"Playing of spellbinding atmosphere" The Guardian.
“The unflinching integrity of their interpretation and the excitement of their playing were consistently superb” The Guardian.
As part of our new Musica Viva Concert Series, the acclaimed Dante Quartet will present an evening of inspiring chamber music. Focusing on the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the programme features the impressionistic early Debussy String Quartet and the compelling and folk inspired Szymanowski String Quartet no.2. For their final piece, Dante Quartet will be accompanied by Dr Robert...
This is a unique opportunity to sit in on a rehearsal of this world-class string quartet and observe the ways in which the musicians interact.
Coherent and meaningful musical interpretation is critical to all cogent performances, so join us to experience the Dante Quartet preparing for their concert here as they discuss musical stylistic issues, balance dynamics, and juggle the intricacies of ensemble dynamics.
The musicians will explain what they are doing and why, and there will be an opportunity for Q&A also.
Artists from The Unknown Knowns will join Curator, Vickie Fear, and our Artistic Director, Sarah Chapman, for a conversation on the crossovers in their work with moving image.
'Selected' is a new collection of diverse artists’ film and video, taking place at some of the UK’s leading venues for showcasing artists’ film and video.
Nominated by the artists shortlisted for the Film London Jarman Award 2018, 'Selected' brings together some of the best work from early career film and video artists from the UK in a vibrant programme of recent artists’ moving image.
Jamie Wyld, Director of videoclub, will introduce this screening of 'Selected IX'. Videoclub is an artists’ moving image platform, showing and touring film and...
Join Jilly Payne, Archive Film Programmer at The Box, for a talk that explores the use of its collections in the two Film Commissions that were created in 2018 based on the theme of Revolutions.
Jilly’s talk will look at how the 2018 visual artists used the archive to explore their understanding of a constantly changing technological world and the role that artificial intelligence plays.
Join filmmakers Chris Bailey and Ieuan Jones, winners of The Arts Institute Film Commission 2018 with their film, 'Of Monsters', as they discuss the development of their two-part film from their earlier ideas of writing a play.
They will also take you through the process of navigating the collection at the South West Film & Television Archive (SWFTA) and what they are planning on working on next.
The fashion of the 18th Century is synonymous with luxury and extravagance, but the tumultuous period at the end of the century saw revolution in France affect both society and style.
In this illustrated talk, fashion historian Amber Butchart looks at the politics of dress and display through some of the era's key figures - from Casanova to Catherine the Great, and from Lady Mary Wortley Montagu to Marie Antoinette - to dissect how wealth and power were read on the body through attire, and how the Revolutionary Era brought about huge transformations in the way both men and...
"Both terrifying and hugely enjoyable. I absolutely loved it." – Jon McGregor.
"There is a patience and rhythm deep in the prose. This is going to make a mark." – Cynan Jones.
Dr Ben Smith will be reading from and discussing his debut novel, Doggerland, a tale of fathers and sons, loneliness and survival, set against the backdrop of a water-filled landscape.
Ben, a Lecturer in creative writing at the University of Plymouth, specialises in environmental literature with a particular focus on oceans, climate change and the Anthropocene. His poetry...
Music composed and performed by University of Plymouth BA (Hons) Music students, reflecting the breadth of styles and genres taught on the BA (Hons) Music course.
The course will feature new music from undergraduate music students including final year composers.
Professor Jason Peacey’s research focuses on the politics and political culture of early modern Britain, and he is particularly interested in the relationships between print culture and political life, and between the citizen and the state.
Jason, one of the editors of a Leverhulme Trust project to produce a new edition of the letters and speeches of Oliver Cromwell, is currently writing a microhistory on politics and religion in a protracted 17th-century land dispute, provisionally entitled The Churchrobber and the Madman.
