Plymouth

New Trade Show announced: Food Plymouth Expo

A unique new Plymouth trade show for local food producers, businesses and buyers

Who should attend? Food producers, processors, wholesalers, buyers, chefs,...

Best Bar None choose RAPAID kits to keep Plymouth safer

Best Bar None, the safer socialising accreditation for the nighttime economy, is equipping 10 of its members in Plymouth with bleed kits from emergency bandages charity, RAPAID.

Best Bar None is an accreditation scheme supported by the Home Office, the drinks industry, and the hospitality sector, which aims to promote responsible management and operation of alcohol-licensed premises...

Rapist jailed for 18 years

A rapist who kidnapped and raped a woman after pretending to be a taxi driver to lure the victim into his vehicle, has been jailed today, Thursday 26 January, for 18 years.

Yuseab Woldeab, aged 27 and from Wilton Street, Plymouth, was sentenced at Plymouth Crown Court after being found guilty of two counts of rape and one of kidnap.

The court heard how the victim, a woman in...

£1.2m invested in Plymouth underwater communications network

The Heart of the South West Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) has announced that Smart Sound Plymouth is to benefit from a £1.2 million investment, to upgrade the offshore infrastructure and further enhance the unique proving ground for businesses to test, trial, prototype and commercialise new products and services.

Led by the University of Plymouth , the Smart Sound Connect...

Performance: MADHEAD - National Youth Dance Company

“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...

Music: University of Plymouth Orchestra Summer Concert

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...

Film: The First Movie (2009)

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...

Music: Dante Quartet

"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...

Music: Dante Quartet Open Rehearsal

This is a unique opportunity to sit in on a rehearsal of this world-class string quartet and observe the ways in which the musicians interact.

Coherent and meaningful musical interpretation is critical to all cogent performances, so join us to experience the Dante Quartet preparing for their concert here as they discuss musical stylistic issues, balance dynamics, and juggle the intricacies of ensemble dynamics.

The musicians will explain what they are doing and why, and there will be an opportunity for Q&A also.

Part of the Musica Viva Concert Series

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Talk: The Unknown Knowns Artist Panel Discussion

Artists from The Unknown Knowns will join Curator, Vickie Fear, and our Artistic Director, Sarah Chapman, for a conversation on the crossovers in their work with moving image.

Free admission, booking is essential

Part of The Unknown Knowns exhibition programme

www.plymouth.ac.uk/whats-on/talk-the-unknown-knowns-artist-panel-discussion

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