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Music and Art
September 11 Ben Fogle
Tales from the Wilderness
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From crossing Antarctica to conquering Everest, Ben will take the audience on an inspiring adventure when he appears at Plymouth Pavilions this September. Join Ben in this uplifting and exciting show, when he’ll be sharing his stories of the wilderness. Ben has climbed Everest, been swimming with crocodiles, saved elephants, dodged pirates, been marooned for a year on an uninhabited island, walked to the South Pole, Crossed the ‘Empty Quarter’ with camels, rowed across the Atlantic Ocean, tracked the Migration of the Wildebeest, swum from Alcatraz, had a fl esh eating disease and messed around with ferrets! The much-loved TV adventurer will recount, with warmth and honesty, his thrilling tales. If you like Ben’s TV shows then you’ll love this personal and intimate evening of stories from around the world. For more information go to www.plymouthpavilions.com
August 15 Pedigree Jazz Band
In their show ‘Salute to Trade Jazz’, the Dorset-based Pedigree Jazz Band play the most popular traditional jazz tunes of the 50s and early 60s such as ‘Midnight in Moscow’, ‘Petite Fleur’, ‘Green Leaves Of Summer’ and many others when they play at Plymouth Jazz Club in Crownhill. The band has proved to be a resounding success, with rave reviews and repeat bookings from nearly everywhere they perform.
September 5 The Neil Maya Quartet
Plymouth Jazz Club presents The Neil Maya Quartet plus star Bristol trumpeter Andy Hague. The Neil Maya Quartet is one of the Southwest’s most exciting and talented bands, whose aim is to fi nd fresh, new sounds within the wide scope of jazz, while staying accessible to the public at large. The quartet’s music is crisp, colourful, sassy, smooth, atmospheric, intricate, cool, very imaginative and always highly entertaining! On this occasion the presence of Andy Hague enables the group to play a tribute to three great American jazzmen, Horace Silver, Cliff ord Brown and Herbie Hancock.
Further information:
For both shows go to www.plymouth-jazz-club.org.uk
August & September Open air cinema is back!
Plymouth Art Cinema has announced its programme of Open Air Cinema events for summer. This year, fi lms will be shown at the spectacular waterside location of Tinside Lido, and at Tavistock Place - an exciting new collaboration with The Box. It wouldn’t be Open Air Cinema at Tinside without a screening of Jaws, and the classic shark movie will be joined by Wes Anderson’s quirky The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou and Cornish fi lmmaker Mark Jenkin’s cult hit Bait, from August 20th – 22nd. The second weekend at Tinside, from September 2nd – 4th, features Some Like it Hot starring Marilyn Monroe, feelgood Beatles musical Yesterday, and a 30th anniversary screening of the iconic Thelma and Louise. Each screening will begin with a brief programme of archive fi lms and short fi lms, as Plymouth Arts Cinema and The Box unearth footage of Plymouth in days gone by, showcasing local fi lmmaking talent of today.
PRESENTS OPEN AIR
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The Box Tinside Lido Tinside Lido
Fri 30th July - Sun 1st Aug Fri 20th Aug - Sun 22nd Aug Thur 2nd Sept - Sat 4th Sept
Tickets: £12 Adults / £10.80 PAC Friends / £8 12yrs and under plymouthartscinema.org @plymartscinema
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August 27-30 Petrol Headz
Barbican Theatre’s summer spectacle takes place at Plymouth Speedway! Engines roar, as the chequered fl ag drops - will you be there to witness it? Showcasing the modifi ed car scene and the surrounding street culture of parkour, music, skateboarding and dance, Petrol Headz will be a show like no other. With roaring sound systems, drift cars, showcars, speedway bikers, skateboard tricks, parkour stunts, street dancers, DJs and MC battles and much more, Petrol Headz will leave your car windows shaking, make you want to paint your car and jump on its roof to dance your socks off . Who said cars were just for driving?! Laura Kriefman, Barbican Theatre’s CEO said: ‘Who wouldn’t want to see immaculately designed cars, amongst kickass skateboard and parkour tricksters, speedway bikes and trick cars all accompanied by some absolute tunes?’ Petrol Headz will involve a cast of members of the car scene, semi-pro and professional performers - and there will be opportunities to get involved - whether you’re a drift car driver, have built a car you’d like to show off on the exhibition fi eld, are a dancer, skater, parkourist or want to learn how to produce events. Book your tickets at www.barbicantheatre.co.uk
September 11-26 Devon Open Studios
Artists all over Devon will be throwing open their doors and inviting people to look behind the scenes of an artist’s studio this September. More than 300 artists are taking part in this year’s Devon Open Studios, with a range of free exhibitions, workshops and opportunities to see artists at work. The art and craft on display will include drawing, painting, sculpture, tapestry, ceramics, jewellery and glasswork. Artists range from new talent to experienced professionals, all keen to share their inspiration and creativity with visitors. A spokesperson for Devon Open Studios said: ‘More artists than ever are taking part in this year’s event, which off ers a fantastic opportunity to meet artists working in their studios in some of Devon’s beautiful locations. During Open Studios, visitors will be able to see artists’ work, watch demonstrations and take part in activities. Of course, there’s also the opportunity to buy, and it’s much more satisfying to purchase a piece of art when you’ve met the artist, seen them working and heard about their inspiration.’ Devon Open Studios guides will be available from community venues, libraries and tourist information offi ces in early August.
This new, free exhibition at The Box draws on the venue’s extensive collection of Sir Joshua Reynolds paintings – the UK’s single largest public collection of his work outside of London – to explore the enduring connection between the Plymouth-born master painter and the Eliot family of Port Eliot in St Germans, Cornwall. Born in Plympton in 1723, it was Reynolds’ early portraiture of naval offi cers living around Plymouth Dock (Devonport) that caught the attention of Captain John Hamilton – a man Reynolds would paint three times over the course of his life and a close friend of the Eliots, who later married into the family. The Eliot connection proved both lucrative and personally fulfi lling as Edward Eliot – later the fi rst Lord Eliot – was one of Reynolds’ repeat patrons and acted as one of the pallbearers at his funeral at St Paul’s Cathedral in 1792. The close bond between the Eliots and Reynolds endured even after his death, with the family continuing to purchase his work when it became available, such as Hope Nursing Love which was acquired in 1835. Family & Friends: Reynolds at Port Eliot is an opportunity for the visitors to see 14 of the 23 paintings that were accepted by Plymouth
City Council in lieu of inheritance tax in 2007, and which now form part of The Box’s permanent collection.
Further information:
Free, drop-in gallery talks about the exhibition will take place on August 4th and 11th. Exhibition opening hours are 10am-5pm Tuesday to Sunday and Bank Holiday Monday.
MUSIC & ART New creative programme and recruitment drive
Theatre Royal Plymouth has announced its creative programme for 2021. Morgan Lloyd Malcolm’s MUM, a co-production between Theatre Royal Plymouth, Francesca Moody Productions and Soho Theatre will premiere in The Drum, opening on September 30th. This thoughtprovoking, funny and honest new play will shine a light on early motherhood, anxiety and mental health. Additionally, thanks to a recent award from the Weston Culture Fund, Theatre Royal Plymouth will create a new production of NHS THE MUSICAL by Nick Stimson and Jimmy Jewell for The Lyric that will open on September 17th. Directed by Stephen Fletcher, this fast-paced musical comedy lifts the lid on the NHS and is planned to tour the UK in 2022. Mandy Precious, director of engagement and learning at Theatre Royal Plymouth, said: ‘As we begin to build back after an incredibly diffi cult year for everyone, it is great to focus on creating new work in Plymouth again to reconnect with our audiences. ‘Integral to both MUM and NHS THE MUSICAL will be an engagement programme for the people of Plymouth and beyond to get involved with. TRP’s mission to be special for everyone has never been stronger or more important as we re-open and recover. At the heart of both our new productions are stories that are relevant to so many of us. Bringing people together to experience these stories that touch us all, either by seeing the show or taking part in the associated engagement programmes, is vital to our communities, our artists, our freelance workforce and our audiences.’ As TRP reopens and reignites its creative programme, it’s also looking to expand its network of theatre creatives for productions now and in the future and is particularly keen to hear from people from diverse cultural backgrounds who haven’t worked with TRP before. Interested freelance creatives are asked to express their interest via email to production@theatreroyal.com in the fi rst instance.
