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Ed Byrne: Tragedy Plus Time
From the quote attributed to Mark Twain, humour is defined as Tragedy Plus Time. Come and join Ed as he tests that formula by mining the most tragic event in...
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English Research Seminar -- Dr Megan Leitch (University of Cardiff)
The Medieval Middlebrow: Romance and the Body Politic, 1300-1534
English Research Seminar featuring Dr Megan Leitch (University of Cardiff) -- "The Medieval Middlebrow: Romance and the Body Politic,...
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Alexander Berry and Colonial Legacies
A colloquium hosted by the School of English
In 1889 the University of St Andrews received a gift of £100,000 from David Berry fulfilling the intentions of his older brother Alexander who had been a...
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What a Waste! Representations of Waste in the Post-War (1945-1990)
What a Waste! is an interdisciplinary graduate conference platforming new critical work on the environmental humanities. Whether you're interested in the...
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Light from the East: Middle Eastern Art (Dr Fabio Caiani)
Free, but please book your tickets on the Byre Theatre website
This event is a multi-media celebration of Middle Eastern art in honour of Catherine Cobham (former Head of the Arabic and Persian Department). Renowned Syrian...
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Cancelled
English Research Seminar -- Maureen McLane
Maureen McLane will be reading from her new collection of poems, What You Want (Penguin, 2023).
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My Doric Diary
7.30pm -- Pay what you can £15.00 / £12.00 / £10.00
A Doric jukebox musical from Katie Barnett and James Siggens of AyeTunes!, My Doric Diary is a heart-warming story about what it means to love and what it takes...
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Suitcase Stories: The Seven Ravens
Pay what you can £8.00 / £6.00 / £4.00
Tragic Carpet Theatre presents The Seven Ravens. A Raven visits a young girl. Why are the birds gathering? and what is the secret that Ada learns about her...
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Suitcase Stories: The Seven Ravens
Pay what you can: £8, £6 or £4
Tragic Carpet Theatre presents The Seven Ravens. A Raven visits a young girl. Why are the birds gathering? and what is the secret that Ada learns about her...
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English Research Seminar -- Jesse Nathan (University of California, Berkeley)
Jesse Nathan (University of California, Berkeley) reading from 'Eggtooth'
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Cancelled
English Research Seminar -- Dr Sonja Lawrenson (Manchester Metropolitan University)
The Supernatural 'At Home and Abroad:' Imperial Gothic in Maria Edgeworth's Belinda
English Research Seminar featuring Dr Sonja Lawrenson (Manchester Metropolitan University) discussing "The Supernatural 'At Home and Abroad:'...
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Menstruation Matters: Fighting Stigma in Scotland Today (Bettina Bildhauer)
Free, but please book your tickets on the Byre Theatre website
At least half of the world's population experience menstruation and the menopause at some stage in their lives, and yet we hardly ever speak about it....
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Phillis Wheatley's Poems at 250 --- talk and exhibition launch
Join award-winning playwright Adeola Solanke for an introduction to Phillis Wheatley, one of the first published Black creative writers in English. 2023 marks...
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In conversation: Ade Solanke and May Sumbwanyambe
Major playwrights discuss dramatising Black experience in 18th Century Britain
Adeola Solanke is an award-winning playwright and screenwriter, and founder of Spora Stories, telling the stories of the African diaspora. Her new play, Phillis...
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English Research Seminar --- Travis Mossotti (Washington University)
Travis Mossotti (Washington University) seminar and the UK book launch for his new poetry collection "Racecar Jesus"
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Witness for the Prosecution
Mermaids Performing Arts Fund present: Witness for the Prosecution 7.30pm -- Pay What You Can £12.00 / £10.00 / £8.00 Experience Agatha Christie's...
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Witness for the Prosecution
Mermaids Performing Arts Fund present: Witness for the Prosecution 7.30pm -- Pay What You Can £12.00 / £10.00 / £8.00 Experience Agatha Christie's...
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English Research Seminar --- Kaite O'Reilly
New Soup from Old Bones - on adaptation and reinvention
School of English Research Seminar featuring playwright Kaite O'Reilly. New Soup from Old Bones -- on adaptation and reinvention. From the earliest...
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English Research Seminar --- Dr Tamsin Badcoe (University of Bristol)
Writing Saltwater Experience in the Early Modern Literary Sea Voyage
School of English Research Seminar featuring Dr Tamsin Badcoe (University of Bristol) -- Writing Saltwater Experience in the Early Modern Literary Sea...
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A Bunch of Amateurs -- The Film (15)
St Andrews Play Club and the Byre present
Nothing can replace the real thing, but following the disappointing (but necessary) cancellation of St Andrews Play Club, this hilarious film is the next best...
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A Bunch of Amateurs -- The Film (15)
St Andrews Play Club and the Byre present
Nothing can replace the real thing, but following the disappointing (but necessary) cancellation of St Andrews Play Club, this hilarious film is the next best...
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English Research Seminar -- Dr Katie Halsey (University of Stirling)
Books, Borrowing and New Versions of Scottish Literary History
Dr Katie Halsey (University of Stirling) -- "Books, Borrowing and New Versions of Scottish Literary History"
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CALL FOR PAPERS: Saints English Graduate Conference
An interdisciplinary conference run by and for postgraduate and early career researchers. This year's theme is 'Play and Pleasure'.
This interdisciplinary conference aims to explore the dynamic relationships between play and pleasure in various literary and cultural contexts, while...
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A Queer Bestiary
Non/Humans in Contemporary US Literature
This talk outlines Dr Lloyd's forthcoming book, A Queer Bestiary: Non/Humans in Contemporary US Literature. Taking the Medieval bestiary as its starting...
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English Research Seminar -- Professor Francis Leneghan (University of Oxford)
'Beowulf and the Wrath of God'
School of English Research Seminar featuring Professor Francis Leneghan (University of Oxford). Professor Leneghan will be discussing 'Beowulf and the...
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Your Favourite Festive Film
What's your favourite festive film? The magic of Christmas is in your hands as we open up a vote for one of these absolute classics to be screened....
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It's A Wonderful Life
Christmas just wouldn't be the same without It's A Wonderful Life. Come along and immerse yourself in the spirit of the season with this ultimate...
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Mike A. Do: The Dictator of St Andrews
University of St Andrews Gilbert & Sullivan Society present
In this new retelling of Gilbert and Sullivan's classic The Mikado, The Mike A. Do finds our young lovers betrothed to undesirable partners and at risk of...
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English Research Seminar -- Dr Edward Allen
Catch as Catch Can: Towards an Understanding of Literary-Sonic Pests
Dr Allen is Associate Professor in modern British and Irish Literature, and a Fellow of Christ's College, Cambridge. His primary focus is sound and media...
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Alberta Whittle: The Axe Forgets, But The Tree Remembers
Alberta Whittle's film commission The Axe Forgets, But The Tree Remembers is a multi-voiced portrayal of members of the Windrush Generation and their...
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Oppenheimer (15)
Cillian Murphy is J. Robert Oppenheimer, the talented physicist who spearheaded the Manhattan Project in Christopher Nolan's acclaimed biopic.
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Kings of the Blues
The Main Street Blues Band return to the Byre with their stunning electric blues tribute to the masters, BB King, Albert King and Freddy King. The show, which...
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English Research Seminar --- Thijs Porck (Leiden University)
Old English is Dutch and Beowulf is ours! Appropriations of Early Medieval English in 19th-Century Europe
"In the 19th century, Old English poems were claimed as cultural heritage by various non-Anglophone nations, including Scandinavians, the Germans and the...
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Byre World: Kaili Blues
Join Dr Keru Cai for a screening of the 2015 film Kaili Blues, which brought international acclaim to the young Chinese filmmaker Bi Gan. Hailing from the...
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SCO 23/24: Berlioz, Mozart and Ravel with Francois Leleux and Carolyn Sampson
Tickets £20.00 / Senior citizens £18.00 / Disabled £10.00 / Students, Unemployed & U26 £6.00 / Under 18s FREE
François Leleux conductor / oboe Carolyn Sampson soprano MOZART Symphony No 25 BERLIOZ Cantata: Herminie MOZART arr LELEUX Arias for oboe from The Magic Flute...
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Celtic Fiddle Festival
Coming together to celebrate the violin in all of its globe-trotting variations, the Celtic Fiddle Festival present a night of stunning music performed solo and...
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National Theatre Live: Skylight (15)
2.00pm --- Pay What You Can £20.00 / £15.00 / £10.00 Written by David Hare Directed by Stephen Daldry Returning to the big screen after nearly ten years,...
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Stories in migration: politics, gender and literature in the UK
In conversation with Dr Liliana Chřvez-Díaz, University of St Andrews and Dr Dunia Gras, Universitat de Barcelona. What memories will remain of those without...
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Plinth
Renowned visual theatre maker Al Seed presents his latest striking work Plinth, which examines the role and re-appraisal of statues. At the heart of Plinth is...
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Persian Party --- Student LATE
Get ready to party with a purpose as the Persian Society take over the Wardlaw Museum. Join us for karaoke, cocktails, dancing and more. One FREE drink...
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ROH 23/24 Season: Manon (12A)
This adaptation of Abbé Prévost's novel embodies Kenneth MacMillan at his best, his acute insight into human psychology and his mastery of narrative...
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St Andrews Green Film Festival present EO (15)
This stunning, Academy Award nominated film follows a donkey who encounters on his journeys good and bad people, experiences joy and pain, exploring a vision of...
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St Andrews Musical Theatre Society (SAMS) present The Addams Family
The wonderful St Andrews Musical Society (SAMS) bring everyone's favourite kooky family to the Byre in this spectacular musical comedy from the writers of...
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Byre World: When there's love inside
Join Senior Lecturer of the School of Modern Languages, Orhan Elmaz on Valentine's Day for a literary conversation about everything the heart may (or may...
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What's Love Got To Do With It? (12A)
Lily James stars as Zoe, a successful documentary filmmaker on the hunt for her next project. When her childhood friend Kaz (Shazad Latif) announces that he is...
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Laidlaw Music Centre Spring Concert Series: Maximiliano Martín and Friends
Honorary Professor of Woodwind and one of Europe's foremost clarinettists, Maximiliano Martín curates a programme including music by Mozart, Rossini and...
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Dr Faustus
Mermaids Performing Arts Fund presents
In Mermaids' retelling of Christopher Marlowe's tragedy, Doctor Faustus is a scholar who feels he knows all. In desperate search of joy and...
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English Research Seminar -- Professor Catherine Spooner
Gothic White: A Counter-History of the White Dress in Modern Literature and Culture
Women in white are ubiquitous in Gothic fiction and film, from the eighteenth-century illustrations to Ann Radcliffe's novels, to the folk costumes of...
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SCO 23/24: Lindberg, Stravinsky and Shostakovich with Maxim and Pekka
Tickets £20.00 / Senior citizens £18.00 / Disabled £10.00 / Students, Unemployed & U26 £6.00 / Under 18s FREE
Maxim Emelyanychev conductor Pekka Kuusisto violin FAURÉ Suite: Pelléas & Mélisande LINDBERG Violin Concerto No 1 STRAVINSKY Dumbarton Oaks SHOSTAKOVICH...
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Ragnarok
Tortoise in a Nutshell and Figurteatret i Nordland, in association with Macrobert Arts Centre present
A golden age is ending. There have been three years of winter. The sun hangs low in the sky, unmoving, and the bonds of kinship are failing. A collision of...
