Professor Mary Joannou, Emerita Professor of Literary History and Women's Writing at Anglia Ruskin University
'Engaging women' will examine the cultural heritage of women's struggle for the vote and how the suffrage movement inspired women's creativity using examples drawn from literature, poetry, dance, music, theatre, painting, ceramics and banner making.
Mary Joannou is an authority on late Victorian and early 20th-century women’s writing. She is the author of nine books, guest editor of special issues of 'Literature and History, Critical...
Confirmation is a show about the gulfs we can’t talk across, and about the way we choose to see only the evidence that proves we’re right. Working with research into the phenomenon of confirmation bias, Confirmation is an attempt to have an honourable dialogue, real and imagined, with political extremism. To find out how we believe what we believe, and how we can end up so far apart.
A 2014 Fringe First award-winning show: written and performed by Chris Thorpe (Unlimited Theatre, Third Angel), developed with and directed by Rachel Chavkin (The TEAM).
Dr Kristofer Allerfeldt, Lecturer in American History, University of Exeter
Dr Kristofer Allerfeldt is an expert on modern American history from the end of the Civil War to the bombing of Pearl Harbour, and specialises in deviancy and bigotry, working on all aspects of crime and racism, nativism and prejudice. He has published works on anti-immigrant sentiment, visions of Americanism, the Ku Klux Klan and crime in general. His lecture looks at the Henry Ford Peace Expedition which carried a delegation of Americans to Norway, Sweden, and Holland to meet with fellow European...
Today, following formal approval of the University’s Governing body, Plymouth University announced the appointment of its next Vice-Chancellor, Professor Judith Petts, CBE, who will succeed Professor David Coslett when she takes up the role in February 2016.
James Brent, Chairman of the University’s Board of Governors said: “I am delighted that Professor Petts, who has a significant...
Director: Walter Summers New Score: Simon Dobson Introduction by Simon Dobson
To commemorate the centenary of the outbreak of WW1, the BFI National Archive has restored one of the finest films of the British silent era – a thrilling reconstruction of two decisive naval battles from the early stages of the conflict. Filmed on real battleships supplied by the Admiralty, this monumental production was shot mostly at sea near Malta, with the Scilly Isles a convincing stand-in for the Falklands. You will even see shots of...
Falling in love with Frida is an intimate and enticing performance that explores the life, loves and legacy of painter Frida Kahlo (1907-1954).
It is a reclaiming of a disabled artist, a love-like obsession, and an enquiry into how we shape what we are remembered for and how much we can really control others’ memories of us. It exposes many little-known facts about the infamous woman, remembered for her art. Where affinities and parallels are drawn, happy distractions are employed and a tale of ‘the great concealer’ is skilfully revealed by, and through,...
Leland Chen, violin Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro Overture Beethoven: Violin Concert in D major Mozart: Symphony No. 35 in D major, Haffner
War with France put a damper on artistic life in Vienna in the summer of 1806, but winter brought a revival and the first large-scale orchestral concert was given by the violinist Franz Clement, leader of the Vienna Opera Orchestra. Beethoven wrote his violin concerto for this event. Today, it is praised as a masterpiece of tenderness and serenity.
In this lecture Dr Steinbach will explore the campaigns in Africa where German and Allied troops fought for the entire duration of WW1. This conflict not only challenged the colonial balance of power, but had severe economic, political, and social effects on the local population – colonised Africans and colonising Europeans alike. However, while the war in Africa is not entirely forgotten, the selective way in which this complex conflict is remembered highlights the challenges to integrate the non-European aspects of the First World...
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.
