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Girl with all the Gifts = Pandora? Greek mythology in Mike Carey’s Melanie-stories

Dr Lynn Fotheringham, Department of Classics and part of the Centre for Ancient Drama and its Reception, gives this talk exploring the link between the Pandora figure in Greek mythology and upcoming film The Girl with all the Gifts, based on the novel by MR Carey.

Tags: CADRE, Centre for Ancient Drama and its Reception, classics, culture, Department of classics, Drama, film, Lynn Fotheringham, popular culture, public lecture, theatre

STUFF – Nottingham New Theatre’s Student Fringe Festival

Taking place this summer, STUFF will be showcasing the very best that the Nottingham New Theatre, The University of Nottingham, and other student theatres have to offer.

Tags: Nottingham New Theatre, Student Fringe Festival, STUFF, theatre

What’s on at Nottingham Lakeside Arts?

Nottingham Lakeside Arts’ programme for April to August 2016 has arrived! Highlights include David Jones: Vision […]

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Tags: art, brochure, community, Drama, music, Nottingham Lakeside Arts, spring, theatre

Polari: the lost and found gay language

Professor Paul Baker, Lancaster University, joins us to discuss the history of Polari – a ‘form of theatrical slang incorporating Italianate words, rhyming slang, and Romany, used especially by homosexuals’ (Oxford Dictionaries).

Tags: equality and diversity, history, Lancaster University, language, LGBT, LGBT Histor Month, LGBT History Month 2016, linguistics, Nottingham Lakeside Arts, Paul Baker, people and culture, theatre