The Poly
The Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society
Live - February
Paul Spooner
Thursday 16 February, 7.30pm
Tickets: £8 (£7 RCPS members, concs & students)
Paul’s career as an automata maker (“making mechanical jokes for people with short attention spans”) has included commissions for the Science Museum and Louis Vuitton, as well as a television programme, Mechanisms, on Channel 4. His work combines humour and an obsessive attention to detail with delightful and intriguing mechanisms. Every now and then, he puts together a dossier on his career so far and shows it to a group of people hoping that somebody will be able to spot any kind of progress or system. The last time this happened at The Poly was about eight years ago. Let’s have another try.
Penryn Community Theatre presents:
Beauty and the Beast of Bodmin
Friday 17 February, 8pm
Tickets: £8 (£6 RCPS members, concs & students)
Raffle; auditorium drinks; great atmosphere; all-singing, all-dancing, it’s-behind-you extravaganza… It’s panto-in-thepub! Oh no, it isn’t! It’s panto-in-the-pub-at-The-Poly! Penryn Community Theatre (PCT) is back at The Poly for the first/ only stop of their world-tour to scintillate, scandalise and surprise. When Beauty’s naughty sisters become jealous of Mr Right’s intentions, they cast a pernicious spell on him that can only be broken by true love…
RCPS Local History & Research Group presents:
An Evening with David Barnicoat:
150 Years of Falmouth Docks
Wednesday 22 February, 7.30pm in the Chellew Room
Tickets: £5 (£4 RCPS members, concs & students)
Join Falmouth’s senior pilot, David Barnicoat, as he explores the yard’s fascinating history; from the laying of the foundation stone in 1860 to the building of the Queen Elizabeth dry-dock in 1956, and right up to the present day with cruise ships and the Royal Fleet Auxilary. David will also explain the current progress on the port’s planned dredging programme to attract the world’s largest cruise ships to Falmouth.
Medical Maelstrom
Friday 24 February, 8pm
Tickets: £8 (£6 RCPS members, concs & students)
Allow three immensely talented GPs to prescribe you an evening of songs and laughter. The phenomenal Medical Maelstrom will be bringing their hilarious and brilliant musical entertainment to The Poly as a fundraiser for the building. “I really don’t remember laughing so much before!” (audience member).
The Roving Crows
Saturday 25 February, 8pm
Tickets: £8 (£6 RCPS members, concs & students)
The Crows’ inexhaustible energy gives them stand alone status in the insurgent live music scene, boasting fiery fiddle playing, trumpet, guitar, drums, bass and vocals. Completely unique and uncontainable, their original Celtic vibe also draws influences from jazz, ska, folk, kleizmer and blues to create an unbridled festival sound; Crow ‘n’ Roll. 2011 has seen the Crows take their original live performance to some of the top venues and festivals across the UK, including Celtic Connections (Glasgow), the Celtic Festival of Wales, Wychwood Festival (Cheltenham), HMV Institute (Birmingham) and The Troubadour (London). “Just pure musical energy. Tight rhythms, great on-stage personality” (Andrew Marston, BBC).
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