Joe. Java. Fix. Whatever you call it, coffee is something nearly everyone drinks can’t get enough of. You might lap this drink up like mother’s milk, but there’s more to coffee than you may know. We’re not talking about some hidden health benefit of coffee - though the health benefits of coffee are often forgotten or go overlooked - but rather its history as well as how it has been used and...
After 20 years as Artistic Director of the Theatre Royal Plymouth, Simon Stokes is leaving Plymouth to explore new strands of artistic challenge and opportunity.
During his time here Simon has contributed to an immense period of change – at the Theatre Royal, in the City of Plymouth itself and in the wider national theatre ecology.
The ninth Bladder and Bowel Event (BABE) is set to take place at on Friday 12 October 2018, featuring a guest talk by Paralympian Michael Kerr.
Michael Kerr with Annie and the BABE team BABEs are aimed at supporting people with bladder and bowel problems and are organised by staff from our colorectal, urological and gynaecological teams.
A multi-million pound package of schemes to help people get to and from work in Plymouth and the wider travel to work area more easily and more quickly has been shortlisted for funding by the Department of Transport.
Plymouth is one 10 cities to be given the green light to work up more detailed plans for a raft of transport initiatives all designed to keep the city on the move as it...
Are you concerned about the number of new homes being built in and around Plymouth and across Devon? How many are planned for your community and where? How many are genuinely affordable and who are the planned new homes for?
To objectively assess the situation, the Devon branch of the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE Devon) commissioned an independent study. The findings will be announced today, revealing the truth about Devon's real housing needs.
Come along to find out what the evidence shows and how it could help communities facing unwanted development plans...
Arresting, untraditional Shakespeare with powerful performances, striking design and sensory surprises! We have stripped back action and character to zoom in on the dynamics of the killer couple, tracking their murderous ambitions, escalating anxieties and disintegrating bonds against a backdrop of sensual pleasure and normalised violence. Expect a boisterous, playful Macbeth with ribald humour and a muscular undertow of menace. This production is ideal for anyone interested in both the play itself and in contemporary performance techniques.
Dr Dina Rezk lectures in Middle Eastern History at the University of Reading. She has researched the revolutions that swept across Iraq, Syria and Yemen, three devastating Arab-Israeli wars and moves towards an uneasy peace between Egypt and Israel in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
Dina has looked at formative events, individuals and themes that have shaped the modern Middle East, from 'Nasserism' to political Islam. Her recent work concerns the latest upheavals of the 'Arab Spring' across the Middle East, and she has briefed UK and US government departments on...
MONDO MONDAY presents a Halloween special. Mondo Monday and Halloween go together like ghosts and Ghoulies, so, finally, mighty Mondo is claiming this holiday as its own and delivering a ‘transformative’ slice of prime lycanthrope action (that’s werewolves folks!) with this stone cold classic. So, if certain parts of your well watched VHS copy have started to go all fuzzy then come on down and see it as nature intended, on a big screen. And remember, "stay off the moors”!
Director: John Landis Cast: David Naughton, Griffin Dunne, Jenny Agutter. Running time: 93 mins Cert: 18...
Plymouth residents are being warned to look out for the signs of illegal importation when buying a puppy.
The warning comes after a puppy – illegally imported from Romania, was found by a vet in the city who alerted Trading Standards officers. The dog had not been vaccinated against rabies.
The Shih Tzu puppy was only 13 weeks old. Puppies are not allowed to be imported into...
Sound poets Tomomi Adachi and Hannah Silva join forces, presenting Pluto is a Planet! in which they literarily play the shirts off their backs, using gesture and infrared sensors to process their voices live. Silva performs tracks from her acclaimed debut album Talk in a bit and Adachi presents an extraordinary selection of sound poetry, from Japanese dada to his own soaring and percussive vocal compositions.
Date: Wednesday 24 Oct Time: 19:30 Ticket information: £10/£7, UoP students free via SPiA
