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What's On


Visual art: Art and architecture
Monday 8 April - Friday 17 May
Preview Thursday 11 April at 6pm.
Investigate the influences that architecture has on art, exploring how buildings can be the inspiration for artists’ work. Plus exclusive talk by artist Sarah Kirby at 5pm.

Music: Charles Owen
Wednesday 17 April, 1pm – 2pm
£7 / £5 (NUS extra card)
Charles Owen returns to Embrace for this year’s lunchtime recital supported by The Ernest Mathieson Bequest.

Dance: Signatures
Saturday 11 May at 8pm
£10 / £8 / £5 (limited tickets for NUS extra card holders)
Signatures is a showcase by emerging choreographers and two students from De Montfort University. The platform nurtures and supports undiscovered talent, to realise their creative potential.


 

 

Courses


Music: Jazz performance
Mondays, 7.15pm - 9.15pm
22 April - 8 July
(not 6 or 27 May)
Tutor: Richard Everitt £70 / £35 for 10 sessions
Gain confidence and develop your performance skills through a better understanding of scales, modes and chords.

Craft: Silver jewellery for improvers
Mondays, 2pm - 4.30pm
15 April - 17 June
(not 6 or 27 May)
Tutor: Kate Bajic £100 / £75 for 8 sessions
An opportunity to learn from a professional jeweller and develop a wide range of techniques for working in silver.

Words: Shakespeare's contemporaries
Tuesdays, 7pm - 9pm
23 April - 2 July
(not 28 May)
Tutor: Richard Gill
£65 / £35 for 10 sessions
The work of Marlowe, Johnson, Middleton, Webster and Ford is inventive and shocking. Discover how their plays still live on the page and stage.

 

 

Workshops


Family: Family fun with stories
Saturday 6 April, 2pm - 3.30pm
Tutor:Lindsey Warnes Carroll £7 (accompanying adult free)
Sessions for all the family to enjoy together. Listen to some wonderful stories and join in the fun, creating the crafts, movement and songs they inspire. Wear some comfortable clothes that you don’t mind getting messy. All materials provided.

Dance: Cheerleading
Saturday 11 May, 10am - 12pm
Tutor: Hannah Myatt, £15 / £10
Shake your pompoms (provided)! With plenty of dance-style cheer moves and combinations, this lighthearted workshop is fun for everyone.

Craft: The art of origami: books
Saturday 18 May, 10am - 3.30pm
Tutor: Phiona Richards £40 / £22
Experience the delights of the gentle art of origami, producing useful and interesting items from folding both decorative and reclaimed paper.

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