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New Look

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
16 Nov 2018 – 19 Jan 2019, 09:00 – 17:00 Boatbarrow

An exhibition based on a creative residency to imagine and reinvent ways to meet basic needs when lives are radically affected by climate change.

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Theatre
Sat 15 – Sun 16 Dec 2018, 19:30 Summer and Smoke

Dicebox Theatre presents Tennessee Williams’ acclaimed play Summer and Smoke, a romance-drama that explores youth and desire.

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December

Music
Wed 19 Dec 2018, 19:30 BSO Concert Season 2018-19: Last Night of the Christmas Proms

Popular Christmas songs old and new with the full BSO and two great West End singers.

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January

Lecture
Mon 21 Jan 2019, 17:30 – 18:30 Stories that Slice, Scald and Bounce: Why Roman Exempla Matter

In her inaugural lecture, Professor Rebecca Langlands, of the Department of Classics and Ancient History at the University of Exeter, will explore the enduring fascination of Roman moral exempla and explain why they still matter to us today.

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Talk
Thu 24 Jan 2019, 16:00 – 17:30 Where do Great Ideas Come From?

Where do great ideas come from? Do they begin with a question or a problem? What are the creative processes in developing ideas, projects and products? Entrepreneur Susan J Mumford will present lessons from the field based on her own experiences in business as well as being a mentor to many others, to inform and inspire you in your own journey. Part of the Creative Entrepreneurship series.

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Lecture
Wed 30 Jan 2019, 16:30 – 17:30 Responsibility Re-Learned: Christian Ethics in a Globalising Era

In her inaugural lecture, Professor Esther D. Reed rethinks the meaning of responsibility learned from land, distant neighbour, (global) church and the bible.

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Talk
Thu 31 Jan 2019, 18:00 – 19:15 The Reluctant Anthropologist: Tales of Madagascar

A talk by Professor Emeritus Maurice Bloch, using Madagascar as an example, highlighting how people from remote places are less different to us than we think.

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March

Thu 14 Mar 2019, 19:30 – 21:00 Art meets Science: journeys to the ends of the earth

An evening of talks and conversation exploring how art and science can benefit each other to increase our understanding of the world around us. Led by artist Naomi Hart and Senior Lecturer in Physical Geography at the University of Exeter, Dr Anne Le Brocq.

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