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28 February – 29 March
Love on the streets of Dublin in Once, coming to the Theatre Royal this month
EXHIBITIONS Until 14 March
FIFTY BEES 4 There’s quite a buzz (sorry, had to) around artist Lydia Needle’s latest offering. She’s created 50 life-sized bees out of wool and stitch to represent 50 of the 275 bee species in the UK. Each is paired with a piece created by another artist in response, showing how connected bees are with our ecosystem. Mon-Sat, 10am-4pm; Black Swan Arts, Frome; www.blackswanarts.org.uk
Until 21 March
MARINER Here, 14 artists consider the continued resonance of Simon Taylor Coleridge’s The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. “Inspired by language and rich visual metaphor, Mariner
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connects the past with the present to retell an epic tale for the 21st century,” says Dr Sarah Chapman, who is co-curator of the exhibition. “Our exploration is informed by the latest research into marine science and pollution, the movement and migration of peoples across the seas, hidden postcolonial histories and human vulnerability and isolation.” Tues-Sat, 11am-5pm; The Andrew Brownsword Gallery, The Edge; www.edgearts.org
Until 20 April
ART AT THE HEART: ALAN BROOK The latest exhibition to grace the walls of the RUH is the work of Alan Brook. The travel photographer spent a year exploring Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras,
Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Columbia, Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands – and this evocative and colourful collection of images is the result. Mon-Sun, 8am-8pm; Art at the Heart of the RUH, Central Gallery, RUH; www.artatruh.org
Until 25 May
GRAYSON PERRY: THE PRE-THERAPY YEARS An exhibition built from Grayson’s ‘lost’ works, crowd-sourced from around the UK following a public appeal in 2018 to work out where they’d got to. This reintroduction of the explosive and creative pots and plates he made in the ’80s shines an intriguing light on his use of the medium to address radical issues. Mon-Sun, 10am-5pm; £12.50; The Holburne; www.holburne.org
Until 26 May
TOULOUSE LAUTREC AND THE MASTERS OF MONTMARTRE The team at the VAG are bringing bohemian Paris to life through over 80 works by Toulouse Lautrec, Mucha, Steinlen and many more of the Parisian ‘street art’ era. Mon-Sun, 10.30am-5pm; £6; Victoria Art Gallery; www.victoriagal.org.uk
13 March
LIFE IN BRONZE Catch a glimpse of Hamish Mackie’s evocative bronze wildlife structures before they appear at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show in May. This exclusive event offers the chance to meet the artist and enjoy a guided tour of the collection in the beautiful grounds of Lucknam Park’s 500-acre estate. 2pm; £40; Lucknam Park Hotel & Spa; www.lucknampark.co.uk
