Candoco Dance Company, the world’s leading contemporary dance company of disabled and non-disabled performers, has been creating acclaimed and cutting edge work for over 20 years. In this new double bill they are presenting works by two of the most exciting new artistic talents working in the UK today.
Hetain Patel’s Let’s Talk About Dis, is a mischievous and intimate piece that builds on an exploration of the dancers' personalities and bodies, interrogating questions of what identity is and how it is formed. With seductive charm, Hetain challenges audiences to think beyond...
Taking inspiration from Ivan Chermayeff: Cut and Paste, why not come and make your own collages from a variety of found materials.
This event is suitable for all ages.
We are also delighted to be exhibiting work by Stanley Donwood. His Dream Cargo collection of J.G. Ballard book covers will be on display as part of the Plymouth International Book Festival.
Free Admission.
Booking required.
The Ivan Chermayeff exhibition is in the Peninsula Arts Gallery 19 September - 14 November 2015, Monday - Friday 10:00 - 17:00, Saturday 11:00 - 16:00.
Subversion in Switzerland: International Art and Politics in Exile 1914-1918 by Deborah Lewer, Senior Lecturer in the History of Art, University of Glasgow
Dr Deborah Lewer’s research interests lie in the field of the German-speaking avant-garde of the period 1910-1933. In particular, she works on many aspects of Zurich Dada, Dada in Germany, Expressionism, ‘Neue Sachlichkeit’ and the wider literary and visual culture of the Weimar Republic.
During the war of 1914-1918, neutral Switzerland became an extraordinary place of action, international encounter and dissent for...
Running time: 88 minutes | certificate: 15 UK | language: English
Director: Ben Wheatley
Cast: Julian Barratt, Reece Shearsmith, Michael Smiley
Reece Shearsmith, co-creator of The League of Gentlemen, Psychoville and one of the stars of A Field in England will be introducing the film and taking a Q & A session after the screening of Ben Wheatley’s fourth feature film.
Amid the Civil War in 17th century England, a group of deserters flee...
Mike Westbrook, “Britain’s most innovative big band leader” (The Wire) presents his Jazz Rock Oratorio with his current 22-piece ensemble. Vocalists Kate Westbrook, Martine Waltier and Billy Bottle head an impressive assembly of jazz, classical, pop and rock musicians.
Kate Westbrook and Martine Waltier: voice Billy Bottle: voice and bass guitar Roz Harding, Sarah Dean, Alan Wakeman, Lou Gare, Gary Bayley, Ian Wellens: saxophones Mike Brewer and Sam Massey: trumpets Dave...
By Michael Hughes, Professor of Russian and International History, Lancaster University
Michael Hughes has published widely on nineteenth-century Russian History and on Anglo-Russian relations in the twentieth Century. He is currently completing a biography of Stephen Graham, who helped to shape British attitudes towards Russia during the years before 1917, and is also involved in the project Russia’s ‘Great War and Revolution, 1914-22: The Centennial Reappraisal’. His lecture this evening focuses on the current Russian President Vladimir Putin and his place in the long trajectory...
“If this is the future of dance, we’re in safe hands.” Evening Standard (on NYDC)
"They are strong, skilful and ready for anything" Daily Telegraph (on NYDC)
National Youth Dance Company bring their new work created by acclaimed 2018-19 Guest Artistic Director and recent Olivier Award nominee, Botis Seva.
Thirty eight of the UK’s best young dancers present a unique evening fusing contemporary dance, physical theatre and hip-hop. Botis Seva’s choreographic style combined with the young dancers’ energy and talent is set to produce an enthralling and...
Join us for the University of Plymouth Summer Concert on Thursday 23 May for an evening of musical delight, as students, staff and community members take to the stage to play a selection of popular pieces from Star Trek, My Fair Lady and French composer, Georges Bizet.
Featuring pieces for full orchestra and also for the string, woodwind and brass sections individually
Parting donations will be welcomed on the night in aid of concert costs.
Programme: Star Trek through the years Bizet: L'Arlésienne Suite No 2 My Fair Lady selection Music for wind, strings and...
For over 100 years now, the cinematic medium has been used to spread a multitude of ideas, from the artistic through to the political. This is so ingrained in our culture that it can be difficult to imagine our lives without film, let alone how we might have felt when we first experienced its power.
In this haunting documentary, film-maker Mark Cousins visits a small Kurdish-Iraqi village and shows films to local children their first time. They are then given cameras to make their own films, and the resulting creations tell insightful stories of the magic, horror, and mundanity, of...
"Playing of spellbinding atmosphere" The Guardian.
“The unflinching integrity of their interpretation and the excitement of their playing were consistently superb” The Guardian.
As part of our new Musica Viva Concert Series, the acclaimed Dante Quartet will present an evening of inspiring chamber music. Focusing on the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the programme features the impressionistic early Debussy String Quartet and the compelling and folk inspired Szymanowski String Quartet no.2. For their final piece, Dante Quartet will be accompanied by Dr Robert...
