ALSO Digital

5/15/2020, 5:00:00 PM

15th - 17th May: A weekend of world class talks and conversations designed to help you rethink your work and world post C-19, exceptional music and audio adventures, clever comedy and experiential workshops - oh, and wild swimming. Explore our full schedule below:

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Let's Go Also

5/15/2020, 5:55:00 PM

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How to Have a Gigantic DigitALSO

5/15/2020, 6:00:00 PM

ALSO Directors Helen Bagnall and Juliet Russell will be running through the big ideas and music featuring at ALSO Digital to help guide you through the weekend and decide what you want to see. From The Art (and science) of Rest to Rave Yoga, via human evolution, reading the statistics and changing your relationship with fashion - this is a whistle stop tour of the digital ideas of the weekend to help you plan your weekend with us. And yes we'll be taking requests, and answering questions on how to get the most from the weekend!

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Botanical Cocktail with the Alchemy Bar

5/15/2020, 7:00:00 PM

As part of our Balearic Sessions, join us for a drink in this botanical mixology class with the Alchemy Bar in Ibiza. A live cocktail class where you will learn the delicate art of balancing drinks flavors in 3 delicious cocktails. Bex Hronek will be talking you through the workings of making a fermented bug and botanical tinctures to create theatrical and flavorsome cocktails.

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Jasmine Rodgers

5/15/2020, 7:30:00 PM

Combining complex guitar picking and intricate vocals, Jasmine's solo show features songs from her album Blood Red Sun, released last summer. Her mixed parentage has nurtured a deep love of many different genres and she distills these into a folk style that understands tradition, while offering something altogether more contemporary and relevant. “A wonderful, evocative piece of songwriting” Clash magazine “Music pours out of Jasmine Rodgers” For Folk’s Sake “Fantastic Music” Edi Stark, BBC Scotland

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Marcel Lucont’s Cabaret Fantastique

5/15/2020, 8:00:00 PM

Our favourite Gallic Symbol grabs his wine and goes online to host a special version of his acclaimed cabaret show. How does home-based cabaret work? Let’s find out. If you want to grab a hay bale for your home to complete the ALSO experience that’s up to you, otherwise just sit on a regular chair and enjoy a feast of international entertainment with chansons and poetry from the man himself and an array of special guests.

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This Is A Recording

5/15/2020, 9:00:00 PM

This Is A Recording are usually a live improvised electronic duo performing on analog synths mangled up through FX pedals and tripped out guitar, layered over slo-mo pulsating beats. Their music ranges from ambient, Balearic grooves to psychedelic walls of sound. Think stratospheric harmonics, cosmic melodies, and conscious vibes!

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Candlelit Meditation

5/15/2020, 9:30:00 PM

Take some time to allow yourself to recharge your mind, body and spirit. Join Sarah from Sankalpa Yoga for a candlelit meditation and allow her to guide you in a deeply calming and rejuvenating meditation. Bring a blanket and enjoy the journey to the centre of your soul.

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DJ Ferdie

5/15/2020, 9:30:00 PM

Playing music for the enjoyment of others has propelled Ferdie since he saved up for his first boombox. From rocking university halls with his Maxell C90 mixtapes to graduating with DJ honours onto festival stages. Barrio boss man Ferdie can now be found at the helm of his DJ bars across London, feeding the masses with his own colourful take on music, accompanied by a few choice cocktails along the way. A keen collector of remixes and re-edits, expect an excursion on well-loved versions. With no genres left unturned and no songs out of bounds, Ferdie’s unashamed mash-up of party-beats and singalong classics will get you all in a funk-frenzy!

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How to Stay Sane

5/16/2020, 7:30:00 AM

A guided mediation from Philippa Perry, psychotherapist and author of Sunday Times bestselling, 'The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read (and Your Children Will Be Glad That You Did)'

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Saturday HIIT

5/16/2020, 7:30:00 AM

Kick-start your day with a half-hour full-body HIIT workout. Expect heart-racing exercises interspersed with recovery. All levels of ability are catered for. No equipment required.

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The Great Wood of Caledon

5/16/2020, 8:00:00 AM

The world renowned sound recordist and artist Chris Watson (Blue Planet, Bjòrk, Chernobyl) has recreated a walk in the Caledonian forest speciallfor DigitALSO. Join him in The Great Wood of Caledon. The piece begins with the display of a Capercallie and develops into a chorus deep within the woodland.

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Forest Bathing

5/16/2020, 8:00:00 AM

Awaken your senses through the power of nature. Embrace the Japanese art of Shinrin-Yoku and discover the proven health benefits of Forest Bathing with ALSO's self-guided walk. Please book on to receive your self-guided pack. To delve deeper into Forest Bathing, we highly recommend Dr Qing Li's Into the Forest: How Trees Can Help You Find Health and Happiness.

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Transcendence: How Humans Evolved through Fire, Language, Beauty, and Time

5/16/2020, 8:00:00 AM

Broadcaster and award-winning science writer (she was the first woman to win the Royal Society Science Book of the Year for ‘Adventures in the Anthropocene’), Gaia Vince will help us reflect on the way we now want to evolve beyond the pandemic.

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Playbox Theatre - Drama Fun for 3-6 Year Olds

5/16/2020, 8:30:00 AM

We are excited to be partnering with ALSO regulars, Playbox Theatre - the best children’s and young people’s theatre company In the world. Throughout the weekend they will be bringing 5 minute stories, exercises and mini workshops for 3-6 year olds and their families, created especially for ALSO Digital.

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Also Stretch - More of a Stretch Than Question

5/16/2020, 8:45:00 AM

Simply stretch up your arm to the top of your room as if you’ve got a really good question but then just as you’re about to put your hand up you realise that it’s more of a comment so you bring your arm down again. Then once again when you realise you do want to actually ask something and not talk about what happened to your friend Jeff once and relax over to the other side. Brought to you by Jemima Hoadley, Dance Artist - maker , performer, facilitator

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The Art of Statistics

5/16/2020, 9:00:00 AM

No offence, David but who would have thought that a book on statistics would have been such a big seller in 2020. There’s a reason why and it’s a hopeful one. Surrounded by fake news, we are all trying to learn more about stats to make sure the information we are taking on is real. Statistics has played a leading role in our scientific understanding of the world for centuries, yet we are all familiar with the way statistical claims can be sensationalised, particularly in the media. We are so pleased to have the leading risk, probability, chance and uncertainty academic in the UK, Prof Sir David Spiegelhalter to guide us through the essential principles we need in order to derive knowledge from data. You'll never think about information in the same way again.

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Wild Swimming

5/16/2020, 9:00:00 AM

This is one of those ALSO events where you need to suspend disbelief and immerse yourself in the experience (irresistible pun).

As evidence of the benefits of wild swimming for our health and wellbeing grows, we offer you three different wild swimming experiences from the comfort of your own home.

Here’s the science.
We (and many other mammals) have what is known as the mammalian diving reflex. It’s a hard-wired physiological response to immersion in cold water. When triggered, our heart rate slows and blood is redirected towards our core.
Fortunately for us you don’t need to be fully immersed to enjoy the calming benefits of these physiological changes. The reflex is triggered when the cold water hits our face and in particular the area just below our eyes and the nostrils.
So run the cold tap, take a deep breath and splash the water over your face. Do that a couple of times, sit down, relax and take a dip.

Created by Justin Spray, Psychologist and Filmmaker

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Playbox Theatre - Drama Fun for 3-6 Year Olds

5/16/2020, 9:30:00 AM

We are excited to be partnering with ALSO regulars, Playbox Theatre - the best children’s and young people’s theatre company In the world. Throughout the weekend they will be bringing 5 minute stories, exercises and mini workshops for 3-6 year olds and their families, created especially for ALSO Digital.

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Poets for Peace

5/16/2020, 10:00:00 AM

We’re delighted to have poetry from Zafar Bhatti from Poets for Peace. Poets for Peace aims are to bring poets together from across the community to break down barriers and promote social cohesion. We think poetry is a wonderful means to achieve this. The artistry of the spoken word gives life to inner thoughts and feelings, flowing from one heart to the next. ‘Poets for Peace’, an initiative of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, intends to present a range of Poetry from a variety of inspirational Poets, hoping their words will touch upon your heart, helping us to realise the beauty contained within every faith and community.

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‘Slowdown’

5/16/2020, 10:15:00 AM

Here for the ideas? Want to know how we can make the most of this slowdown? The Halford Mackinder Professor of Geography at the University of Oxford, Danny Dorling has answers. And Salon London’s Helen Bagnall will be channelling her inner Melvyn Bragg and taking on Danny’s claims so we can get lots of answers in one innovative session.

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Playbox Theatre - Drama Fun for 3-6 Year Olds

5/16/2020, 10:30:00 AM

We are excited to be partnering with ALSO regulars, Playbox Theatre - the best children’s and young people’s theatre company In the world. Throughout the weekend they will be bringing 5 minute stories, exercises and mini workshops for 3-6 year olds and their families, created especially for ALSO Digital.

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Indotranceltic

5/16/2020, 11:00:00 AM

Indotranceltic perform Chattering Waters - a vibrant fusion of Indian and Celtic rhythms and melodies, wrapped in an electronic, psychedelic soundscape. Check out their album Stone Horse on Six Degrees records.

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Say Why To Drugs

5/16/2020, 11:15:00 AM

Drugs. We've all done them. Whether it's a cup of coffee or a glass of wine, a cigarette or a sleeping pill. But how well do we understand the effects of the drugs we take - legal or illegal? Dr Suzi Gage, psychologist, epidemiologist and co-creator of the hit podcast, Say Why to Drugs, is at ALSO to present her extraordinary research into the science behind recreational drugs - debunking common myths and misconceptions - and explaining what they're really doing to your mind and body.

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How to Map the Future

5/16/2020, 12:15:00 PM

Want to take back the future; inspiration for a new decade? That’s why we’re here, isn’t it? But how can we think about the future? What do we need to do – and who do we need to be? For all the big questions in our lives we like to look towards Margaret Heffernan for answers, and so we are so glad she is at ALSO20. Do not miss the chance to see the award-winning business psychologist (her TED talks have been viewed by over 7 million people) as she explores why we need less tech and messier human skills - imagination, humility, bravery - to create the futures we want and can believe in.

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Carve Lino-cut Citrus Fruits

5/16/2020, 1:00:00 PM

Through step-by-step photographs and instructions, author and maker, Deborah Schneebeli-Morrell shows you how to lino-cut citrus fruits and transform them into beautiful ornaments covered in intricate designs. You’ll need: Firm fresh lemons, limes and/or oranges; Aquarelle (water-based) pencil or pen; Lino-cutting tool. This workshop is hosted in partnership with Yodomo.

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Make a Paper Rose

5/16/2020, 1:00:00 PM

In this easy-to-follow video course, you'll learn how to make a paper rose from crepe paper with pajaki maker, Karolina Merska. To make the paper rose, you'll need: Crepe paper (approx. 80-100cm by 9cm); Scissors; Embroidery thread. This workshop is hosted in partnership with Yodomo.

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Make a Matisse-style collage

5/16/2020, 1:00:00 PM

This is a book on workshop.
Look, play and create your own botanically inspired paper-cut artwork. In this live-streamed workshop, illustrator Isabella will show you how to capture the shapes and textures of house plants. Then, inspired by Matisse cut-outs, you’ll learn papercut techniques and be able to create your own concise collaged artworks. This workshop is hosted in partnership with Making Made Easy experts, Yodomo. Get your materials ready in advance. You will need: A4 colour or white, heavyweight paper or card (for your background) A range of colour papers and scraps (for collage) Plain or scrap paper (from sketching ideas) Pencil Scissors Glue Inspirational materials to look at - either house plants or pictures of plants, from books, magazines, the internet, etc.

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Make Decorative Marbled Eggs

5/16/2020, 1:00:00 PM

Through easy to follow step-by-step instructions and photographs, learn how to create a marbled effect using materials found in your own home. You’ll need: Six large white, blown eggs; Nail varnish; Container; Warm water; Rubber gloves; Stirring stick; 24 berry pins & 2 thick sponge cloths for your drying rack; Table cloth/protector. This workshop is hosted in partnership with Yodomo.

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Flower Crown Workshop

5/16/2020, 1:00:00 PM

Get festival-ready by following Judy’s quick guide to creating a dandelion flower crown. Channel your inner Frida Khalo and dress to impress.

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Also Stretch - The Who Knows What's Going On Shoulder Shrug

5/16/2020, 1:00:00 PM

Simply stretch up your arm to the top of your room as if you’ve got a really good question but then just as you’re about to put your hand up you realise that it’s more of a comment so you bring your arm down again. Then once again when you realise you do want to actually ask something and not talk about what happened to your friend Jeff once and relax over to the other side. Brought to you by Jemima Hoadley, Dance Artist - maker , performer, facilitator

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Make a 'Panch Phoron' Bangladeshi spice blend

5/16/2020, 1:00:00 PM

In this short video course, Dina Begum, British-Bangladeshi food writer and cook, shows you how to make a traditional Panch Phoron, a fragrant, aromatic, five-spice blend. You'll need: 1 tbsp mustard seeds; 1 tbsp fennel seeds; 1 tbsp nigella seeds; 1 tbsp fenugreek seeds; 1 tbsp cumin seeds; Tablespoon; Bowl. This workshop is hosted in partnership with Yodomo.

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Breaking Up WIth Fashion

5/16/2020, 1:15:00 PM

Author, Refinery29, Stylist and Grazia journalist, thrift-lover and reformed fast fashion addict, Lauren Bravo makes a brilliant case for How To Break Up With Fast Fashion: a guilt-free guide to changing the way you shop with a session especially for ALSO with hundreds of ideas for how to sustainably, ethically and stylishly redefine your relationship with your wardrobe.

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Virtual Chocolate Tasting

5/16/2020, 1:30:00 PM

SOLD OUT We’re delighted to partner with Cocoa Runners to bring you this indulgent and informative workshop. Gather with your lockdown family and friends and taste their delicious selection of craft chocolates from around the world, and learn about the background, tasting notes and history of each bar. It’s a fantastic and fun activity to get your chocolate knowledge rocking straight from your sofa. FOLLOW THIS LINK TO BOOK and apply the code ALSO10CR for your 10% discount https://cocoarunners.com/virtual-chocolate-tasting-also/

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How to Write a Song

5/16/2020, 1:30:00 PM

Learn the tricks of the song writing trade with creative tour de force Sophie Garner. Explore this art form within a group through exploring theme, structure, imagiunation, lyric wrtining and composing. Song writing as a powerful tool for building confidence and creative expression. Sophie is an established singer songwriter who has released 3 studio albums, toured internationally and was the very first artist to perform on the main stage at London's O2 Arena! This session is open to everyone.

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Scented Yoga

5/16/2020, 2:00:00 PM

SOLD OUT Yoga teacher and 4160Tuesdays founder, Sarah McCartney brings two of her super skills together to lead a Scented Yoga session. Book on this workshop for a most unusual and enjoyable yoga session in which you will be sent vials of perfume to your home.

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Lute

5/16/2020, 2:00:00 PM

Alex is a BBC Introducing artist and the principal lutenist for La Nuova Musica, The Irish Baroque Orchestra and Poeticall Musicke. He specialises in chamber music. His continuo playing has been described as 'sinewy and sensuous, ornaments rarely exaggerated' - Observer and he 'virtually shreds his accompaniments with fervent plucking and percussive strumming.' — The New Yorker. In his spare time he enjoys making lutes and managing the Veterum Musica micro record label.

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Make a 3D Sculpture

5/16/2020, 2:00:00 PM

This is a bookable workshop.
In this live-streamed workshop, artist Julia Clarke will be showing us how to use wrapping, sticking, binding and balancing techniques on found objects to create beautiful 3D objects and sculptures. This workshop is hosted in partnership with Making Made Easy experts, Yodomo. Get your materials ready in advance. You will need: Wool, thread, string, or anything else you could use for wrapping An old t-shirt cut up into long thin strips, garden twine, or old ribbons Sticks - e.g. twigs, pencils, chopsticks, toothpicks, lolly sticks or cut up pieces of cardboard, cereal packets, packaging, etc. Tape, masking tape, sticky tape, washi tape, any kind of tape! - elastic bands, old hair bands Strips of cut up carrier bags Paints if you have them Plain or scrap paper (if you need to sketch ideas) Scissors Glue Inspirational images

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Beatbox Like a Pro

5/16/2020, 2:15:00 PM

Former UK Garage MC and vocalist extraordinaire, Flexie Muiso introduces us the basics of beatboxing, leading us to create our very own vocal drumkit. Flexie is also an accomplished vocalist having sung for Paloma Faith, Channel 4’s First dates and touring his soulful blend of music in Africa and France.

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Juliet Russell

5/16/2020, 2:45:00 PM

Described as "the perfect jazzy vocal" by DJ magazine, Juliet has created two tracks for DigitALSO fusing her love of electronica, club music and wonky pop.

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Make a Macrame Plant Hanger

5/16/2020, 3:00:00 PM

This is a bookable workshop.
Learn how to make a simple macrame plant hanger with materials found around your home in a live-streamed workshop with Katie from By-Me. You’ll learn how to make a wrapped knot, create a basket shape to perfectly accommodate your pots and gain the confidence to continue on with other macramé projects. This workshop is hosted in partnership with Making Made Easy experts, Yodomo. Get your materials ready in advance. You will need: 7 metres of cord (e.g. garden twine, piping cord, ribbon, leather cord, wool, anything you can tie a knot in!) which will be chopped up into 4 x 1.5m lengths and 2 x 50cm lengths Scissors Tape measure or fabric measuring tape Somewhere to hang and work on your plant hanger (e.g. back of a chair, tall clothes horse) Optional: 1 x S hook (so you can hang your macrame as your work on it)

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ALSO's Great Big Fat Frontroom Festival Quiz

5/16/2020, 3:00:00 PM

Who will be crowned the winners of ALSO's Great Big Fat Frontroom Festival Quiz in 2020? Hosted by Matt 'Gold Jacket' Morgan log in for a magical, musical, memorable session and massive *prizes! *there will actually be prizes this year! Book on to register your team!

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Charleston Stroll

5/16/2020, 3:00:00 PM

Will you Charleston with ALSO? Relive the Roaring 20s by adding a modern twist for the 2020s by joining our Charleston workshop at Digital ALSO. Yes, we're inviting everyone to join leading UK Charleston choreographer and founder of My Charleston Fiona Ring for 20 minute workshop to help you break out some iconic Charleston moves for lockdown.

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Andro - GYMH

5/16/2020, 3:30:00 PM

After having a musical break from Mercury Award nominated band Jungle, The Liverpool born, London based singer / songwriter Andro - whose identity and aesthetic exude in the 7-piece - turns his attention to his solo material, with the releases of GYMH and LOST CAUSE.

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Espresso Martini Masterclass

5/16/2020, 4:00:00 PM

Be shaken and stirred as the ALSO regulars, Charlie and Louis Hamblett, treat you to an up close and personal session demonstrating how to make the perfect ALSO espresso martini. Be armed with vodka, Kahlúa, espresso and coffee beans.

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Learn a Musical Theatre Classic

5/16/2020, 4:00:00 PM

In this family friendly workshop, West End and musical theatre vocal coach Amelia Carr (#curlycoach) will teach Naughty from smash hit musical Matilda - giving you the best insider tips for how to get the most out of your vocie and performance.

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Vashti

5/16/2020, 4:30:00 PM

This breathtaking singer songwriter creates beautiful, compelling music. Her electric guitar adds a raw edge that provides the perfect counterpoint to her emotional and haunting voice. ”Absolutely Stunning" Janice Long, BBC Radio 2 "A touch of class" The Independent.

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Lip Sync Champions

5/16/2020, 5:00:00 PM

This festival highlight is back for a LIVE digital edition! Got the moves? Got the lyrics down? Got the backing track? The heat is on! We’re looking for kids and adults who can style it out for the Lip Sync Champion crown. Last year we had dance routines, cool accessories, serious attitude and, of course, fantastic performances. Mic drop. Judged by our incredible expert panel, Jai Ramage (UK Eurovision Judging panel, The Vamps' coach, The Voice Kids) and Jono McNeil (Performer and Vocal Coach, The Voice Kids).

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Lover and a Friend DJ set

5/16/2020, 6:30:00 PM

Playing a mix of 60s Soul, Funk, Dirty Grooves, Hot Rockin' Rhythm & Blues, Jazz, Ska, Rock'n'Roll, New Orleans, Gospel, Blues & Boogaloo - all on vinyl 45s

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Andro - Lost Cause

5/16/2020, 7:00:00 PM

After having a musical break from Mercury Award nominated band Jungle, The Liverpool born, London based singer / songwriter Andro - whose identity and aesthetic exude in the 7-piece - turns his attention to his solo material, with the releases of GYMH and LOST CAUSE.

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The Comedy Campfire

5/16/2020, 7:30:00 PM

A host of UK and International comedians share tales with you around their own campfires. Fiction, tall tales and true stories from a wealth of confined comedic talent. Hosted by Alexis Dubus ( "Wry, thoughtful, with a lovely way with language" - The Independent ) and featuring Alex Horne, Isy Suttie, Charles Quarterman, Jen Brister, Jon Bennett.

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Marcel’s Misanthropic Mindfulness

5/16/2020, 8:30:00 PM

While you may resent being confined to your own living space, it is important to remember that many things are awful. Allow Marcel Lucont, France’s premier misanthrope to lead your ears into a world of disdain and ennui, with a unique audio guide. “Wonderful French wit… His elegant, sardonic turns of phrase are an utter joy” - Time Out

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Chandra Namaskar

5/16/2020, 9:00:00 PM

Cool down and soothe, connect body, breath and mind with our lunar, yin energy as we move through each phase of this circular salutation.

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The Disco Bunker

5/16/2020, 9:00:00 PM

We're recreating our famed bunker sessions - the late-night action taking place behind 4ft think straw walls capped by a beautiful corrugated iron roof - for COVID-19 lockdown. Home to experiments in sensory deprivation and social elevation, the Bunker exists for those who aren't yet ready for bed: DJ Steve Vertigo leads the way for all you deep-down dirty dancers.

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Six Swans

5/16/2020, 10:00:00 PM

We’re so pleased to have mythologist, award-winning author and master storyteller, Dr Martin Shaw at ALSO Digital with a very special late night story for adults.

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ALSO Soundscape

5/17/2020, 7:00:00 AM

We'll be bringing the sounds of the festival site to you in our truly transformative ALSO soundscape.

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Sunday HIIT

5/17/2020, 7:30:00 AM

Grab your trainers and join us for a half-hour HIIT core & recovery. Expect heart-racing exercises interspersed with recovery. All levels of ability are catered for. No equipment required.

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Playbox Theatre - Drama Fun for 3-6 Year Olds

5/17/2020, 7:30:00 AM

We are excited to be partnering with ALSO regulars, Playbox Theatre - the best children’s and young people’s theatre company In the world. Throughout the weekend they will be bringing 5 minute stories, exercises and mini workshops for 3-6 year olds and their families, created especially for ALSO Digital.

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Wild Swimming

5/17/2020, 8:00:00 AM

Dive in and immerse yourself in a virtual wild swimming experience. Our wild swimmer will take you on a transformative journey in the comfort of your own home.

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The Flowers Whose Petals Were Mirrors

5/17/2020, 8:30:00 AM

A typically magical tale from Ben Moor, star of stage, screen and radio and no stranger to ALSO Festival. His solo shows weave intricate stories with cunning wordplay and fascinating characters.

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Tales from the Yoga Mat

5/17/2020, 9:00:00 AM

Tales from the yoga mat is a fun fitness and storytelling experience for children from 0-8 years. Led by Sarah, children become voyagers of literature and are transported through time and space to great adventures using their bodies to act out each tale.

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The Great Wood of Caledon

5/17/2020, 9:00:00 AM

The world renowned sound recordist and artist Chris Watson (Blue Planet, Bjòrk, Chernobyl) has recreated a walk in the Caledonian forest speciallfor DigitALSO. Join him in The Great Wood of Caledon. The piece begins with the display of a Capercallie and develops into a chorus deep within the woodland.

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The Best Places in the Universe for Social Distancing

5/17/2020, 9:00:00 AM

We all agree Professor David Tong is one of the greatest scientific communicators on the planet, and for DigitALSO, the Professor of Theoretical Physics from Trinity College at the University of Cambridge will push our understanding of life, the universe and everything even further as he invites us to turn our gaze to the farthest reaches of the skies as he presents: the best places in the universe for social distancing.

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Forest Bathing

5/17/2020, 9:00:00 AM

Awaken your senses through the power of nature. Embrace the Japanese art of Shinrin-Yoku and discover the proven health benefits of Forest Bathing with ALSO's self-guided walk. Please book on to receive your self-guided pack. To delve deeper into Forest Bathing, we highly recommend Dr Qing Li's Into the Forest: How Trees Can Help You Find Health and Happiness.

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Playbox Theatre - Drama Fun for 3-6 Year Olds

5/17/2020, 10:00:00 AM

We are excited to be partnering with ALSO regulars, Playbox Theatre - the best children’s and young people’s theatre company In the world. Throughout the weekend they will be bringing 5 minute stories, exercises and mini workshops for 3-6 year olds and their families, created especially for ALSO Digital.

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Smoke and Mirrors

5/17/2020, 10:00:00 AM

Bombastic headlines about science and technology are nothing new. They can cut through the constant stream of information and misinformation on social media, or convince governments to take notice. But hype has a dark side, too. Technology journalist, Gemma Milne is at ALSO to explain how hype can even be responsible for derailing crucial progress and exactly how it can be combated and discounted - if you're able to see exactly where, how and why it is being deployed.

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The Art (and Science) of Rest

5/17/2020, 11:00:00 AM

The award-winning writer and broadcaster, and star of BBC's All in the Mind, Claudia Hammond invites us all to use this time to re-establish a positive relationship with rest and recovery - two things essential for our health and well-being.

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Wild Swimming

5/17/2020, 11:00:00 AM

Dive in and immerse yourself in a virtual wild swimming experience. Our wild swimmer will take you on a transformative journey in the comfort of your own home.

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Also Stretch - More of a Stretch than a Question

5/17/2020, 11:45:00 AM

Relax – you’re doing everything you can to have a considered and useful role in life – just by being part of ALSO Digital (they tell me) – so why not relax and let all your anxiety go. You are living your best life so let’s tell your shoulders because it doesn’t look like they got the ME-MO. Brought to you by Jemima Hoadley, Dance Artist - maker , performer, facilitator

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Balearic Brunch LIVE

5/17/2020, 12:00:00 PM

Join James Knight on Sunday afternoon at Digital ALSO for a masterclass in how to cook paella. He'll send a list of ingredients and LIVE from his sun-kissed terrace in Ibiza he'll be showing you how to create an authentic Spanish paella, and answering all your questions. £15.

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The Seductive Myth of Nature’s Goodness

5/17/2020, 12:00:00 PM

Without our realising it, a single, slippery concept has become a secular deity throughout the modern industrial world. We make terrible sacrifices in its name: of our money, our health, and our planet. That deity is nature itself. Alan Levinovitz, the assistant professor at James Madison University, Virginia, is at ALSO Digital to explain why arguments based on what is 'natural', in food, medicine, and society at large, are appeals to a false idol - our oldest, most persistent superstition.

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Poets for Peace

5/17/2020, 12:45:14 PM

Poets for Peace aims are to bring poets together from across the community to break down barriers and promote social cohesion. We think poetry is a wonderful means to achieve this. The artistry of the spoken word gives life to inner thoughts and feelings, flowing from one heart to the next. ‘Poets for Peace’, an initiative of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, intends to present a range of Poetry from a variety of inspirational Poets, hoping their words will touch upon your heart, helping us to realise the beauty contained within every faith and community.

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How to Think Long Term in a Short-Term World

5/17/2020, 1:00:00 PM

Today, in an age driven by the tyranny of the now, we rarely stop to consider how our actions will affect future generations. With such frenetic short-termism at the root of contemporary crises, the call for long-term thinking grows every day - but what is it, has it ever worked, and can we even do it? Leading public philosopher, Roman Krznaric is at ALSO to reveal the profound ways in which we can all learn to think long-term, exploring how we can reawaken oft-neglected but uniquely human talents like 'cathedral thinking' that expand our time horizons and sharpen our foresight. Roman’s book, ‘The Good Ancestor’ is published in July 2020 and be pre-ordered from the Also Festival website.

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Sunday Music Session

5/17/2020, 1:30:58 PM

Join us for a glass of sangria and music at our Also closing party. DJ Dominic O will be playing nostalgic festival vibes - requests welcome. So come and shake off those lockdown blues with us at Also Sunday Session!

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Also Stretch - The Who Knows What's Going On Shoulder Shrug

5/17/2020, 1:45:00 PM

Simply stretch up your arm to the top of your room as if you’ve got a really good question but then just as you’re about to put your hand up you realise that it’s more of a comment so you bring your arm down again. Then once again when you realise you do want to actually ask something and not talk about what happened to your friend Jeff once and relax over to the other side. Brought to you by Jemima Hoadley, Dance Artist - maker , performer, facilitator

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The Real String Orchestra

5/17/2020, 2:00:00 PM

Creating a virtual orchestra experience and delivering a powerful performance of string classics, The Real String Orchestra is an ensemble of local Warwickshire musicians with a shared passion for classical music and amazing composers. Let them bewitch, beguile and entertain you with an eclectic blend of the emotive and dramatic, skilfully directed by the baton of the professional home-grown musician Tori Rushton.

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Liam Walker

5/17/2020, 2:30:00 PM

Liam Walker lives a beautiful double-life - a woodsman / tree surgeon by day and a singer-songwriter / performer by night. Inspired by folk-influenced greats such as Bob Dylan and Neil Young, Liam’s sublime guitar playing and atmospheric vocals make him the perfect soundtrack to our digital summer meadow-vibe.

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Ovid Not Covid

5/17/2020, 3:00:00 PM

Join renowned classicist Natalie Haynes for her new series of short videos on Ovid's Heroides.

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Share-aoke

5/17/2020, 3:00:00 PM

Learn how to master the skills and techniques you need to wow your friends and family at a your next Zoom Karaoke meet up. Also’s resident vocal coach (The Voice UK, Michael McIntyre’s Big Show), and festival co-founder, leads us through a classic karaoke track, which we will perform together at the end. Voila Share-aoke!

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Love is the Drug: The Chemical Future of Our Relationships.

5/17/2020, 4:00:00 PM

This brilliant Uehiro Centre Professor of Practical Ethics at the University of Oxford explains the case for more research into "love drugs" and "anti-love drugs" exploring their ethical implications for individuals and society. Get insight into this cutting-edge field of medical research that could have profound effects on us all. Will relationships be the same in the future? Will we still marry? It may soon be up to you to decide whether you want a chemical romance.

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Book Club LIVE

5/17/2020, 7:30:00 PM

Book Club LIVE is ALSO Digital's venture to invite us all to a Book Club with the author. So please join us on 17th May for a Book Club LIVEstream with Jackie Kay, the award-winning poet and national poet laureate of Scotland, and author, counselor and nurse of thirty years, Janie Brown. Together they’ll be discussing a new way of approaching how to live by considering the end of our lives through Janie's brilliant new book, Radical Acts of Love. How We Find Hope at the End of Life. In this profound and moving digital Salon, Janie will discuss with Jackie twenty conversations that have reoccurred during her career as a nurse, each one offering insight into one of the most important but least-discussed experiences of our lives.

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