What’s on
DANCE
WORLD PREMIERE
10 Soldiers
Birmingham Hippodrome
Tuesday 21 May
Ever stood on a parade
square and thought that
military drill is just a form of
choreography?
In 2008, dance director Rosie
Kay spent time at a British
Army barracks on Salisbury
Plain. What came of these
observations was the award-
winning, contemporary
dance ‘5 SOLDIERS’.
Ten years on, she has
expanded the work for the
large stage with ‘10 Soldiers’.
Now a full Army squad, 10
Soldiers takes a fresh look at
life in 2019’s British Army.
It is billed as “a thrilling and
humane portrait of army life”,
telling the stories of men
and women serving in the
modern military.
SUPER TROOPERS incredible inner strength –
remains on the frontline
of war.
Charged with Kay’s
trademark intense athletic
dance theatre, 10 Soldiers
explores how the human
body – with both fragility and Building upon the
groundwork that 5 SOLDIERS
laid, Kay has returned to
the Army, conducting new
research, digging into
SPORT
current conversations about
equality and diversity. She
also looks at the growing
number of women in the
Army and asks how this
shapes the community
among female soldiers and
how women are treated in a military unit.
Birmingham Half
Marathon Army v RAF Rugby
Sutton Park, Birmingham
Sunday 14 April
The
Birmingham
Half
Marathon
is aimed
at all
abilities,
and takes place within the
stunning Sutton Park –
the largest urban parkland
in Europe.
Gloucestershire
Cricket
The Brightside Ground,
Bristol from 11 April
What could be more
quintessentially English
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SUMMER 2019 the imjin
than the start of the cricket
season? Gloucestershire’s
first 4-day County
Championship match takes
place in Bristol. Alternatively
wait for the team to travel to
Cheltenham for the town’s
popular cricket festival in
July. For tickets visit
www.gloscricket.co.uk
Covering 2,400 acres, the
Park provides the perfect
setting for the race. The
event is on closed-to-traffic
route on tarmac roads,
through heathland and
ancient woodland, and also
includes a shorter 10k and
5k course.
Entry costs £25 via 01270
842800.
The new piece will
premiere at Birmingham
Hippodrome on Tuesday
21 May. Tickets (via www.
birminghamhippodrome.
com) will no doubt sell out
fast. Quick march!
Kingsholm, Gloucester
Saturday 27 April
Inter
Services
rugby
comes to
Gloucester
as the
Army take
on the RAF at the Kingsholm
Stadium.
The 2018 Inter Services was
won by the RAF, after the air
force secured the narrowest
of victories against the Army
in the opening round of the
tournament.
This year, the much-fancied
Army side will be looking to
avenge that defeat – and
will be counting on the vocal
support of personnel from
nearby Imjin Barracks.
See the advert on page 15
for more details.