Soap-box sessions RAMMbassadors - Speakers Corner at RAMM

Event Date: 
02/03/2013 - 10:30am
Venue: 
Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Queen Street, Exeter

Speaker’s corner comes to RAMM for the day.

Students from the University of Exeter will be getting on their soap-box about artefacts that have caught their attention. This is your chance to listen, debate and heckle their take on the collections.

Free drop-in, 10.30am-3.30pm, in partnership with Community Action at the University of Exeter.

Catch up on their presentations at www.exeter.gov.uk/RAMM

http://www.rammuseum.org.uk/

Folk music with Kathryn Roberts and Sean Lakeman

Event Date: 
28/02/2013 - 8:00pm
Venue: 
Otterton Mill

A long-awaited Mill return from two of the UK folk scene's most accomplished musicians.

Husband and wife duo, Kathryn and Sean, are celebrating the recent release of their critically acclaimed new album Hidden People, and nominations for Best Duo and Best Original Song (The Ballad of Andy Jacobs) in the 2013 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards.

Musical collaborators with the likes of Seth Lakeman (Sean's younger brother), Cara Dillon, the Levellers, Kate Rusby and Show of Hands, the duo are acknowledged as pillars of modern British folk. Kathryn's sublime voice and effortless delivery...

Puppetry of the Penis comes to Exeter’s Northcott Theatre

Event Date: 
28/02/2013 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Northcott Theatre, Exeter

WARNING: This show contains traces of nut!

From the West End of London to Broadway in New York, the boys have stretched themselves to the limit for over a decade, performing the hilarious Ancient Art of the Genital Origami - and now, they are back for more!

This mind-blowing show features two strapping Australians who manipulate their genitals into various shapes, objects and landmarks. A video camera projects intimate details of these incredible phenomena onto a large screen, ensuring that little can be missed!

This new show features firm favourites such as the...

RAMM Evening lecture Chanel: the Couturière at Work

Event Date: 
27/02/2013 - 6:30pm
Venue: 
Meeting Room A, Royal Albert Memorial Museum (RAMM), Queen Street, Exeter

Coco Chanel was at the glamorous centre of the 1920s and 1930s fashion world.

Shelley Tobin, Assistant Curator of Costume, will trace Coco Chanel’s rise to fame, which was inextricably linked with her life and relationships.

Organised by Friends of RAMM.

For ticket information visit http://www.rammuseum.org.uk/

Richard Alston Dance Company at Exeter Northcott

Event Date: 
26/02/2013 - 7:30pm to 27/02/2013 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Northcott Theatre, Exeter

The Richard Alston Dance Company has created a new, diverse and entertaining programme for their 2013 visit to Exeter Northcott Theatre.

Martin Lawrance's Madcap is a startlingly original piece with music by New York band, Bang on a Can All-Stars.

In Buzzing Round the Hunnisuccle, Alston combines two pieces of music by Jo Kondo in a dance of nimble and breathtaking precision: Isthmus moves with rapid light rhythms, both sharp and delicate. By contrast, Hunnisuccle is an oasis of calm-hushed chords creating a sense of mystery in the air.

For the evening's finalé...

Jethro brings Cornish humour to Exeter Corn Exchange

Event Date: 
25/02/2013 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Exeter Corn Exchange

Laughter not only provides a full-scale workout for your muscles, it unleashes a rush of stress-busting endorphins which strengthen your immune system, boost your energy, diminish pain, and protect you from the damaging effects of stress.

Always slightly on the edge, Jethro's fruity Cornish humour is the perfect remedy to cheer us all. Turning everyday events into farcical stories, embellished into hilarity with his trademark west country dialect. Tales told with such effortless rhythm, timing and charm that it just melts all seriousness into pure laughter. The perfect anecdote to...

Comedy: Chris Addison - The Time is Now, Again

Event Date: 
24/02/2013 - 8:00pm
Venue: 
Northcott Theatre, Exeter

The star of The Thick of It , and Mock The Week brings his twice extended, critically acclaimed tour The Time Is Now, Again to Exeter Northcott Theatre.

Top class stand-up from one of the classiest, toppiest stand-ups around. You should come and see him.

http://www.chrisaddison.com/

Tickets: £20

Box office: 01392 493493

http://www.exeternorthcott.co.uk/

Glorious Food! A creative workshop for young writers

Event Date: 
23/02/2013 - 2:00pm
Venue: 
Northcott Theatre, Exeter

A creative workshop for young writers (aged 8-11), with Dr Sian Davies and Spires Café

Great writers know that good food can bring a story to life, so if you have ever wished that you could visit Willy Wonka's chocolate factory, go for a picnic with the Famous Five, or sneak into the Gryffindor common room for a midnight feast, then this is the activity for you.

Bring your imagination to the table, as we design magical menus and decide what our favourite characters might like to eat for dinner.

(Note to parents:the workshop will include the chance to sample some...

Julia Donaldson and Friends at Exeter Northcott

Event Date: 
23/02/2013 - 11:00am
Venue: 
Northcott Theatre, Exeter

Join the Children's Laureate Julia Donaldson for an hour of spell-binding storytelling fun.

Joined by her husband Malcolm, Julia will be acting out some of her best-loved picture books and singing songs inspired by her stories.

Julia and illustrator Axel Scheffler are the creators of The Gruffalo, Room on the Broom and the Snail and the Whale.

With plenty of audience participation, this event is suitable for families with children aged 5 years and upwards.

Part of the exetreme imagination festival 2013

http://www.artsandcultureexeter.co.uk/...

Revealing the Roman which lies beneath modern day Exeter

Event Date: 
23/02/2013 - 10:30am
Venue: 
Royal Albert Memorial Museum (RAMM), Queen Street, Exeter

Symposium Roman Exeter – revealing what lies beneath modern day Exeter

This symposium will reveal the Roman city that lies beneath the surface of modern-day Exeter. Speakers discuss the 1970s excavations that revealed the legionary fortress, the Roman bath-house and the remains of the basilica, plus recent discoveries at St Loyes and the west of Exeter.

The day includes a tour of RAMM’s Roman artefacts.

Organised by the Exeter Branch of the Devonshire Association, with RAMM, to mark the 150th anniversary of the founding of the Devonshire Association.

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