Physical Education A new work by BCMG Apprentice Composer-in-Residence Robert Reid Allan Book tickets Friday 21 June 2019, 7.30pmCBSO Centre, Birmingham Online booking for this event is now closed. Tickets will be available on the door from 7pm. Physical Education is a new work by BCMG Apprentice Composer in Residence 2018-19 Robert Reid Allan, in collaboration with filmmaker Sasha Balmazi-Owen and actor/dancer Richard Court. Childhood P.E. lessons are, for those without a natural capacity for sporting activity, oftentimes the site for cruelty and trauma. Hypermasculinity, unhealthy levels of competition and a focus on achieving 'the perfect body' creates an environment of violence, insecurity and self-hate for many of the children who partake. Recounting memories of these times of our lives becomes in this piece a lens through which, on the one hand, the dynamics of violence, brutality and patriarchy are questioned, but also in which the need for physical intimacy and sexuality is explored. The piece also reclaims these dynamics: sporting imagery finds a new place in projected video on to the concert space, violent musical gestures sit alongside the physical gestures of the dancer, all the while the text weaves us through our nostalgia for the dreaded gym hall. Physical Education lasts approximately 30 minutes. Suitable for ages 18+. Tim Anderson ConductorRichard Court Actor/dancerBirmingham Contemporary Music Group The complimentary concert programme will act as your ticket. Please collect your free programme from the main desk at CBSO Centre on arrival. BCMG Apprentice Composer in Residence is generously supported by The Leverhulme Trust. Access CBSO Centre is an accessible venue - you can find access information for CBSO Centre from the CBSO website by clicking here. If you have any queries about access, please contact Seb Huckle at BCMG on 0121 616 2619 or [email protected]. Tickets Standard £10Student: £5Pension credit/Universal Credit: 10% discount on the door (subject to availability). Booking for this event has now closed. Manage Cookie Preferences