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Junction Learning and Skills Manager Marie Kennedy (right) cuts the tape at this morning's Cambridge Leisure store opening .
Today has been a big day for The Junction, supermarket chain Sainsbury’s has opened a new store opposite us in Cambridge Leisure Park and at this morning’s opening ceremony we were delighted to receive a £500 joint donation from the company and its building contractors Base Build Services Ltd.
The cheque donation was accepted in person by Junction Learning & Skills Manager, Marie Kennedy and Creative Apprentices Tom Deer (Technical Theatre) and George Stevenson (Event Management). The money will be used to fund JUMP - The Junction’s youth performance festival which will take place in April 2012.
“We are delighted that Sainsburys and Base Build Services Ltd have donated £500 to our youth performance festival. This generous donation will enable the Junction to hire in professional artists to deliver free master classes in the building on Sat 28th April. The festival is aimed at young people who are keen to develop careers in the arts and we look forward to welcoming lots of young people into the building during the day. The youth performance festival is being organised by our creative apprentices (aged 16-19) and the project will work with around 130 young people.”
Marie Kennedy, Learning and Skills Manager.
For more information about JUMP and The Junction's Learning & Skills programme visit our website www.junction.co.uk or email Marie at marie@junction.co.uk
Casual Event Staff
We are currently looking for stewards and bar staff to join our events team. Applicants must be 18+ years and able to work a variety of evening and weekend shifts (including unsociable working hours).
Salary: £6.08 ph rising to £6.45 ph for shifts finishing past midnight.
Deadline: 5pm, Mon 30 Jan 2012
Click here to download a full job description and application pack.
Please send completed application forms to Alan Bond, The Junction, Clifton Way, Cambridge CB1 7GX or by email to alan@junction.co.uk
JAM favourites, live art duo Hunt & Darton return with micro off site venue Hunt & Darton Cafe from April. Photo: Christa Holka
We are delighted to unveil our full theatre and dance line up for Spring 2012 packed with Edinburgh Fringe highlights, national productions, scratch performances and exciting collaborations.
Theatre highlights include stand out shows from 2011 Edinburgh Festival Fringe - Night Light Theatre (Kindling) Project Vertigo directed by Junction Associate Rich Rusk, Fringe First Award winning shows The Table by puppet innovators Blind Summit Theatre and 2401 Objects by contemporary theatre makers Analogue alongside The Paper Birds Thirsty a reflection on British drinking culture.
We are pleased to present wonderful storytelling and spoken word by John Osborne John Peel’s Shed an ode to radio, Third Angel What I Heard About The World and Chris Goode & Company The Adventures of Wound Man & Shirley a funny and touching story about two unlikely friends and the adventures they share. Meanwhile dance fans are well catered for with playful physicality from Company Chameleon Gameshow and Ireland's ponydance who bring their signature comedy dance to The Junction with Where did it all go right?
New collaborations include a Forest Fringe Double Bill on Wed 01 Feb featuring Made in China We Hope That You're Happy (Why Would We Lie?) and Dan Canham's critically acclaimed 30 Cecil Street, followed by Bryony Kimmings & Friends Art Crush our new soiree featuring a blend of live art, cabaret and chat. JAM favourites Hunt & Darton return with Hunt & Darton Cafe in April a offsite micro venue blending art with the everyday in Cambridge city centre (furthur details to be announced keep an eye on our website).
Scratch performances looking for your feedback this season include Junction Sampled Festival favourites storyteller Laura Mugridge So Far... and writer Molly Naylor My Robot Heart, meanwhile Cambridge's favourite emerging welsh artist Hugh Hughes returns with three work in progress sharings in Hoipolloi Stories from an Invisible Town.
For those who want to get more involved with our visiting companies and Associate Artists our Master Class schedule this season features Junction Associates NIE Clown on Stage led by Artistic Director Alex Byrne and Blind Summit Theatre More Extreme Puppetry who return following a sold out puppetry masterclass in 2010. Both offer a fantastic opportunity to develop your artistic practice, discover new techniques and learn from some of the country's top performing arts professionals.
Finally a date to mark in your diaries this season is JAM The Junction's very own experimental scratch night on Wed 21 Mar where we will also launch our next Junction Sampled: Festival of Performance (05 & 06 May 2012) with tasters from artists in the lineup including Michael Pinchbeck eagerly anticipated The Beginning.
For more information all the shows listed visit our Theatre and Dance pages at www.junction.co.uk or download a copy of our Spring 2012 Performance Brochure below. Tickets for all performances are now on sale from The Junction Box Office.
We are currently advertising the position of 2 x Support Workers to work with our Total Arts Project for disabled children (11-19 years). Total Arts is a fortnightly workshop featuring dance, drama, music making, film production and story devising, all building up to a production to be performed at The Junction. We are actively looking for 2 support workers preferably undertaking NVQ level 3 in Health and Social Care/ or Childcare equivalent subject to apply for the position however we will consider applicants who have experience or a desire to work with disabled children.
Support Workers will be required fortnightly during term time for 4 hours on a Saturday 12-4pm in J3 at The Junction in Cambridge. Support Worker’s will desirably of had experience working with disabled children however this is not essential. Interested applicants must forward a current CV and provide 2 current references along with a covering letter stating why they are interested in the position. Successful applicants will be shortlisted and invited to an interview.
Closing deadline for CVs and covering letters will be the 03 Feb 2012.
Interviews will be held on the 15 Feb 2012.
Any enquiries to Marie Kennedy: 01223 403 353. Emails to: marie@junction.co.uk / charlotte@junction.co.uk
Successful applicants will be subject to satisfactory enhanced CRB check.
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Announced on BBC Radio 1 this morning – The Chris Moyles Show Carol-oke is coming to The Junction .
The rumours are true... we are pleased to confirm The Junction will host The Chris Moyles Show Carol-oke tomorrow night (Thu 22 Dec).
The venue was announced as the secret location for the event live on the BBC Radio 1 breakfast show this morning by radio DJ Chris who also revealed the name of the special guest who will be joining him live on stage tomorrow night - reality TV star and current Christmas No 1 contender Stacey Soloman.
Karaoke with a festive twist... The Chris Moyles Show ‘Carol-oke’ will see Chris and members of his breakfast show team – co host Dave Vitty, newsreader Dominic Byrne, sports presenter Tina Daheley, producer Aled Haydn Jones and assistant producer Matt Fincham take to our stage to perform their favourite Christmas songs. Expect jokes, a live band and pub banter with plenty of opportunities for audience goers to get involved!
Tickets to the event are free and available now in person from The Junction, J1 Box Office on a first come, first served basis. Maximum of four tickets per person. Please note all ticket holders must be over 18 years old to be admitted to the event which will be held in our J1 space. Doors will open at 6.30pm tomorrow evening to ticket holders.
For more information visit The Chris Moyles Show page on BBC Radio 1 website.
UPDATE: 22/12/2011 8.30AM - SOLD OUT
Tickets for The Chris Moyles Carol-oke have now SOLD OUT. Please do not call or visit The Junction Box Office for tickets as we have no more available. Doors will open 6.30pm tomorrow night to ticket holders only. For event highlights tune into The Chris Moyles Show on BBC Radio 1 from 6.30am Fri 23 Dec.
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