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Arts Ahead

Our pick of the best upcoming cultural events

FAVERSHAM THEATRE

United We Stand

Arden Theatre

Leslie Smith Drive

February 21

This outstanding show — a great combination of music, comedy and hard-hitting theatre performed by William Fox and its writer Neil Gore — tells the story of Des Warren, Ricky Tomlinson and the Shrewsbury 24. They were falsely accused of criminal conspiracy during the 1972 building workers’ strike and the show’s a timely boost for the campaign to overturn their convictions and clear their names. It’s been packing them out all over the country and now, backed by Kent Morning Star Readers’ and Supporters’ group and the Conversation Poetry Project, it’s Faversham’s turn for a great night out. Don’t miss. 

conversationpoetry.co.uk

 

LONDON EXHIBITION

Bonaparte and the British: Prints and
Propaganda in the Age of Napoleon

British Museum

Great Russell Street, WC1

Until August 16

This free exhibition focuses on the printed propaganda that either reviled or glorified Napoleon Bonaparte (1769–1821) on both sides of the English Channel and explores how his formidable career coincided with the peak of political satire as an art form. It includes works by British and French satirists, including James Gillray and Auguste Gaspard Louis Boucher Desnoyers, who were inspired by political and military tensions to combine caricature and traditional satire with the vigorous narrative introduced by William Hogarth earlier in the century.

britishmuseum.org

 

LONDON THEATRE

The Domestic Extremists

The Space

Westferry Road, E14

Until February 28

The Domestic Extremists tells the story of young TV director Chloe, desperate to make a hard-hitting documentary about the marketisation of universities. The company she works for wants a sensational story about protesters but what is uncovered about the police, protest and government surveillance is far more explosive. Chloe and the channel bosses are forced to choose between their conscience and their careers in what’s billed as a dark satire of a media industry that struggles to cover dissent. Could be worth checking out. 

space.org.uk

 

SHEFFIELD EXHIBITION

The Illustrated Aviary

Millennium Gallery

Arundel Gate

Until June 14. Free

The collection of 19th-century naturalist Thomas Campbell Eyton features prominently in this exhibition which features watercolours and prints of birds which reveal not only their beauty but their vulnerability — many of the birds depicted have now vanished or are under threat. Among the 70 images on show are works by notable bird artists such as John James Audubon (pictured), Edward Lear and John Gould, which chart their discoveries and techniques with vivid and luxurious imagery.

www.museums-sheffield.org.uk

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