Exeter

Chat about the Birds

Event Date: 
18/12/2014 - 11:00am
Venue: 
RAMM, Queen Street, Exeter

Meet local bird experts from the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB).

Discover underwater wonders around Devon’s shores, learn how bees are saving the UK millions of pounds a year, which piece of clothing inspired the RSPB’s origins and how everything from tigers to sparrows are being protected by local conservationists.

Wildlife Tours - 11am and 2pm

Join them for a 20 to 30 minute walk around the museum to see the wildlife on display.

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

Victorian Gothic: An All Consuming Passion?

Event Date: 
03/12/2014 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
RAMM, Queen Street, Exeter

This panel discussion promises a fascinating and entertaining evening. Key speakers will include Professor Ronald Hutton from Bristol University and Timothy Brittain-Caitlin, author of Bleak House: Disappointment and Failure in Architecture.

For the Victorians, the middle ages were central to debates on art, literature, religion, morality and social reform. Victorian medievalists bitterly opposed the Greek and Roman classical revival – but how did this division between the Gothic world of the medieval and classical ‘antiquity’ shape Victorian Britain?

Which culture – the...

Friends Lunchtime Lecture: Caleb Hedgeland's model of Georgian Exeter

Event Date: 
04/12/2014 - 1:00pm
Venue: 
RAMM, Queen Street, Exeter

One of the most popular and prominent items in RAMM’s Making History galleries is Caleb Hedgeland’s model of Georgian Exeter. Dr Sadru Bhanji will give a brief account of Hedgeland’s life and recount the history of the model. He will also describe the model and discuss how accurately it portrays Georgian Exeter.

The Friends support the museum with financial help towards acquisitions and conservation. Charity no 306649. W www.exeter.gov.uk/friends . E friends@exeter.gov.uk .

From 14 October, tickets will be available online or from the Royal Albert Memorial Museum reception...

Development Trust lecture: The pre-Raphaelite Movement

Event Date: 
02/12/2014 - 6:00pm
Venue: 
RAMM, Queen Street, Exeter

NADFAS lecturer Julian Halsby will be talking about the Pre-Raphaelite Movement, how they discovered true colour from direct observation of nature and how they were the first artists to paint in the open air.

In addition to discussing the main artists, the role of John Ruskin as art critic, he will be talking specifically about paintings from the exhibition.

Organised by the RAMM Development Trust. Patrons two tickets for the price of one. Drinks available from 6 to 7pm for a £2 donation

Tickets £12 (£10)

Tickets are available online or from the Royal Albert...

Nosferatu – with live harp accompaniment

Event Date: 
27/11/2014 - 6:00pm
Venue: 
RAMM, Queen Street, Exeter

Internationally acclaimed harpist, Elizabeth Jane Baldry, performs her own haunting score live to a screening of the 1922 horror film, Nosferatu.

This iconic film of German expressionist cinema was the first ever screen adaptation of Bram Stoker’s Dracula – the original and landmark entry into the entire global genre of the horror film. More than eighty years since its release, it remains one of the most potent and disturbing horror films ever made. The sight of the hollow-eyed, cadaverous vampire rising creakily from his coffin still retains the ability to chill the blood....

Annual Drecki lecture: An Artist’s View

Event Date: 
26/11/2014 - 6:30pm
Venue: 
RAMM, Queen Street, Exeter

Devon author and painter Ray Balkwill describes his passion for his native county as ‘running as deep as the red earth itself’. This illustrated talk provides a fascinating glimpse into the artist’s personal and physical relationship with the landscape, and in particular his ‘love affair’ with the Exe Estuary.

As an Academician of the South West Academy and member of the St Ives Society of Artists, his words and paintings have carried the grandeur of our region far and wide. The evening will appeal to all those who are equally passionate about art and the landscape. Drinks will be...

Behind the scenes Tour: More in Store

Event Date: 
22/11/2014 - 10:30am
Venue: 
RAMM, Queen Street, Exeter

Take a 40-minute behind the scenes tour. See some of the reserve collections and find out more about the conservation, display and storage of objects.

Tours at 10.30am and noon

£7/£5

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

Robin Ince

Event Date: 
10/12/2014 - 8:00pm
Venue: 
Exeter Phoenix

Blooming Buzzing Confusion

In a fast follow up to In (and out of) His Mind, Robin Ince continues to prod into our brains with a sharpened pencil to try and work out just how much free will anyone can have. Is anyone a freethinker?

Looking at Milgram, Mcluhan and experiments into the mind, Robin tries to work out if we can arm ourselves against mass media despots and live life pragmatically or will we always just be clumsy animals justifying each mistake with a well-honed alibi? Well, it will be something like that – basically, another night of shouting, gesticulating,...

Real Person Fiction

Event Date: 
02/12/2014 - 7:30pm to 05/12/2014 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Exeter Phoenix

Living Robot Theatre Company present Real Person Fiction

People would still pay attention if I wasn’t…I’m not just an extension of Will.

Consumed by the vicious, near-constant messages being sent to her by her ex-boyfriend’s fans, the last thing Jen needs is a visit from his co-star, Eli. But with Eli insistent that she should give Will another chance, and Will and Eli’s fans convinced that she’s getting in the way of true love, Jen decides that she needs to know the reality of the two men’s feelings for each other, regardless of the consequences.

Real Person...

An Alternative Cabaret

Event Date: 
28/11/2014 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Exeter Phoenix

Phonic FM presents Alternative Cabaret Party IV with Whittall & Green

Asked by maverick DJ Martin Hodge to help raise funds for Phonic FM, the Alternative Cabaret part IV swings into town [Exeter] to deliver a darkly humorous night of satirical songs, gauche comedy, juggling and mysterious manipulation and a toot on a trumpet.

This newly devised theatrical event, put together over the last 9 months by experienced performers Whittall & Green and Ben Cornish.

Developed the ideas over tea and toast and through the ‘Framework In Progress’ evenings at the...

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