There is a lot going on in the festival. Ten days, across three major towns, events happening from 10am till 2am and we wouldn’t want you to miss anything. Click here to launch the Timeline.
Everything in AV on a day-by-day basis. Its also colour coded so everything happening in NewcastleGateshead is pink, everything taking place in Sunderland is blue and everything in Middlesbrough is yellow.
We have tried as far as possible to make sure that each event finishes in time to enable you to get to the start of the next event in the same town in time. This hasn’t always been possible — but we have tried!
If your interest is just music or just films then the Timeline also tries to label each event as to what it ‘does on the tin’ e.g. film, exhibition, concert. But be warned that some of the work combines these conventional art forms in unexpected ways. This is part of the point of the AV Festival, so enjoy the surprises when you discover them.
There are lots of fun activities at AV for kids — many of them hands-on. They are labelled as Family Life and we have given guidance as to the ages which the events are aimed at. Each event explains its venue, its time and its ticket prices — lots are free — and each venue is shown on the three city maps.
You can book centrally here at the AV Festival Box Office on 0191 232 8289 or at the individual venue where the venue’s box office number is included in the event listing.
The best way to get the most out of AV at the very best value is to buy a festival pass. This costs £25 and is available from the Tyneside Cinema in Newcastle and Middlesbrough Town Hall Box Office. The AV Festival pass allows you free access to many one-off events, premieres, workshops, and talks throughout AV Festival 06. You will also receive personal invites to many special festival events, exclusive receptions and parties. And the pass will get you free access to all AV films at the Tyneside Cinema, and the film screenings in Middlesbrough and Sunderland, discounts on the AV events taking place at The Sage Gateshead. Click there for full pass holder privileges.
Visit the Tyneside Cinema or call 0191 232 8289 to buy your pass or email info@avfest.co.uk for more information.
AV Joint Partnership
Mark Dobson, Tyneside Cinema, Jenny Hall, Middlesbrough Council, Kari Vickers, Sunderland Council, Janice Webster, University of Teesside
Festival Director
Honor Harger
Festival Manager
Fiona Fitzpatrick @ Tyneside Cinema
Technical Director
Tom Cullen
Associate Technical Directors
Dan Adams @ The Sage Gateshead
John Smith
Fundraising Officer
Danielle Pender
Treasurer
Gillian Wood @ Tyneside Cinema
Marketing & Communications
Cait Read, Manager
Jonny Tull and Quey Craddock @ Tyneside Cinema
Clare Watson @ Newcastle City Council
Project Managers
Michelle Hirschhorn
Dianne Bowell
Caroline Pearce
Education & Outreach
Alina Trewitt, Holli McGuire, Katherine Anderson & Julie Ballands @ Tyneside Cinema
Kerrie Page, Middlesbrough Arts Development, Amanda Gould @ Sunderland Council
Festival Assistants
Alison Stockwell, Chris Thompson, Charlie Bennett, Antonella Mele
Volunteers Coordinator
Adam Thomas
Festival Consultants
AV Expressions of Interest Selection Panel: Sarah Cook, Sally Jane Norman, Ele Carpenter, Alistair Robinson, Sharon Bailey, AV Partnership.
Short film programme Curator: Ray White
LifeLike Short Films Curator: Tom Bland,
Festival Curatorial Advisor: Amanda McDonald Crowley
Press Relations
Nicky Mamuj and Suhaine Stevens @ WhiteHotComms.co.uk
Clare Wilford (clare.wilford@virgin.net)
Guide Copywriter
Tamzin Mackie
Print Traffic
Robert Hope
Festival Art Direction & Design
Multistorey www.multistorey.net
Website Build
David McClure www.Velcrobelly.co.uk
Feature Film Programme
Stephanie Little @ Northern Lights Film Festival www.nlff.co.uk
Damian Spandley
Gail Nina Anderson
AV would like to thank our collaborators
All our colleagues at The Sage Gateshead, especially Ros Rigby, Tamsin Austin, Katherine Pearson, Emily Till, Helen Fussell
All our colleagues at the University of Teesside, especially Tony Chapman, Zulf Ali, Catherine Iles, Jeanne Moore & Andrea Abbas
All our colleagues at the Tyneside Cinema
Alistair Robinson: The Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art
David Metcalfe, Iain Pate, Kamal Ackerie, Hannah Civico, Ele Forsyth: Forma
Graham Ramsay: Ten Feet Tall
Grainne Sweeney, Steve Cowie, Alison Atkinson, Suzy O’Harasheader: The National Glass Centre
Keith Whittle, Leigh Johnson, Alison Steel: University of Sunderland
Jeff Cleverley and all @ UMAMi, Preamptive, Grainy Collective, Retina Glitch, Andrew Hodson & Seen.
Judith Winter: Middlesbrough Institute for Modern Art
Juliet Horsley, Jo Cunningham, Emma Pybus: Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens
Nicola Triscott: The Arts Catalyst
Nik Barerra, Andrew Nixon: Name
Rob Blackson: The Reg Vardy Gallery
Sarah Cook, Beryl Graham: CRUMB
Sharon Bailey, Clymene Christoforou, Adinda van’t Klooster: ISIS Arts
AV could not have happened without:
Andrew Rothwell: Newcastle City Council
Lorna Partington, Tom Harvey: Northern Film & Media
Rebecca Shatwell, Mark Robinson: The Arts Council of England
Sophie Lee, Simon King, Nina Cliff: Codeworks
Stella Hall, Carol Bell, Suzanne Goulding, Nicola Short & colleagues: NewcastleGateshead Initiative
AV acknowledges the kind support of:
Alison Flanagan-Wood: Newcastle Arts Development Office
Andrew Fletcher, David Jobe: Newcastle Central Library
Anaïs Emery: Utopiales Festival, Nantes
Arts Centre Washington
Beverley Ogle
BHS Middlesbrough
Christo Wallers: Queens Hall Arts Centre, Hexham
Dave Evans, Paul Bordner: Laser Reproductions
Debenhams Middlesbrough
Dianne Scott & colleagues: CCAD
John Archer
Ken Gracey: Parallax Inc
Ross Baldwin
Tees Valley Creative Partnerships
Throckley Community Centre
Management Committee
Ben Hall, Arc
Peter Aldcroft, Robson Brown
Stage Electrics
AV extends a special personal thanks to:
All our brilliant volunteers
Bev Briggs
Carol Cooke
Richard Fenwick
Patrick Gyger
Ruth Plater
Tom Shakespeare
And to our wonderful volunteers:
Lyndsey Atkins
Jeni Berrill
Colin Black
Louise Chipps
Rosie Colman
Sarah Crowe
Beckie Darlington
Dawn Davison
Brian Degger
Chris Duffy
Miram Fahmy
Victoria Geelan
Caroline Harrop
Tom Higham
Karen Holderness
Kimberley Howson
Carly Jones
Jane Knight
Edwin Li
Keiwan Liu
Debbie Lyon
Sofia Mavridou
Jess McDermott
Lisa McNab
Kate Moores
Emily Nolan
Triin Paavel
Mark Pembrey
Keri Penford-Baker
Ruth Plater
Georgia Rakusen
Sharmilee Rau
Fabienne Riener
Ally Steele
Alison Stockwell
Ruth Taylor
Suzanne van Boxel
David Wrigg
