The Plymouth Daily's essential guide to your weekend
Searching for something to do in and around Plymouth this weekend? Look no further. Here's your essential guide.
Friday 1 November
Plymouth International Book Festival, Plymouth University
Love Literature? Prefer Poetry? Aspiring Author? Then don’t miss this November’s Plymouth International Book Festival, taking place in venues around the city from Thursday 31 October – Saturday 9 November.
http://www1.plymouth.ac.uk/peninsulaarts/PlymouthInternationalBookFestiv...
City Centre Big Screen, Piazza Plymouth
1345-1445: Great British Menu
1445-1515: Floyd Around Britain
http://www.visitplymouth.co.uk/events/city-centre-big-screen-p1567953
Vampires Rock, Plymouth Pavilions
Celebrating its 10th year as one of the best touring production shows, Vampires Rock returns to Plymouth! Steve Steinman plays the supremely evil Baron Von Rockula in this Classic Rock Spectacular! Owner of the Live and Let Die club, and in search of a new bride, the Baron must convince the unsuspecting Pandora who auditions for the new singing position, to cross over to the dark side and live forever in Rock 'N' Roll Hell.
Along with Steve Steinman a full cast of superb singers, dancers and a formidable band blast their way through some of the greatest ever rock anthems including; We Will Rock You, Bat Out of Hell, Highway to Hell, Since You've Been Gone, Sweet Child Of Mine, Total Eclipse of the Heart, Devil Gate Drive, I Love Rock 'N' Roll, Poison and many more!
All teamed with an amazing stage set and pyrotechnics to blow your mind, this rock spectacular is not to be missed!
http://www.plymouthpavilions.com/prod-productions_details.asp?pid=770
The Sleeping Beauty - Birmingham Royal Ballet, Theatre Royal
The Sleeping Beauty is considered one of the greatest ballets from Imperial Russia. This thrilling production is by Birmingham Royal Ballet’s former director Sir Peter Wright, creator of the Company’s popular production of The Nutcracker.
With a classical score by Tchaikovsky and original choreography by Marius Petipa and a romantic finale packed with every fairytale character imaginable, The Sleeping Beauty is as engaging now as when she first fell asleep, over a hundred years ago. An enchanting evening for all the family.
http://www.theatreroyal.com/whats-on/2013/the-sleeping-beauty/
The Wrong Crowd present HAG, Theatre Royal
“I only eat the ones who deserve to be eaten.”
Lisa is given something by her dying mother; something she doesn’t want. Little does she know that learning to accept it might be the only thing that will save her own life.
The Wrong Crowd re-imagine Slavic folklore’s extraordinary, child-eating hag-witch, Baba Yaga. Dark, visually inventive storytelling theatre, fusing live action, puppetry and music.
http://www.theatreroyal.com/whats-on/2013/hag/
Luke Fowler - The Poor Stockinger, the Luddite Cropper and the Deluded Followers of Joanna Southcott, Plymouth Arts Centre
Glasgow-born Luke Fowler is an artist, filmmaker and musician who was shortlisted for the 2012 Turner Prize. His film, titled The Poor Stockinger, the Luddite Cropper and the Deluded Followers of Joanna Southcott, focuses on the Marxist historian Edward Palmer Thompson.
http://www.plymouthartscentre.org/art/live/2013/luke-fowler,the-poor-sto...
Hidden in Plain Sight, Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery
The term ‘abstract’ can mean many things – to remove, to summarise, to be difficult to understand, to be impersonal – all of which can apply to abstraction in art. It can refer to art that has an object or landscape as its subject or starting point, or it can use forms that have no source from the visible world. This exhibition will focus on abstraction from our collection, including work by Patrick Heron, Ian Davenport, and Justin Knowles. It will also include previously unseen footage of Patrick Heron in his studio from the late 1950s.
26 October 2013 to 15 January 2014
http://www.plymouth.gov.uk/homepage/creativityandculture/museums/museump...
Artists Make Faces, Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery
Artists Make Faces is the vision of Monika Kinley OBE, a pioneering curator who moved to the Plymouth area in 2005 and who was recognised in the 2012 New Year’s Honours List for her services to the arts.
The exhibition is a realisation of a long-held idea of Monika’s to create a show of works where artists have taken the face and used it as a canvas to explore different themes, rather than just producing standard portraits. It will feature a distinctive and personal selection of works from public art galleries and collections including Arts Council England, Tate and the Whitworth Art Gallery. Some of the works that will be on display have not previously toured
Artists Make Faces will include works by famous names such as LS Lowry, Frank Auerbach, Gilbert and George, Eduardo Paolozzi and Lucien Freud.
It will also feature works by 'outsider artists' such as Sava Sekulic, Albert Louden and Richard Nie - artists who do not belong to a specific movement or school but who are no less significant than their mainstream counterparts - and who Monika has championed throughout her career.
http://www.plymouth.gov.uk/homepage/creativityandculture/museums/museump...
Swingology, The B-Bar, Castle Street, The Barbican, Plymouth
Swingology perform gypsy swing in the style of guitar legend Django Reinhardt. The swinging guitars and soaring clarinet solos are evocative of the soundtrack to 1940's Paris.
Swingology will be performing as a quartet of two guitars, double bass and clarinet.
http://www.visitplymouth.co.uk/events/swingology-p1611563
Bob and Roberta Smith, Plymouth Arts Centre
Bob and Roberta Smith is recognised for his trademark, text-based paintings. These colourful signs are hand painted onto scraps of wood and roughly nailed together. The shapes and misshapes of letters are as important as the message they spell out. These fields of colour ask questions, make statements and instigate debate. Letters swim before your eyes as you attempt to decipher a text, which could be an announcement of an event or provocative call for action. Bob and Roberta Smith’s work explores the relationship between humour, politics and society and questions established values and authorities. Many works take the form of succinct witty slogans whilst others, such as the Browne Report and Letter to Michael Gove, are longer diatribes that expose a frustration with political decision-making. The messages almost always advocate for creativity, culture and freedom.
These paintings use the visual language of folk and punk; the use of drop shadow text and a mixture of different fonts and letter sizes evoke the aesthetics of protest and are reminiscent of makeshift public notices and temporary shop signs from an era before the computer.
The process of producing these musings on art, politics and culture seems to be a cathartic one for Bob and Roberta Smith, which is perhaps why the artist advises ‘Make Your Own Damn Art’.
Exhibitions at Plymouth Arts Centre are free to browse.
http://www.plymouthartscentre.org/art/live/2013/bob-and-roberta-smith.html
The Broken Circle Breakdown (15), Plymouth Arts Centre
Adapted from the stage play of the same name, The Broken Circle Breakdown is a multi-award-winning film with an impressive bluegrass soundtrack. Elise and Didier have been together for seven passionate years. But when their daughter is diagnosed with a serious illness they each deal with the difficult news in very different ways, putting their love to the test.
Dir. Felix Van Groeningen, Belgium, 2012, 109 mins, some subtitles.
Cast. Veerle Baetens, Johan Heldenbergh, Nell Cattryse.
http://www.plymouthartscentre.org/film/live/2013/992/the-broken-circle-b...
The Fifth Estate (15), Plymouth Arts Centre
Man of the moment Benedict Cumberbatch (Sherlock) takes the role of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange in this dramatic thriller about his whistle blowing website. With an extraordinary cast including Daniel Bruhl (Goodbye Lenin!), Anthony Mackie (The Hurt Locker), Stanley Tucci (The Lovely Bones), Laura Linney (Hyde Park on Hudson) and Oscar winner (and future Doctor Who!) Peter Capaldi, the film received a standing ovation at its premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival and promises to be a thrilling account of the first information leak of its kind and one of the biggest controversies of our time.
Dir. Bill Condon, US/UK, 2013, 128 mins
Cast. Benedict Cumberbatch, Daniel Bruhl, Laura Linney, Peter Capaldi.
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Saturday 2 November
Plymouth International Book Festival, Plymouth University
Love Literature? Prefer Poetry? Aspiring Author? Then don’t miss this November’s Plymouth International Book Festival, taking place in venues around the city from Thursday 31 October – Saturday 9 November.
http://www1.plymouth.ac.uk/peninsulaarts/PlymouthInternationalBookFestiv...
Theatre Royal Plymouth Open Day
Bring the whole family to explore, discover and create with Theatre Royal Plymouth Open Days…
http://www.theatreroyal.com/whats-on/2013/open-days/
Luke Fowler - The Poor Stockinger, the Luddite Cropper and the Deluded Followers of Joanna Southcott, Plymouth Arts Centre
Glasgow-born Luke Fowler is an artist, filmmaker and musician who was shortlisted for the 2012 Turner Prize. His film, titled The Poor Stockinger, the Luddite Cropper and the Deluded Followers of Joanna Southcott, focuses on the Marxist historian Edward Palmer Thompson.
http://www.plymouthartscentre.org/art/live/2013/luke-fowler,the-poor-sto...
Hidden in Plain Sight, Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery
The term ‘abstract’ can mean many things – to remove, to summarise, to be difficult to understand, to be impersonal – all of which can apply to abstraction in art. It can refer to art that has an object or landscape as its subject or starting point, or it can use forms that have no source from the visible world. This exhibition will focus on abstraction from our collection, including work by Patrick Heron, Ian Davenport, and Justin Knowles. It will also include previously unseen footage of Patrick Heron in his studio from the late 1950s.
26 October 2013 to 15 January 2014
http://www.plymouth.gov.uk/homepage/creativityandculture/museums/museump...
Artists Make Faces, Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery
Artists Make Faces is the vision of Monika Kinley OBE, a pioneering curator who moved to the Plymouth area in 2005 and who was recognised in the 2012 New Year’s Honours List for her services to the arts.
The exhibition is a realisation of a long-held idea of Monika’s to create a show of works where artists have taken the face and used it as a canvas to explore different themes, rather than just producing standard portraits. It will feature a distinctive and personal selection of works from public art galleries and collections including Arts Council England, Tate and the Whitworth Art Gallery. Some of the works that will be on display have not previously toured
Artists Make Faces will include works by famous names such as LS Lowry, Frank Auerbach, Gilbert and George, Eduardo Paolozzi and Lucien Freud.
It will also feature works by 'outsider artists' such as Sava Sekulic, Albert Louden and Richard Nie - artists who do not belong to a specific movement or school but who are no less significant than their mainstream counterparts - and who Monika has championed throughout her career.
http://www.plymouth.gov.uk/homepage/creativityandculture/museums/museump...
Bob and Roberta Smith, Plymouth Arts Centre
Bob and Roberta Smith is recognised for his trademark, text-based paintings. These colourful signs are hand painted onto scraps of wood and roughly nailed together. The shapes and misshapes of letters are as important as the message they spell out. These fields of colour ask questions, make statements and instigate debate. Letters swim before your eyes as you attempt to decipher a text, which could be an announcement of an event or provocative call for action. Bob and Roberta Smith’s work explores the relationship between humour, politics and society and questions established values and authorities. Many works take the form of succinct witty slogans whilst others, such as the Browne Report and Letter to Michael Gove, are longer diatribes that expose a frustration with political decision-making. The messages almost always advocate for creativity, culture and freedom.
These paintings use the visual language of folk and punk; the use of drop shadow text and a mixture of different fonts and letter sizes evoke the aesthetics of protest and are reminiscent of makeshift public notices and temporary shop signs from an era before the computer.
The process of producing these musings on art, politics and culture seems to be a cathartic one for Bob and Roberta Smith, which is perhaps why the artist advises ‘Make Your Own Damn Art’.
Exhibitions at Plymouth Arts Centre are free to browse.
http://www.plymouthartscentre.org/art/live/2013/bob-and-roberta-smith.html
The Broken Circle Breakdown (15), Plymouth Arts Centre
Adapted from the stage play of the same name, The Broken Circle Breakdown is a multi-award-winning film with an impressive bluegrass soundtrack. Elise and Didier have been together for seven passionate years. But when their daughter is diagnosed with a serious illness they each deal with the difficult news in very different ways, putting their love to the test.
Dir. Felix Van Groeningen, Belgium, 2012, 109 mins, some subtitles.
Cast. Veerle Baetens, Johan Heldenbergh, Nell Cattryse.
http://www.plymouthartscentre.org/film/live/2013/992/the-broken-circle-b...
The Fifth Estate (15), Plymouth Arts Centre
Man of the moment Benedict Cumberbatch (Sherlock) takes the role of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange in this dramatic thriller about his whistle blowing website. With an extraordinary cast including Daniel Bruhl (Goodbye Lenin!), Anthony Mackie (The Hurt Locker), Stanley Tucci (The Lovely Bones), Laura Linney (Hyde Park on Hudson) and Oscar winner (and future Doctor Who!) Peter Capaldi, the film received a standing ovation at its premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival and promises to be a thrilling account of the first information leak of its kind and one of the biggest controversies of our time.
Dir. Bill Condon, US/UK, 2013, 128 mins
Cast. Benedict Cumberbatch, Daniel Bruhl, Laura Linney, Peter Capaldi.
http://www.theplymouthdaily.co.uk/node/8501/edit
The Wrong Crowd present HAG, Theatre Royal
“I only eat the ones who deserve to be eaten.”
Lisa is given something by her dying mother; something she doesn’t want. Little does she know that learning to accept it might be the only thing that will save her own life.
The Wrong Crowd re-imagine Slavic folklore’s extraordinary, child-eating hag-witch, Baba Yaga. Dark, visually inventive storytelling theatre, fusing live action, puppetry and music.
http://www.theatreroyal.com/whats-on/2013/hag/
The Sleeping Beauty - Birmingham Royal Ballet, Theatre Royal
The Sleeping Beauty is considered one of the greatest ballets from Imperial Russia. This thrilling production is by Birmingham Royal Ballet’s former director Sir Peter Wright, creator of the Company’s popular production of The Nutcracker.
With a classical score by Tchaikovsky and original choreography by Marius Petipa and a romantic finale packed with every fairytale character imaginable, The Sleeping Beauty is as engaging now as when she first fell asleep, over a hundred years ago. An enchanting evening for all the family.
http://www.theatreroyal.com/whats-on/2013/the-sleeping-beauty/
Sunday 3 November
Plymouth International Book Festival, Plymouth University
Love Literature? Prefer Poetry? Aspiring Author? Then don’t miss this November’s Plymouth International Book Festival, taking place in venues around the city from Thursday 31 October – Saturday 9 November.
http://www1.plymouth.ac.uk/peninsulaarts/PlymouthInternationalBookFestiv...
Luke Fowler - The Poor Stockinger, the Luddite Cropper and the Deluded Followers of Joanna Southcott, Plymouth Arts Centre
Glasgow-born Luke Fowler is an artist, filmmaker and musician who was shortlisted for the 2012 Turner Prize. His film, titled The Poor Stockinger, the Luddite Cropper and the Deluded Followers of Joanna Southcott, focuses on the Marxist historian Edward Palmer Thompson.
http://www.plymouthartscentre.org/art/live/2013/luke-fowler,the-poor-sto...
Hidden in Plain Sight, Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery
The term ‘abstract’ can mean many things – to remove, to summarise, to be difficult to understand, to be impersonal – all of which can apply to abstraction in art. It can refer to art that has an object or landscape as its subject or starting point, or it can use forms that have no source from the visible world. This exhibition will focus on abstraction from our collection, including work by Patrick Heron, Ian Davenport, and Justin Knowles. It will also include previously unseen footage of Patrick Heron in his studio from the late 1950s.
26 October 2013 to 15 January 2014
http://www.plymouth.gov.uk/homepage/creativityandculture/museums/museump...
Bob and Roberta Smith, Plymouth Arts Centre
Bob and Roberta Smith is recognised for his trademark, text-based paintings. These colourful signs are hand painted onto scraps of wood and roughly nailed together. The shapes and misshapes of letters are as important as the message they spell out. These fields of colour ask questions, make statements and instigate debate. Letters swim before your eyes as you attempt to decipher a text, which could be an announcement of an event or provocative call for action. Bob and Roberta Smith’s work explores the relationship between humour, politics and society and questions established values and authorities. Many works take the form of succinct witty slogans whilst others, such as the Browne Report and Letter to Michael Gove, are longer diatribes that expose a frustration with political decision-making. The messages almost always advocate for creativity, culture and freedom.
These paintings use the visual language of folk and punk; the use of drop shadow text and a mixture of different fonts and letter sizes evoke the aesthetics of protest and are reminiscent of makeshift public notices and temporary shop signs from an era before the computer.
The process of producing these musings on art, politics and culture seems to be a cathartic one for Bob and Roberta Smith, which is perhaps why the artist advises ‘Make Your Own Damn Art’.
Exhibitions at Plymouth Arts Centre are free to browse.
http://www.plymouthartscentre.org/art/live/2013/bob-and-roberta-smith.html
Crocadon Farm - Brocante Market, Crocadon Sawmill
We have the pleasure inviting you to consider joining us for our Brocante at Crocadon in the heart of the Tamar Valley. The first event is to be held on the 3rd November 2013 and then quarterly there after.
Brocantes are similar to a second hand market, vintage fair or even a flea market. Brocante markets are a way of life in France offering items you wouldn't usually pick up in shops whilst capturing the excitement of a vintage market. With over 30 stalls of antiques, vintage goods, cast offs, books, bric-a-brac, furniture or architectural reclamation, the market brings a whole range of treasure to the table waiting to be discovered. We also have live music at the event, we are pleased to welcome Robin on the accordion.
Crocadon is based just 15 minutes from Plymouth and 5 from Callington. We currently run very successful monthly producer fairs in our courtyard, where upto 50 stall holders display their unique hand produced goods each month.
Our café will be offering smoked salmon sandwiches supplied by Brilliant Fish as well as delicious French themed sweet treats and refreshments supplied by Mandy's Bakes.
Come and visit our auction! Our very own auctioneer Harry will be a running an auction on the day. Why not try your luck on bidding on some fantastic lots! If you have any items that you would like to sell at the auction then please get in touch, by the number above!
FREE entry and parking!
http://www.crocadonfarm.co.uk/
The Broken Circle Breakdown (15), Plymouth Arts Centre
Adapted from the stage play of the same name, The Broken Circle Breakdown is a multi-award-winning film with an impressive bluegrass soundtrack. Elise and Didier have been together for seven passionate years. But when their daughter is diagnosed with a serious illness they each deal with the difficult news in very different ways, putting their love to the test.
Dir. Felix Van Groeningen, Belgium, 2012, 109 mins, some subtitles.
Cast. Veerle Baetens, Johan Heldenbergh, Nell Cattryse.
http://www.plymouthartscentre.org/film/live/2013/992/the-broken-circle-b...
The Fifth Estate (15), Plymouth Arts Centre
Man of the moment Benedict Cumberbatch (Sherlock) takes the role of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange in this dramatic thriller about his whistle blowing website. With an extraordinary cast including Daniel Bruhl (Goodbye Lenin!), Anthony Mackie (The Hurt Locker), Stanley Tucci (The Lovely Bones), Laura Linney (Hyde Park on Hudson) and Oscar winner (and future Doctor Who!) Peter Capaldi, the film received a standing ovation at its premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival and promises to be a thrilling account of the first information leak of its kind and one of the biggest controversies of our time.
Dir. Bill Condon, US/UK, 2013, 128 mins
Cast. Benedict Cumberbatch, Daniel Bruhl, Laura Linney, Peter Capaldi.
http://www.theplymouthdaily.co.uk/node/8501/edit
Plymouth Porcelain: A New Collection
Established British ceramic artist, Clare Twomey has created a brand new installation inspired by our Plymouth Porcelain collection.
Plymouth Porcelain: A New Collection can be viewed above the doors of our China Connection gallery and will remain on display indefinitely. The artwork features 33 suspended cases containing white porcelain objects that have been cast from objects suggested by the people of Plymouth.
Objects were suggested for various reasons - in celebration of friends or family or because of related emotions and memories. Against the back drop of the Museum's historic Plymouth Porcelain collection, the commission looks to the future by capturing the stories of people today.
This is the first time that Twomey, who has exhibited in the UK, Europe and America and who was the ceramic artist-in-residence at London’s Victoria and Albert Museum in 2011, has created a permanent work for a Museum.
Plymouth Porcelain: A New Collection has been made possible thanks to New Expressions 2, which is supported by MLA Renaissance South West and the National Lottery through Grants for the Arts to enable regional museums to commission new work and join forces with contemporary artists.
Go West, Hue and Cry, The Christians in Concert, Plymouth Pavilions
Go West, Hue and Cry* and special guests The Christians are united on the same bill for the first time ever.
With millions of albums sales and iconic hits such as We Close Our Eyes, Call Me, King Of Wishful Thinking, Labour Of Love, Looking For Linda, Violently, Ideal World, Forgotten Town and Harvest For The World plus over twenty five years of perfecting their craft, performing to audiences at sold out stadiums, intimate unplugged sets and everything in between, this authentic eighties triple header is not to be missed.
http://www.plymouthpavilions.com/prod-productions_details.asp?pid=787
