Learn medieval and Tudor board games at St Nicholas Priory

Event Date: 
20/02/2013 - 10:30am to 22/02/2013 - 10:30am
Venue: 
St Nicholas Priory, The Mint, off Fore Street, Exeter

Never played shovegroat? Then this is your chance.

Drop in to St Nicholas Priory with the children this half term and learn some great medieval and Tudor board games.

10.30am - 3.30pm

Click here for more information.

Tudor RAMMblings – a tour of Tudor Exeter

Event Date: 
20/02/2013 - 10:30am to 22/02/2013 - 10:30am
Venue: 
RAMM and St Nicholas Priory, Exeter

Who would have thought that there is a Tudor city still hidden in modern Exeter?

This tour, designed for families, will start at RAMM and take approximately 45 minutes, finishing at St Nicholas Priory.

Meet at the Garden entrance, Royal Albert Memorial Museum (RAMM), Queen Street, Exeter

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

Running on the Cracks at the Northcott Theatre

Event Date: 
20/02/2013 - 7:00pm to 23/02/2013 - 7:00pm
Venue: 
Northcott Theatre, Exeter

"Run. Keep running. You're doing the right thing. Lay low. Head down. Don't look back. Just keep running. And whatever you do, don't tread on the cracks..."

Leo's world has been turned upside down. Her parents are gone and her bird-loving uncle is getting too close for comfort. She is only sure of one thing...she must get out.

In a desperate bid to find the grandparents she never knew, Leo jumps on a train to Glasgow, penniless and stealing food to survive. A nationwide hunt for her begins. Will she track down her grandparents, or will her uncle get to her first?

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Pilot Theatre & The Tron Theatre: Running on the Cracks

Event Date: 
20/02/2013 - 7:00pm to 23/02/2013 - 7:00pm
Venue: 
Northcott Theatre, Exeter

"Run. Keep running. You're doing the right thing. Lay low. Head down. Don't look back. Just keep running. And whatever you do, don't tread on the cracks..."

Leo's world has been turned upside down. Her parents are gone and her bird-loving uncle is getting too close for comfort. She is only sure of one thing...she must get out.

In a desperate bid to find the grandparents she never knew, Leo jumps on a train to Glasgow, penniless and stealing food to survive. A nationwide hunt for her begins. Will she track down her grandparents, or will her uncle get to her first?

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Flickbook Animation at Exeter's Royal Albert Memorial Museum

Event Date: 
20/02/2013 - 10:30am
Venue: 
Courtyard, Royal Albert Memorial Museum (RAMM), Queen Street, Exeter

Did you know that you can make simple animations and pop up pictures just with paper? Have a go in this special activity for Animated Exeter.

Tickets are £2 and available in person or by phone using a credit or debit card on 01392 265858 during opening hours.

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

Courses on offer at Exeter's Royal Albert Memorial Museum

Event Date: 
19/02/2013 - 11:30am
Venue: 
A Royal Albert Memorial Museum (RAMM), Queen Street, Exeter

Pattern Design for Art, Fashion and Textiles Course

This course will focus on understanding pattern and design. Sketch and develop ideas to build a portfolio of patterns and textile designs from which to create new and exciting surfaces. WEA course C3523996.

19 February-26 March: Tuesday 19 & 26 February, 5, 12, 19 & 26 March, 10.30am to 12.30pm

Drawing from the Museum’s Collections

Journey through the collections at RAMM, discussing the historical, geographical and creative ideas that tell the story of the object. Then respond through drawing to...

Animation premiere: Exetreme Imagination

Event Date: 
19/02/2013 - 11:00am
Venue: 
Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Queen Street, Exeter

Watch the premiere of bite-sized films scripted, acted and directed by young people and their families working with MED Theatre.

Filmed in the atmospheric setting of St Nicholas Priory, they were inspired by RAMM’s Elizabethan collections. Try on Tudor costume and throw Shakespearian insults at each other.

Free drop-in at the Garden meeting room, 11am-4pm.

Part of two city festivals: Exetreme Imagination 2013 and Animated Exeter

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

The Wimpy Kid Show - great family entertainment

Event Date: 
18/02/2013 - 2:30pm
Venue: 
Northcott Theatre, Exeter

A must for all Diary of a Wimpy Kid fans and great family entertainment. Host Alastair Watson brings the books to life with fun activities including a Greg Heffley Draw-Along and The Wimp Wars! Quiz.

The event also includes exclusive clips of author Jeff Kinney talking about the books, his involvement in the films and showing how he draws the characters.

All those who purchase a book on the day will be eligible for it to be stamped with an exclusive Wimpy Kid Show stamp.

Part of the exetreme imagination festival 2013

Tickets £5, suitable for children aged 8...

Petal Power 1910-1940: Fashionable florals and the women who designed them

Event Date: 
16/02/2013 - 2:00pm
Venue: 
Gallery 20, Royal Albert Memorial Museum (RAMM), Queen Street, Exeter

Dr Keren Protheroe, design historian and co-curator of the Petal Power exhibition, looks at how an increasing number of women by the 1910s were exploiting their art education to go on and forge careers designing fashionable, floral fabrics.

Tickets are £4.50 (£3) and available in person or by phone using a credit or debit card on 01392 265858 during opening hours (10am-5pm, Tuesday to Sunday).

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

1920s Valentines’ Ball ElectroSwing: RAMM and The Cavern Club

Event Date: 
15/02/2013 - 6:30pm
Venue: 
Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter and Cavern Club, Exeter

This ElectroSwing Night has a 1920s theme to compliment the exhibition Petal Power. Enjoy the exhibition and the beauty of the museum at night and take swing-dancing lessons.

Nine-piece band Smerin’s Anti-Social Club will play as part of their album tour and DJs will play ElectroSwing music – a fusion of modern beats with jazz swing. Do come smartly dressed as there is a 1920s theme. The fun continues at the Cavern from 10pm.

Royal Albert Memorial Museum 6.30 to 10pm, Cavern Club (over 18s only) 10pm to 2am

Tickets: £8 or £7 earlybird from www.undergroundtickets.net...

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