The Bookshop Band present... Banned Books!
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Friday 20 April, 20.00 – 21.15
Saturday 21 April, 19.00 – 20.15
The Bookshop Band present a musical exploration of censored works of literature, forbidden authors, taboo topics and obscene magazines. Listen to new commissions inspired by our OZ Magazine Archive.
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Saturday 21 April,
10.00 – 17.00
Celebrate fifty years since the abolishment of theatre censorship in Britain and the Hays Code in American cinema, with a special study day exploring ways in which the arts have both conformed to and actively confronted censorship.
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Belarus Free Theatre: Artists Fighting Oppression
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Sunday 22 April, 14.00 – 17.00
Belarus Free Theatre is the only theatre company in Europe banned by its government on political grounds. Join members of the company for an afternoon exploring their work and artistic process.
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Objects in Focus:
OZ Magazine Archive
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Monday 23 April, 11.30 – 12.30
Join archive cataloguer Alice Ridgway and OZ Magazine designer Richard Adams to examine highlights from the recently acquired Felix Dennis OZ Magazine Archive
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Objects in Focus:
Vivien Leigh, Censorship and Desire
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Monday 23 April, 15.00 – 16.30
Join curator Keith Lodwick to explore documents held in the Vivien Leigh archive, and learn the story of the controversial 1949 UK production of A Streetcar Named Desire.
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Friday Late:
Circus – Past, Present and Future
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Friday 27 April, 18.30 – 21.30
Join us for a Circus-filled Friday Late, tracing a path from the early days of circus through to what the future holds for the art form. Produced in collaboration with Roundhouse CircusFest.
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From Waterloo to the World: 250 Years of Circus
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Saturday 28 April, 10.00 – 17.30
Curators, historians and circus practitioners come together to celebrate 250 years since Philip Astley created the world’s first circus – now a dazzling, thrilling art form loved by audiences around the world.
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Extracts from Metta's Little Mermaid – The Circus Sensation
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Sunday 29 April, 13.00, 14.00, 15.00
Join V&A Circus Residents Metta Theatre as they perform extracts of their spectacular production The Little Mermaid, featuring awe-inspiring circus and spellbinding songs!
Suitable for age 8+
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