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2007 New Malden Arts Festival

Ko Jae-kyungI’ve just been sent brief details of the New Malden Arts festival which takes place over the next couple of weeks. Korean interest is in the form of mime artist Ko Jae-kyung (right). Also, Francesca Cho will have some works on display.

12 NOV – 17 NOV 2007 Art Exhibitions
Venues: Tudor Williams, Café 32, Dae Young Travel, London New Days Gallery, Fonetek

17 NOV 2007, 14.00 – 17.30 Open Performances
Venues: Tudor Williams, Bar Malden, Malden Centre, Hobkirk House, Waitrose Square,

17 NOV 2007, 10:00 -17:00 Interactive Arts Project
Venues: Hairline, Tudor Williams, Malden Centre

17 NOV 2007, 18:00 Launch Party at Barton Green
Celebration of Partnership between Theatre 4 All and Green Theatre Company with music (20min) and mime performances (20min) in Barton Green Theatre. Drinks will be served

22 NOV – 24 NOV 2007, 19:30 Special Performance
Mime Performance ‘A Yearning in My Heart’ at Barton Green Theatre. Tickets £12 / £10

Theatre 4 all
50 Cambridge Road, New Malden, Surrey, KT3 3QL
Tel: +44(0)208 330 0958/07869 117994 email:[email protected]

Barton Green Theatre
Barton Green Theatre, Barton Green, Off Elm Road, New Malden, Surrey
Tel: +44(0)208 942 0155

Art Exhibitions 12 NOV – 17 NOV 2007
To nurture talent of young artists and local artists, exhibitions of their work will be held in a number of venues around New Malden High Street.
Venues:
Gallery 1 – Tudor Williams, 53-59 High Street
Gallery 2 – Café 32, 32 High Street
Gallery 3 – Fonetek, 42 High Street
Gallery 4 – Dae Young Travel, 38 High Street
Gallery 5 – London New Days Gallery, 2 Alric Avenue KT3 4JN
Artists : Philippa Hilliard, Daniella White, Paul Wright, Robina Hula, Francesca Cho and Janet Crabtree

Interactive Arts Project ‘Form and Matter’
17 NOV 2007
Venues : Hairline/ Tudor Williams/ Malden Centre
10:00-17:00 ‘What if’ by Philippa Hilliard at Hairline
13:00-14:00 ‘Exploring the Senses — Visual’ by Robina at Tudor Williams
14:15-15:15 ‘Fragments’ and ‘Lazy Morning’ by Daniella at Malden Centre
15:30-17:00 ‘Exploring the Senses — Visual & Sound ‘ by at Malden Centre

Open Performances 17 NOV 2007
Our aim is to help make New Malden a new venue for Arts and Culture within the U.K. through transforming commercial spaces in New Malden High Street into arts spaces for the public, with a variety of street performances. The performances expected are listed below and Living Statues will perform 20 minutes ahead of each performance.

Flute & Cello Duo Hobkirk House (14:00pm)
Brass Jazz Quintet Tudor Williams (15:00pm), Bar Malden (16:00pm)
Flute Quartet Tudor Williams (16:00pm)
B-boys Dance Tudor Williams (14:00pm) Waitrose Square (15:30pm) Malden Centre (17:00pm)
Living Statues Tudor Williams(12:30)/Waitrose(1:30)/MaldenCentre(2:30)/Bar Malden(3:30)

Mime Performance ‘A Yearning in My Heart’
by Jae-kyung Ko 22 NOV 2007 ~ 24 NOV 2007 at 19:30 Barton GreenTheatre
Barton Green, Off Elm Road, New Malden KT3 3HU
One of Korea’s best-known mime artists, Jae-Kyung Ko perfoms his latest production A Yearning in My Heart, a series of mime in five parts. It is known as one of Ko’s best pieces from his twenty years of stage career and it encapsulates the best characteristics of mime and demonstrates his unique talent for communicating with audiences.
Ko has gained critical acclaim in Korea through his leading performances in productions such as “A Yearning in My Heart” in 2006, “2-man pantomime” a Korean-Japanese co-production, “Dreaming Insects”, “Blanket”, “Newspapers”, “A Present from Rain”, “Bubble Mime” and “Hit and Run”.
Ticket: £12 / Concession £10
For ticket inquiry call Theatre 4 All on 07869 117994

(automatically generated) Read LKL’s review of this event here.

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