J9 is an installation that incorporates cinematic projection, interactivity and text. The work will be presented in two forms, first as a cinematic loop, projected onto a wall of the gallery and second as an interactive version on a screen.

The installation uses ‘computational video’ software techniques to sequence the video edits. The use of a recurring narrative form is intended to evoke the way in which we map our own internal experience onto diverse locations and cultures as we travel.

The project has toured international shows for the past 3 years including exhibitions in USA, Brazil and Japan.

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Recital is given by Christine Wells of St Mary the Virgin. Hambleden.

Tickets not required, retiring collection.

Now in its fourth year, mapdance has established itself as an exciting postgraduate company of young, dynamic dancers recruited nationally and internationally, performing a diverse repertoire by renowned and upcoming contemporary choreographers.

Ranging in style and emotion, mapdance’s 2009 programme offers a diverse and refreshing evening of short works by Shobana Jeyasingh, Matthias Sperling, Gregory Maqoma, Colin Poole and Keira Martin. A programme that offers a mixture of dance theatre, punchy choreography, and intriguing humour.

“Inches from its audience, the troupe radiated energy. A sharp and pithy showcase…rare to find and thrilling to watch” Total Theatre

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Double bass: Gareth Hughes
Backing vocals: Ann Kinsella

Kieran Goss has long been hailed as one of Ireland’s leading performers and songwriters, with an inimitable blend of country and folk. Over the last 20 years, he has quietly and consistently delivered songs of rare quality and his deceptively simple melodies have won him fans across the globe. His live act is an evening of great songs, sung from the heart and delivered with trademark easy grace and humour.

The sense of fun is tremendous, the playing first rate and the songs are sheer quality - The Irish Times

www.kierangoss.com

At the end of William Fiennes’ bestselling and award-winning debut, The Snow Geese, Fiennes returns from a long journey and leaves the reader as he walks up the drive to his family home, Broughton Castle. Here, in The Music Room, he leads us in to the heart of that home. Bursting with tender detail and combining quiet humour, tactful pathos and wisdom, The Music Room is a sensuous and deeply moving tribute to place, memory and the permanence of love.

Join William as he discusses the book and talks about his childhood growing up in awe of his epileptic brother, Richard. He is the recipient of the Somerset Maugham Award and was the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year.

The guitar, bass and drums trio The Hamsters have long been established as one of our premier live attractions, having performed over 4,000 concerts in 23 years.

Although primarily playing their own brand of rootsy Rock, Blues and Americana, they're also widely regarded as the UK's leading interpreters of the music of Jimi Hendrix and ZZ Top, and will no doubt be featuring plenty tonight. The band's guitarist/singer Slim recently had a new interview in Guitarist Magazine, and the lads have just released a new 3-hour double live DVD, titled Curse Of The Killer Hamsters!'

"The Hamsters are fabulous: one of Britain's very best live bands" Bob Harris (Radio 2)

"Nobody does the music of Jimi Hendrix and ZZ Top better (apart from the real ZZ Top)” The Times

The multi-award winning comedian and star of For One Night Only, Michael McIntyre’s Roadshow, Skins, The Late Late Show and 8 Out of 10 Cats performs his exciting and hilarious show that will have audiences begging for more.

If you fail to laugh like a lunatic, check yourself into a mortuary: You are probably dead - Metro

Age Guide: 16+

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D.Nina Choudhuri is a painter and photographer exhibiting a collection of photographs. Through inspiration from the natural world she attempts a dialogue with the viewer using either brush or camera.

The unifying theme of all her work is harmonic visualisation. D.Nina Choudhuri studied Economics at Ranchi University in India and Fine Art at the West Surrey College of Art and Design where she gained a first class honours degree.