Week 2 : 7th-13th June 2010
Monday 7th June
SOLD OUT ALEXEI SAYLE
8:00pm Town Hall £14 EN8 Reserved Seating
Writer, comedian and actor, Alexei ‘Stalin ate my homework’ Sayle, will be reading selected passages from his new, as yet, unfinished memoir of his teenage years.
He will be telling anecdotes from his extraordinary life, and answering questions from the audience about anything from his dazzling show business career to easy stubborn stain removal!
Alexei stopped performing stand up comedy many years ago, but has developed a very successful career as a writer with three successful novels and a collection of short stories behind him.
Alexei will be doing a book signing after the show.
‘Alexei has really got it as a writer…. he has the comedian’s gift of surprise’ The Independent
Sponsored by Wilsons Solicitors 
Tuesday 8th June
LUNCHTIME CONCERT: THE ACCORD DUO
1:00pm St Andrew’s Church £7 EN9
Free tea and coffee will be served from 12.30pm to 12.50pm
Two young Serbian born classical accordionists form the Accord Duo. Milos Milivojevic is a first prize winner at many international competitions. After studying in Serbia he moved to London and the Royal Academy of Music. He has performed in Europe, Australia and New Zealand.
Zivorad Nikolic has also gained an international reputation. He entered music school as a classical accordion player at the age of seven and has studied at the National Conservatory of Music in Marseilles and the Royal Academy of Music. The duo performs a rich repertoire moving between soulful and delicate Argentinian music, the passion and power of Serbian melodies and the baroque of Vivaldi. The artists appear under the auspices of Live Music Now!
Sponsored by Operaluna 
mapdance COMMUNITY WORKSHOP
6:00pm to 7:30pm Corn Exchange £5 EN10
An exciting opportunity to experience a contemporary dance workshop with this hugely respected professional company. Open to adults of all ages [16 years to 60+] and abilities. Come and enjoy being active and creative, engaging with movement and choreography. No previous experience necessary. Places limited so book early to secure a place.
Sponsored by Spirit Clothing 
THE FESTIVAL FILM : WEST SIDE STORY
8:30pm Palace Cinema £7 EN11
Directors: Jerome Robbins and Robert Wise USA 1961 151 mins Cert 15
Starring: Natalie Wood, Russ Tamblin, Rita Moreno, George Chakiris
Considered one of the most popular musicals of all time, West Side Story won 10 Academy Awards for its directors, composer Leonard Berstein, lyricist Stephen Sondheim and the cast. William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is translated to the 1951 streets of New York and the gang rivalry between the Puerto Rican Sharks and the Caucasian Jets. Wonderful music and explosive dance!
Sponsored by Henry Aldridge & Son 
Wednesday 9th June
mapdance
7:30pm Corn Exchange £9 Adult £5 Child EN12
Now in its fourth year, mapdance has established itself as an exciting company of young, dynamic dancers recruited nationally and internationally, performing a diverse repertoire by renowned and upcoming contemporary choreographers.
The company is performing works by Shobana Jeyasingh (Shobana Jeyasingh Dance Company), Matthias Sperling (Random), Gregory Maqoma (Vuyani Dance Theatre), Colin Poole (Rambert, The Mission/State of Emergency) and Keira Martin (Kompany Malakhi): a programme that offers a refreshing mixture of dance theatre, intricate lyrical choreography, fluid released movement and intriguing humour. It is a mixed programme with something for everyone and will appeal to both the experienced dance-goer and to audiences new to dance.
Photo: Chris Nash
Sponsored by Spirit Clothing
the festival fringe 
TIM MOOREY : THE MOST POPULAR INDOOR ACTIVITY
9:00pm Devizes Literary Institute FREE
A light-hearted and entertaining insight into the life and times of a crossword setter which will appeal to all lovers of the English language, whether crossword fans or not. Discover the tricks of the trade from a wordsmith who through his cryptic puzzles in The Week magazine, Mephisto in the Sunday Times and Owzat elsewhere, seeks to mislead you down wrong paths using the rich variety of our wonderful language.
Thursday 10th June
THE NEW JAZZ COURIERS
Play the music of Tubby Hayes and Ronnie Scott
8:00pm Town Hall £10 EN13 Reserved Seating
The legendary Jazz Couriers quintet, co-led by Tubby Hayes and Ronnie Scott, dominated the UK jazz scene in the late 1950s and early 1960s. The New Jazz Couriers bring the same virtuosity as the original band but in a modern jazz context.
Featuring the cream of UK jazz - Mornington Lockett (saxaphones), Jim Hart (vibes), Robin Aspland (piano), Martin Drew (drums) and Paul Morgan (bass) - they play the compositions of Hayes and Scott. Mornington Lockett and Martin Drew were members of the Ronnie Scott Band.
'Jazz as straight-ahead as it gets, but played with exuberance and heart.’ The Guardian
Sponsored by T H White 
Friday 11th June
ANDY FAIRWEATHER LOW
Doors open 8:00pm Corn Exchange £16 EN14
Andy will be on stage at 8.30 pm. There is no support act.
Andy Fairweather Low’s musical pedigree is the stuff rock dreams are made of. The lead singer of Amen Corner, who had a No 1 hit with ‘(If Paradise Is) Half As Nice’ in1969, he went on to work with Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, Joe Cocker and BB King - he is also a regular member of Bill Wyman’s Rhythm Kings. His first solo album for 26 years ‘Sweet Soulful Music’ signalled a welcome return for one of the UK’s most distinctive artists, as heartily endorsed by many of the world’s greatest talents. It was followed by ‘The Very Best of Andy Fairweather Low’.
Sponsored by Discovery Records 
Saturday 12th June
ORGAN RECITAL : STEPHEN BINNINGTON
12:00 noon St John’s Church £6 EN15
Stephen Binnington is Director of the Farrington Music School, near Shaftesbury. His career as an organist and piano accompanist has taken him to many parts of the UK and abroad. Recent performances include such notable venues as Liverpool Cathedral, Blenheim Palace, Shrewsbury Abbey and two recitals in Westminster Abbey. His programme includes pieces by French and English composers of the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries together with J S Bach and contemporary composer Noel Rawsthorne, organist of Liverpool Cathedral.
6.0 presented by DANCING BRICK
8:00pm Wharf Theatre £7 EN16 Reserved Seating
Five years ago the last of the world’s ice disappeared. A year after that the sport of ice dancing went with it. Tonight, Heap Krusiak and Pebble Adverati, the greatest ice dance pair the world has ever known, will attempt to bring back what the world took away, by performing their free dance on a stage with no ice.
After an award-winning Edinburgh run, the thrilling young company Dancing Brick presents its beautiful and hilarious new play about loss, sport and what happens when our environment can no longer provide us with what we need. 6.0 is packed full of poetic images, mime and comedy.
Winner of the Arches Brick Award and shortlisted for a Total Theatre Award.
‘brilliant… it’s intelligent and rather poignant, too, in the way it shows two people beaming with misguided optimism in the face of calamity. Like all of us, Heap and Pebble just carry on regardless; their fixed smiles never slip even as the polar ice cap melts’ The Guardian
Sponsored by Rosemundy Cottage B&B
Other Post Festival Events in Devizes
PLEASE NOTE: You cannot book these events via the Festival booking form but tickets will be on sale at Devizes Books closer to the event
WHARF THEATRE
‘The Pillowman’ Wed 23 – Sat 26 June at 7.30pm by Martin McDonagh, directed by Chris Worthy
A darkly humorous adult tale of a storyteller!
‘Just So’ Wed 14 – Sat 17 July at 7.30pm (Sat matinee at 2.30pm) Music by George Stiles, book and lyrics by Anthony Drewe, directed by Jemma Barnes
A Wharf Youth Theatre production, based on the stories by Rudyard Kipling