Mighty Mondo Monday have been called upon to put some festive cheer in your lives with their sixth annual Christmas special at Peninsula Arts.
This year they’re melting hearts with Edward Scissorhands. So for all you misfits, oddballs and hopeless romantics come watch the snow fly and try to make it look like you’ve ‘just got something in your eye’. An amazing quiz is included, with prizes and a myriad of other Yuletide treats to make even the staunchest Scrooge’s head spin
Enjoy uplifting music including the Christmas story featured in Part 1 of Handel’s celebrated oratorio, Messiahi, that overflows with stirring choruses and evocative solo arias depicting the coming of the Christ Child gloriously announced by angels.
The concert will also include traditional carols. This is what Christmas is all about – a festival of singing and rejoicing!
Plymouth University Orchestra will perform a selection of orchestra works prepared during the term with additional pieces for strings, wind and brass ensembles.
The Orchestra comprises of students, staff and community members and performs three concerts during the academic year.
Free admission, booking advised. Parting donations invited towards concert costs
Rape of women and girls remains a widespread form of aggression against a civilian population during war and often the belief is that the universal condemnation and prosecution of these crimes is a relatively recent phenomenon.
However, critical representations of sexual violence were already created during the Italian Renaissance. The civic imagery developed in city-republics gives us a unique insight into the revolutionary understanding of gender-based aggression and a forgotten chapter in rape history.
The South West of England is home to some of Brits' ultimate “happy places”, according to a new study.
New research from SACO, The Serviced Apartment Company polled UK holidaymakers to discover the places in the UK which evoke special memories and ultimately make us “happy”.
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Chosen by Plymouth University students via a poll led by the University of Plymouth Student Union (UPSU), the selection always gets you into the Christmas spirit.
Vote for your favourite – look out for the student poll on the Peninsula Arts and UPSU Facebook pages.
Showcasing the latest works created by 2017 Art, Architecture and Design students at Plymouth University, Between features a range of contemporary pieces including: video; installation; sculpture; photography; creative writing and 3D design.
Between is inspired by the Tibetan word ‘bardo’ (loosely translated as in-between state) and the artwork in the Show represents the state of existence between life and death, existence and the unconscious, reality and liberation.
The students involved completed their MA awards in Contemporary Art Practice; MA Photography and the Land;...
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In designing Bloom Live, Dutta has reimagined what the piano recital can be and the stage show includes luminous visuals and striking production design resulting in a compelling, technologically advanced show of untempered colour.
Giotto’s frescoes in the Arena Chapel stand at the beginning of any history of Renaissance art, and he is often called the ‘father’ of the western tradition of painting. But what happens if we look at the Chapel and its paintings from a different perspective? Who were the women who used this chapel, what did they see, and what did they think?
When History of Art becomes Her-story of Art, the results can be surprising.
Bergman’s mediation on life and death stages the human drama in a medieval setting. The apocalyptic themes of sin and sacrifice make this movie a classic of modern cinema and introduces the young Max von Sydow in the lead role of the knight.
Introduced by Dr Péter Bokody, Lecturer in Art History, Plymouth University.
