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News 25 April 2018

Welcome to the new look Arts and Culture website. To coincide with the University of Exeter’s new Arts and Culture Strategy we’ve refreshed the way we signpost our cultural activities. Read more about the strategy here

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Durational Events

Exhibition
19 Sep – 20 Dec 2019, 09:00 – 17:00 From Damascus to Andalucia

The message from Adib Fattel from Damascus – conveyed to you through his paintings - is a message of love, peace, tolerance and the connections that bring us together. See the exhibition in the Street Gallery, Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, University of Exeter until 20 December 2019.

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Exhibition
2 Nov 2019 – 26 Jan 2020 Unbounded: Contemporary Art Practices in Cornwall

Arts and Culture Creative Fellow Bram Thomas Arnold exhibits work as part of Unbounded at the Eden Project, Cornwall.

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Exhibition
8 Nov 2019 – 10 Jan 2020 A Stitched Survey of the Dyer’s Garden

Artist Christiane Berghoff mainly works with sustainable textiles, having studied Art and Environment at Falmouth University. For her Creative Exchange project she has been working in an area of the walled garden on the Penryn Campus, planting and nurturing a variety of plants selected for the purpose of botanically dying textiles and for their value to insect pollinators.

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Show
Fri 20 Dec 2019, 19:30 – 23:00 Last Night of the Christmas Proms

Kick off Christmas with a fun-packed concert for all the family, featuring classics old and new, all wrapped up with a sprinkling of magic and sparkle. A rollercoaster of seasonal favourites includes Jingle Bells, White Christmas, Sleigh Ride, Walking in a Winter Wonderland, Let it Snow Let it Snow, Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year and much, much more!

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Performance
21 Dec 2019 – 5 Jan 2020 Hansel and Gretel

From University of Exeter Drama graduates PaddleBoat Theatre comes an interactive Christmas treat for families – and anyone who would enjoy a relaxed, inclusive theatre experience. Following a sell-out run at the Exeter Northcott Theatre last year the show is back, this time at the Barnfield Theatre.

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Show
Thu 2 Jan 2020, 19:30 – 23:00 New Year Johann Strauss Gala

Celebrate the New Year with an uplifting selection of waltzes, marches, polkas and arias by the King of Waltz and his contemporaries. The full symphonic forces of Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra will be joined by an outstanding soprano to bring you an evening of swirling melodies and carry you away into the glamour and sparkle of Viennese Dance Halls.

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Performance
Wed 15 – Sat 18 Jan 2020, 19:30 – 21:30 The Great Gatsby

Join Exeter University Theatre Co in a dazzling performance of "The Great Gatsby" Wed 15 - Sat 18 Jan 2020. Taking you back to the roaring twenties, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby throws you into the glamour and scandal of American high-society – subverting the “American Dream” with disastrous consequences.

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Performance
Wed 22 – Sat 25 Jan 2020, 19:30 – 19:30 Ghost the Musical

Join Exeter University Footlights as they perform a powerful and magical story on Wed 22 - Sat 25 Jan 2020.
This production promises to be a thrilling, emotional roller coaster following Long-time couple Sam and Molly who are living happily in New York until a series of spooky and mysterious events come their way.

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February

Exhibition
Sun 9 Feb 2020, 14:00 – 17:30 Reframing Vivien Leigh

A free exhibition tracing Vivien Leigh’s connections to the South West region through an exciting variety of materials from local museums including the Bill Douglas Cinema Museum, The Royal Albert Memorial Museum and Topsham Museum.

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