16 Gallery II. Heinrich Böll - Life and Work. Open Monday to Friday, 10am to 6pm, except University holidays. A collaboration between the Goethe Institut and the German Section of the University's Department of Modern Languages, the biographical display depicts the life and work of acclaimed wrier and Nobel Prize winner Heinrich Boll (1917-1985). Boll's life and work are explained and interpreted via large-scale posters which throw new light on one of the most widely read German authors in British Schools and Universities. A series of talks will be hosted in Gallery II. For information, please contact the Goethe Institut (01904-611122). Exhibition runs until 6 November.
23 Dealing with Dyslexia - Workshops on Special Study Techniques. Ashfield Room 1.4. Noon to 2pm. For more information, contact the Disability Office (x5160).
23 Music for Lunch. Alhambra Studio. 1.05pm to 1.50pm. Richard Ingham (saxophone) and Alan Cuckston (piano). Richard Ingham is best known as the soprano saxophonist with the Northern Saxophone Quartet, but is a distinguished soloist in his own right. His recital with Alan Cuckston will include Marcello's Concerto in C Minor and Ricker's Jazz Sonata.
25-26 Theatre in the Mill. The Inheritance. Interference Theatre Co-operative. 7.30pm. Osvald's inheritance is a private room in the Captain Alving Memorial Asylum. The name seems oddly familiar to him, but then so does the nurse. Every afternoon someone new comes to visit. They bring him fruit and flowers, and speak of art and love and life. Then there are the ghosts. Sometimes they come when the others are there, but mostly when he is alone. Picking up where Ibsen left off, Interference present Act IV of his three-act tragedy Ghosts and weave an ever more tangled web of family life gone astray. Interference return to the Mill with their unique brand of poetic, atmospheric and darkly comic theatre.
27 Music Centre. Chamber Music Workshop. 2pm to 5.30pm. Following the success of this workshop last term, this is another opportunity to experience the enjoyment of small-scale music making. Bring your voice or instrument - music and rehearsal space will be provided. Depending on the variety of instruments and voices, there may be string groups, vocal groups (all singing a range of music from madrigals to musicals), brass groups and endless other combinations of a less conventional nature.
30 Electronic Imaging and Media Communications David Howson Annual Lecture Developing a European Digital Media Centre, to be given by Professor Eddy Flerackers, Director of the new Expertise Centre for Digital Media (EDM) at Limburg University in Belgium. He will speak about the experiences and challenges of setting up this facility. EDM is a partner with the EIMC Unit in the European Commission Project's VISINET, MAID and VISTA. 5.30pm. Lecture Theatre, D Floor, Richmond Building. All staff and students welcome.
31 Theatre in the Mill. Raj... from Edmonton. PhD Productions. 7.30pm. Raj is the kind of guy featured in sex case studies in magazines like Cosmo and Marie Claire. He is 30-something and the product of the Beavis and Butthead, Internet-surfing, "in your face" generation. After a call to a late-night phone-in, Raj finds himself in the midst of a bizarre series of events as he finally meets Hope - the woman of his dreams. Fresh from her success at the Asian Drama Festival, Weatherman's Arts Centre, London, writer Peri Allan skilfully reveals Raj's darkest, strangest and most intimate secrets in this honest and uncompromising account of one man's uncertainty. And 1 November.
1 Theatre in the Mill. Raj... from Edmonton. See 31 November.
3 Pinero's The Magistrate. Play reading at the house of a member of the Senior Common Room. 7.15pm. Contact Professor Derry Jones (x3804, 01535-273963).
5 Seminars in Social and Economic Studies, Semester l, 1996-97. Mr Alex O'Neil, Senior Research Manager, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, York, Funding social research: a research commissioner's perspective. 3.30pm to 5pm, Room N13, Richmond Building.
6 Dealing with Dyslexia - Workshops on Special Study Techniques. Ashfield Room 1.4. Noon to 2pm. For more information, contact the Disability Office (x5160).
6 Music for Lunch. Alhambra Studio. 1.05pm to 1.50pm. John Powell (euphonium) and Stewart Death (piano). John Powell graduated from the RNCM in 1944. He was one of the first euphonium players to study the instrument at a British Conservatoire. His programme will include music by GÏdicke, Sparke and an exciting piece for euphonium and synthesiser by Neil Corwell.
6 Sixth Bradford Development Lecture. Government, Environment and Sustainable Development. Sir Crispin Tickell, Warden of Green College, Oxford, and former Permanent Representative to the United Nations. 5.30pm. D4 Lecture Theatre. Tea and biscuits from 5pm. Please contact Wendy Taylor, DPPC (x3955).
7-8 Theatre in the Mill. In Paradisium. Alison Andrews Company. 7.30pm. Three women run into the house, soaking wet. Thunder roars, lighting flashes and rain hammers against the French windows. They all want to create a perfect garden but they cannot agree about the grounds plans, the money or whose idea it was in the first place. They work hard under the hot sun or in a downpour, but sometimes the pruning gets out of hand - and just what is it that makes the compost so rich and dark? With imaginative and compelling text by Lavinia Murray, In Paradisium is a horticultural tragedy in four parts.
13 Music for Lunch. Alhambra Studio. 1.05pm to 1.50pm. Alison Strange (violin) and Annette Saunders (piano). Alison's debut at the Alhambra was a performance of acrobatic virtuosity. With Annette Saunders on the piano, this talented violinist's second visit promises to be equally exciting.
13 Gallery II. Textural Moments - New Sculpture by Deborah Benjamin. Open Monday to Friday, 10am to 6pm, except University holidays. The exhibition features newly commissioned sculptural works by the London-based artist. Benjamin uses a variety of media in her work, including hair, wire, wood, plastics, paper and text. The sculptures explore different ways of communicating ideas and emotions through the tactile object and the written word. Exhibition runs until 13 December.
14-16 Theatre in the Mill. Look Back In Anger, by John Osborne. Bradford University Theatre Group. 7.30pm. Real life guts, pain and anger in the bleakness of bedsit land as Jimmy Porter rails against the system, the Bomb, and his down-trodden wife Alison. He loves her, he hates her, he is slowly killing her, and his best friend Cliff can only watch as the pair tear each other apart. The crunch comes when Alison's best friend Helena arrives on the scene. She represents everything Jimmy hates about his wife's upper class background, but he finds himself helplessly attracted to her. BUTG revel in raw realism with their unique interpretation of John Osborne's classic play.
19 Seminars in Social and Economic Studies, Semester l, 1996-97. Ms Carys Alty, Department of Social and Economic Studies, University of Bradford. Proposed changes in UK adoption policy: from White Paper to Draft Bill. 3.30pm to 5pm. Room N13, Richmond Building.
20 Dealing with Dyslexia - Workshops on Special Study Techniques. Ashfield Room 1.4. Noon to 2pm. For more information, contact the Disability Office (x5160).
20 Music for Lunch. Alhambra Studio. 1.05pm to 1.50pm. Paul Feehan (piano). Last Christmas, Paul gave a highly successful performance of Rachmaninov's Second Piano Concerto with Bradford University. His solo recital will include music by Scarlatti, Beethoven and Debussy.
23 Theatre in the Mill. The Fall of the House of Usherettes. Forkbeard Fantasy. 7.30pm. This is the tale of a Liquid Film, a long defunct celluloid mixture once sprayed from specialised projectors whose leaked ghosts still flicker in labyrinthine libraries. It's the tale of the three doomy sisters who guard them against tomb-robbers for the National Archive. It's the story, in glorious Technicolor both live and on film, of the House of Usherettes and its fall. Famous for wild mechanical sets, absurd characters and mind-boggling trickery with film and cartoon, Forkbeard return to the Mill for one night only. Book early.
24 Opera and Orchestral Workshop - Let's Make an Opera. 1.30pm to 6pm. Small Hall, Richmond Building. A new and exciting type of workshop designed to give all singers and instrumentalists the opportunity to perform some of the great operatic choruses. The music will range from Handel to Puccini.
27 Music for Lunch. Alhambra Studio. 1.05pm to 1.50pm. Antony Hall (trumpet) and Charles Edmundson (piano). In his debut concert as Bradford University's new Fellow in Music, Antony Hall will include compositions by Busser, Haydn, Torelli and GÏdicke.
28-30 Theatre in the Mill. Habeas Corpus, By Alan Bennett. Bradford University Theatre Group. 7.30pm. Not just another "Whoops, Vicar, there go my trousers", Habeas Corpus is a farce with a sting in its tail. From his surgery in Hove, the silk-stocking district of Brighton, Dr Wickstead dispenses medicine and soothing words to his patients. But his peace is shattered by the arrival of the beautiful Felicity Rumpus. Misunderstandings, comedy capers and indiscreet sexual encounters occur as bra-salesman and hypochondriacs come face to face with lords and ladies in Alan Bennett's Carry On comedy for the stage.
30 Wind Orchestra and Chamber Choir Concert. 7.30pm. Music Centre. The culmination of one term's work. The Wind Orchestra will play pieces by Bedford, Gregson and also music from the popular Riverdance. The Chamber Choir programme will include Vaughan Williams' Three Shakespeare Songs and Ginastera's Lamentations of the Prophet Jeremiah. £2 (£1 discounts) on the door.
3 Seminars in Social and Economic Studies, Semester 1, 1996-97. Miss Aliya Darr and Dr Lesly Jones, Ethnicity and Social Policy Research Unit, University of Bradford. Deaf people from minority ethnic communities: an overview of recent developments. 3.30pm to 5pm, Room N13, Richmond Building.
4 Music for Lunch. Alhambra Studio. 1.05pm to 1.50pm. Bradford University Musicians. The University Chamber Choir will perform a selection from the choral repertoire, including music with a Christmas theme.
6-7 Theatre in the Mill. Just Below the Surface. The Kosh. 7.30pm. Inspirational dancer, choreographer and acrobat Sian Williams storms in at the Mill with a one-women double-bill. In a devastating mixture of dance and high wire wizardry, inspired by the poetry of Judith Wilkinson, the Kosh combines language, technology and physical virtuosity. Circuit Breaker uses the dazzle, allure, spectacle and risk of the circus to express a woman's memories of a past love affair. And in Upstart the Spanish farruca is performed to the unconventional sounds of techno and Jungle music.
11 Music for Lunch. Alhambra Studio. 1.05pm to 1.50pm. Artisan (vocal trio). Stuff the Turkey Christmas Show. Britain's best close-harmony trio presents this warm-hearted, song-filled Christmas show for nines to 90s. Seasonal songs, old and new, mixed with a dash of panto, a pinch of music hall and served with a generous dollop of comedy.
12-14 Theatre in the Mill. Toad Of Toad Hall. Bradford University Theatre Group. 7.30pm. The unscrupulous and incorrigible Toad lives in the fast lane. Not content with the quiet riverside life enjoyed by Ratty, Mole and Badger, he ventures into the Wild Wood and beyond, leaving the salubrious Toad Hall behind him. His friends are hot on his trail and do their best to keep him out of trouble - the greatest threat of all are the wily and unpredictable weasels. BUTG brings A A Milne's adaptation of Wind in the Willows to the stage. A musical prelude to Christmas for children and not-so-grown-up adults alike!
14 Theatre in the Mill. Toad of Toad Hall (see above). Matinee performance. 2pm.
14 University Chorus and Orchestra Concert. 7.30pm. Bradford Cathedral. Grace Williams Fantasy on Welsh Nursery Tunes, Saint Sa'ns Danse Macabre, Orff Carmina Burana. £4 (£2 discounts) on the door.
21 Seminars in Social and Economic Studies, Semester 1, 1996-97. Dr Karl Atkin, Ethnicity and Social Policy Research Unit, University of Bradford. Negotiating diagnosis of genetically inherited disorders: Asian and Afro-Caribbean parents' accounts. 3pm to 5pm, Room N13, Richmond Building.
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