A film exploring the darker histories of the River Tamar which was commissioned as part of a major festival in 2014 has been acquired by the Arts Council Collection to mark its 70th anniversary.
Tropikos, by award-winning artist filmmaker John Akomfrah, was commissioned for the It’s All About the River festival, which was curated and delivered by the River Tamar Project (RTP), the...
Plans to transform Plymouth’s museum and art gallery into a new world class visitor attraction have taken a giant step forward with the award of £4.2 million funding from the Arts Council.
The Arts Council funding to help create a major new cultural attraction at the heart of the city is in addition to £12.8m from the Heritage Lottery Fund and £8m from Plymouth City Council.
Darren Henley, the Chief Executive of Arts Council England, will be in Plymouth on 20 October visiting some of the City’s outstanding arts and cultural organisations.
During his trip Darren will visit Theatre Royal Plymouth, Plymouth City Museum & Art Gallery, Ocean Studios and Outpost at Royal William Yard and Devonport Guildhall and Market Hall with RiO (The Real Ideas...
A diverse and exciting show that reflects the rich variety of postgraduate masters level work, undertaken within the Faculty of Arts and Humanities.
Showcasing an array of ideas, methods and approaches, this exhibition invites you to explore and enjoy bookworks, creative writing readings, film and video, paintings, photographs, sculpture and 3D design, all by exhibiting students. Come and immerse yourself in their creative world.
Graduate work is exhibited from architecture; contemporary art practice; creative writing; digital arts and technology; photography; publishing;...
Summers Place Auctions are delighted to be offering the personal collection of Eddie Powell, the well known owner and curator of The Sculpture Park, in Churt, Surrey. Over the last 40 years Eddie has not only collected sculpture, but also paintings, photographs, furniture and objet d'art.
The over 200 lots included in the sale on Tuesday, 23rd June 2015 will be reflecting this....
Kris Drever’s voice and guitar forms part of the backbone of today’s contemporary roots scene. Widely admired as a solo artist, collaborator, and member of folk superstars Lau, he is a phenomenal and prolific artist.
Lau scored a triple hit of ‘Best Group’ crowns at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards over consecutive years, whilst releasing more celebrated albums – most notably Arc Light, a powerful set which contained Kris’s stunning original, ‘Winter Moon’.
Back on the road to promote his latest album, there doesn’t appear to be any let up in Drever’s creative vision. It...
Plymouth University has formally unveiled its award-winning performance space – The House – a venue with facilities to rival the best university theatre provision in the UK.
At a ceremony attended by cultural and community leaders from the South West and beyond, the new centre was officially opened by director and actress Thelma Holt.
A new scheme to enable young people to lead their own creative projects has been launched in Plymouth. New Wave is inviting young people in the city to apply for small grants of between £50 and £1500 from today until 28th March 2014.
New Wave is run by the Real Ideas Organisation (RIO) as part of their brief as the Arts Council Bridge Organisation for the South West. The scheme aims to...
Described by The Times as “the country’s leading musical satirist” and a favourite for more than a decade on BBC Radio 4’s ‘The Now Show’, Mitch will preview his brand new Edinburgh show. Plus there’ll be a selection of the greatest hits – and near misses – from his extensive back catalogue.
An intimate evening of comedy, song and fabness.
‘Well crafted, well sung, his songs are just plain funny’ THE GUARDIAN
‘Very funny … plenty of musical satire here too.’ SCOTSGAY *****
As they continue their journey in celebration of the centenary of The Great Suffrage Pilgrimage, Dreadnought South West Association will be performing free Episodes from a new play in Plymouth city centre’s Piazza at 4pm on Thursday 27 June 2013. The play, Oxygen, looks at how women’s rights have changed in the last 100 years, how protest has changed and seeks to examine if there has been any...
