Worth leaving home for
Birmingham Mac
Mt Fuji Photographs by Chris Steele-Perkins
January 19 - March 10 2002
Chris Steele-Perkins presents images of contemporary Japanese life. Inspired by 19th-century woodcuts, which showed people in front of Mt Fuji, engaged in urban and rural activities, he records today's world of allotments, gasworks, soldiers and bath houses - also against the ubiquitous image of the mountain.
Leicester Comedy Festival
February 8-17 2002
The largest comedy festival in Britain includes stand-up, plays, music, competitions and community events. Highlights (subject to confirmation) include Harry Hill, the Reduced Shakespeare Company and the festival interview - Ben Elton meets Perry and Croft.
Tate Modern
Warhol
Feb 7 - Apr 1 2002
Andy Warhol (1928-1987) - one of the most extraordinary, influential, yet enigmatic artists of his time. This major retrospective spans Warhol's entire career, bringing together over 150 paintings, drawings and sculptures.
Millennium Galleries, Sheffield
Moving Pictures
14 February - 19 May 2002 A spectacular exhibition telling the story of cinema and television from the first experimental magic lantern shows to today's 21st century multi-media wizardry. Featuring live interpretation by costumed actors, hands-on activities, film clips, an in-house animator and priceless memorabilia including Marilyn Monroe's dress and Charlie Chaplin's hat.
Bath Literature Festival
March 2-10
The theme is "only connect" from EM Forster's Howard's End, addressing connections between cultures, races and religions. Writers appearing include Joanna Trollope, Louis de Bernières, Carol Ann Duffy, Jeanette Winterson and Jenny Eclair.
West Yorkshire Playhouse
The Wizard of Oz
March 6 - April 13 2002
Jude Kelly directs a spectacular new production of the classic story The Wizard of Oz at West Yorkshire Playhouse. Combining technical wizardry with dramatic magic, this production will feature live action and a virtual cast of hundreds, including film and stage actor Patrick Stewart as the virtual wizard.
Crucible Theatre, Sheffield
Richard III
March 13 - April 6 2002
Political ambitions combine with personal tragedy in Shakespeare's epic portrait of a man who commits himself to murder and treason in his pursuit of power. Kenneth Branagh plays the title role in this new production directed by Michael Grandage.
Nottingham Film Festival
Scene Stealing - Investigating British Silent Cinema and its Sources
April 5-7 2002
This event examines British cinema before 1930 and includes a programme of screenings, presentations and live music from international musicians Neil Brand, John Sweeney, Phil Carli and Stephen Horne.
Brighton festival
May 4-26 2002
A wide range of cultural activities from street events, to Abdullah Ibrahim, to the National Symphony Orchestra from Washingon. Also welcome: February's re-opening of the historic Dome.
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
May 10 2002
World-renowned composer Gerry Goldsmith joins the RSNO for an evening of film music at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall.
Baltic, the centre for contemporary art, Gateshead
Summer 2002 The opening of the eagerly awaited new international art centre, based in a former flour mill, which will be the largest centre of its kind in Europe.
Chard festival of women in music, Somerset
Summer 2002
Every sort of music composed, played or enjoyed by women - from Japanese music to rock to chamber music - is featured here.
Re-opening of the Hackney Empire, London
Following a £15M refurbishment in autumn 2002, the intriguing Bullion Room - a 250 seat temporary theatre that used to hold gold - will open with an exciting programme of local community theatre.
Welsh National Opera, Cardiff and touring
Die Fledermaus
September 14 - November 2002 Strauss's Die Fledermaus has some of the most seductively gorgeous music ever written. It is also one of the few operas which is populated only by nasty immoral characters. Director, Calixto Bieito and conductor Claude Schnitzler, are keen to explore to the full the potentially explosive theatrical fiction in this juxtaposition.
Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, Norwich
Slip: Contemporary British and Dutch Artists working with Ceramic
October 1-December 8 2002
The exhibition presents the diverse work of British and Dutch artists, from vessels to large scale sculptures, providing an opportunity to see the range of ceramic work being undertaken today.
International festival of musical theatre, Cardiff
October 14 -November 3 2002
The inaugural festival, which will celebrate the musical theatre artform, whether it's old and new, large or small.
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art
Duane Hanson
December 14 2002 - February 23 2003
An exhibition of Hanson's extraordinary sculptures dating from the 1960s. Cast from life, Hanson's super-realist figures can easily catch the viewer off-guard. This only UK showing of the American sculptor's work will prove both amusing and thought-provoking.
Future Physical
2002-2004
A two year arts programme co-conceived by shinkansen and funded by East England Arts. It will explore the changing boundaries between the virtual and the physical, as well as future visions of the human body's interactivity with digital media.