. Twenty years
later, as their youthful dreams disintegrate with the social justice they hoped for, can
Nick save Johnny from himself?
Luke Wright delivers a multi award-winning hurricane of a performance. With humour
and humanity he takes British politics head on, challenging the rise of New Labour, David
Cameron and the abandonment of those left behind.
“Pulsating, neatly handled piece of poetic storytelling” ★★★★ Lyn Gardner, Guardian
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Co-commissioned by Norwich Arts Centre and Writers’ Centre Norwich
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KIDS & FAMILY
Sun 29 May
Write A Novel In 60 Minutes
2.00pm-3.00pm RSOPA
£7
Age: 7-12
Tickets at: www.brightonwritersretreat.co.uk
with Sarah Lewis
Let’s skip the part where you spend years working on your
masterpiece. We can help you do it in an hour. A madcap
whistle-stop tour of storytelling for 7 – 12 year olds,
complete with glitter, googly eyes and dramatic arcs.
Each budding JK Rowling gets to take home their very own
novel, and despite being created at breakneck speed will
set a firm foundation for a lifetime of wonderful story
making. Confident writing 6 year olds welcome.
£7.00/£5.00
Tickets available online:
www.westsussexwriters.co.uk
Fri 3 June
10.30am & 1.30pm Worthing Town Hall
Family BOOK Event
Simon James
Ever wondered what would happen if you hoovered up the
cat? Or if you got a limpet stuck fast to your finger? Come
and join Baby Brains author and illustrator Simon James as he
discusses everything from over-eager child nurses to dinosaur
stepdads in an exciting exploration of the art of storytelling
that will inspire all the family.
Sun 5 Jun
11.00am & 2.00pm Ardington Hotel
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Family Storytelling Event
Michael O’Leary
Have you heard about the Lyminster
Knucker, a dragon who lives in a deep,
dark pond? Join us for an hour of
folktales, fibs, tall tales, nixies and
churdle pie. Author of Sussex Folk Tales,
teacher and storyteller Michael O’Leary
will be enthralling children with local
myths and legends, all brought to life
with a variety of instruments and the
mysterious contents of his Story Box.
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Gardens
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Ardington Hotel
Baked
Connaught studio
Denton Lounge
The Dome
Fraser’s Bar
Highdown Gardens
The Libertine
9. RSOPA
10. Shoreham Fort
11. Marlipins Museum
12. Southern Pavillion
13. St Paul’s
14. Town Hall
15. Worthing Library
16. Worthing Museum
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