From art exhibitions to captivating theatre, if you would like to immerse yourself in some culture, here are our top picks for what’s on this month…
THE GOING TOWARDS
SITE GALLERY: STUDIO I // 31 Oct-12 Nov //Free
This month, The University of Sheffield and Site Gallery will present The going towards by artist Elisa Larvego. Featuring audiovisual work produced in Calais, France, The going towards exhibition seeks to amplify the voices of refugees, volunteers and activists in order to expose processes of marginalisation in the area.
The artist’s body of work centres around ‘places of limit’ – areas temporarily occupied due to social revolt or exile. Her sensitive documentary approach highlights the complexity of relationships between people and their surrounding landscapes. In Site Gallery’s Studio I, she will exhibit a three-screen video and audio installation focused on refugee experience in Calais.
sitegallery.org.uk
AND THEN THERE WERE NONE
LYCEUM // 7-11 NOV // £15-£45
The best-selling crime novel of all time heads to Sheffield Theatres with a brand-new production! Ten strangers are lured to a solitary mansion off the coast of Devon. When a storm cuts them off from the mainland, the true reason for their presence on the island becomes horribly clear.
sheffieldtheatres.co.uk
SHEFFIELD PRINT FAIR
MILLENIUM GALLERY // 11 NOVEMBER
Sheffield Print Fair returns for its 10th year and will once again celebrate some of the finest printmaking talent in the city with 43 artists taking part. There will a wide range of prints for sale, available to buy direct from the artists, plus demonstrations, kids workshops, a print raffle and a printmaker’s printmaker award!
sheffieldprintfair.blogspot.com
NOISES OFF
LYCEUM // 28 NOV-2 DEC //£15-£45
One of the greatest British comedies ever written returns to Sheffield, direct from a sell-out West End run. Michael Frayn’s celebrated play serves up a riotous double bill, a play within a play following the on and offstage antics of a touring theatre company stumbling their way through a fictional farce.
sheffieldtheatres.co.uk
ENGLAND & SON
PLAYHOUSE // 28-29 NOV // £12-£14
Set when The Great Devouring comes home, England & Son is a one-man play written by Ed Edwards specifically for the award-winning political comedian Mark Thomas. Expect a kaleidoscopic odyssey where disaster capitalism, empire, stolen youth and stolen wealth merge into the simple tale of a working-class boy who just wants his dad to smile at him.
sheffieldtheatres.co.uk
UNNATURAL CYCLES – A GHOST STORY
THEATRE DELI // 18 NOV // £7.50-£12.50
There’s a growing dark cloud above the Rosenberg house. Two women – one dead, one alive – need to reconcile their differences to remove it and let in new life. Written and performed by Avital Raz, this production is a nuanced exploration of infertility, faith and what it means to bear the weight of inherited generational trauma.
theatredeli.co.uk
