Article by Zena Gardner (31st March 2010)
Latitude Festival returns for an incredible 5th Edition on 15th-18th July 2010 set in the beautiful countryside of Henham Park Estate on Suffolk’s Sunrise Coast. Dedicated to bring the very best from the worlds of music, theatre, comedy, literature, film, poetry, dance, art, fashion and cabaret together for one glorious weekend.
Spread throughout the site, just waiting to be discovered, expect the highest calibre of art with over 700 performers to be announced over the coming months. Building on its reputation as one of the most respected and highly anticipated events of the season, 2010 promises to be an inspirational and entertaining, sophisticated and scintillating weekend; another spectacular slice of unadulterated cultural fun and adventure.
FILM & MUSIC ARENA
~ BAFTA: Q&A with Paul Greengrass
~ Mark Lamarr presents God’s Jukebox: The Skatroniks, Noel McKoy and The Mummers
~ TAQWACORE: THE BIRTH OF PUNK ISLAM plus Panel Discussion: ‘DON’T PANIC, WE’RE ISLAMIC!’
~ Aldeburgh Music’s Faster Than Sound featuring: Mira Calix, Larry Goves, Simon Fisher Turner and the London Contemporary Orchestra
LITERARY ARENA
~ Sebastian Faulks
~ Peter Hook
~ Howard Jacobson
LITERARY SALON
~ Raindance Film Festival Workshops
COMEDY at LATITUDE
~ Mark Watson
~ David O’Doherty
~ Josie Long
~ Angelos Epithemiou
~ Jimmy McGhie
~ Chris Ramsey
~ The Al Pitcher Picture Show
~ Colin Hoult:Carnival Of Monsters
~ Tom Basden
~ Deborah Frances-White
~ Pros From Dover
~ Richard Dedomenici
CABARET ARENA
~ Showstopper! ‘The Improvised Musical’
THEATRE AT LATITUDE
~ Lyric presents: Midsummer Night’s Dream
~ Lyric presents: The Island by The London Snorkelling Team
~ The Factory
~ Theatre503
~ Forest Fringe
THE WATERFRONT STAGE
~ Sadler’s Wells
~ Derevo – Wolves’ Tango
POETRY ARENA
~ Angry Sam
~ Brigitte Aphrodite
~ Byron Vincent
~ Chris Hicks
~ Clare Pollard
~ Dean Parkin
~ Hannah Walker
~ Helen Mort
~ Inua Ellams
~ Jay Bernard
~ Joe Dunthorne
~ John Osborne
~ Kate Tempest
~ Richard Tyrone Jones
~ Kriss Foster
~ Martin Figura
~ Molly Naylor
~ Musa Okwonga
~ Niall O Sullivan
~ Paul Lyalls
~ The Dead Poets
~ El Crisis
~ Joel Stickley
~ Josh Idehen
~ Matt Harvey
~ Ross Sutherland
~ Steve Larkin
~ Tim Clare
~ Tim Turnbull
~ FILM & MUSIC ARENA ~
A heady mix of visual and aural pleasure, the Film & Music Arena is home to some of the festival’s most mesmerising performances. Bringing together the worlds of alternative cinema and music, the arena will showcase a jam-packed programme of award-winning films, documentaries and shorts with Q&A sessions and discussions alongside musical treats and thrilling visuals.
~ LITERARY ARENA ~
The best literary event of the summer, Latitude’s Literary Arena celebrates the written word in all its fabulous glory. Stories are told, books are dissected, discussions are had and debates fought over; these are book readings with a difference so sit back and enjoy Latitude’s fun-filled library by the sea.
~ LITERARY SALON ~
New to last year’s festival, the Literary Salon is the noisy little sister of the Literary Arena that encourages you to get involved. A hub of interactive workshops, open discussions and wide-ranging debates all ready to get stuck into – it is a place to air your opinions, learn a brand new skill, discover new and exciting things and explore your inner most interests.
~ COMEDY AT LATITUDE ~
Latitude has earned a fierce reputation for presenting the searingly sharp edge of comedy and this year Latitude will not disappoint with an incredible wealth of talent throughout the bill. One of the festival’s most enduring and prestigious fixtures, the Comedy Arena, sees a huge and varied bill of comic splendour.
~ CABARET ARENA ~
Latitude’s veritable den of mischief and mayhem, the Cabaret Arena is sumptuously tantalising, seductively tempting and always exceedingly teasing.
~ THEATRE AT LATITUDE ~
Showcasing performances from the nation’s leading theatre houses, Royal Shakespeare Company, Royal Opera House, Bush Theatre and Lyric as well as work from the most significant companies of the future like nabokov and Paines Plough, Latitude brings contemporary, physical, classical and performance theatre to a brand new audience. Gaining an unrivalled reputation for its breadth and quality of programming, the calibre of theatre on offer this year is unrivalled and with more to be announced over the coming months, there will be unique and exciting work just waiting to be discovered.
~ THE WATERFRONT STAGE ~
Latitude’s stunning floating platform will once again stage some staggering dance productions over the weekend.
~ POETRY ARENA ~
Over the past four years, the Poetry Arena at Latitude has grown into one of Europe’s leading poetry events in its own right, boasting the hottest slam poets, spoken word, storytelling, comedy sketches, rappers and much, much more. Laugh, cry and become enlightened with various poets confirmed for the weekend.
~ TICKET INFORMATION ~
Weekend tickets £155 including VAT, subject to booking fee
Day tickets Fri, Sat, Sun £65 including VAT, subject to booking fee
Weekend ticket prices include car parking and camping
Day tickets include car parking only
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