Live - January

Talk

Cornwall: Strange But True
Wednesday 18th January, 7.30pm
£5.00/£4.00 (RCPS Members, Conc & Students)
Chellew Room (New Street Entrance)

Alan and Anne Cox are long term members of Falmouth Camera Club and give light-hearted talks to many groups all over Cornwall. This is your opportunity to hear many stories that you will never have heard, including Pocahontas and Queen’s Pit, a Gypsy Cemetery and a church with a vicar, but no congregation…

Music

The Carey Collective
Friday 20th January, 8.00pm
£8.00/£6.00 (RCPS Members, Conc & Students)

The Carey Collective comes to the Poly fresh from its debut as the House Band at Eden Projects’ “Time of Gifts” 2011.
 
The Ensemble, which draws entirely on creative musical talent within Cornwall, is made of 11 musicians including world folk band “BragaTanga”, plus two percussionists, guitarist, pianist, horn section and a handful of singers.

The Band is led by Jim Carey, who has produced haunting soundtracks for film makers, and has created inspirational music for the likes of Cornwall’s Kneehigh and Miracle Theatre Companies, Cscape dance and Eden Project productions.

Treat yourself to this diverse and exciting mix of new arrangements of some traditional BragaTanga tunes. Indulge in the soulful explorations of Jim’s own songs and compositions and share the exuberance of the collaborative bigger band sound. Plus special guests, Eden Choir leader, Vicky Abbott and friends.

This is rare opportunity to see a very unique and powerful performance.

Theatre

Roland Penrose: A Portrait of Space
Saturday 21st January, 7.30pm
Free

Directed by David Burrough and written by Anthony Penrose, this is the story of Roland Penrose, a Surrealist artist and champion of modern art in Britain. Discover his extraordinary life, his relationship to Lee Miller and how they shaped the face of art.

Talk

Fal Energy Partnership: Inspiration into Action 2012
Wednesday 25th January, 7.30pm
£2.00

Fal Energy Partnership is developing an integrated renewable energy plan for energy wealth in the area. Join them and their speakers to find out how some communities are already ensuring a secure energy future for themselves – and what’s happening in your area to address rapidly rising petrol, natural gas and electricity prices. This project builds on the significant numbers of studies which have been already carried out for the Falmouth and Penryn area, alongside an assessment of the present energy use and potential for renewable energy in the area.

How to make it happen: local energy, local wealth and local resilience.

Talk

Alison Bevan: Art and the Sea: Charles Napier Hemy and the Newlyn School
Thursday 26th January, 7.30pm
£8.00/£7.00 (RCPS Members, Conc & Students)

Alison’s talk will explore the work of Charles Napier Hemy RA, RWS (1841–1917) in the context of the Newlyn School painters.

West Cornwall’s spectacular scenery has attracted visiting artists since the early 19th century. In the 1880s, a group of British painters began to gather in Newlyn who shared a desire to paint in the rural realist style of their European counterparts. discovering a similar source of inspiration in Cornwall.

The first resident artist was Walter Langley, who moved to Newlyn in 1882, and by September 1884, there were at least twenty-seven resident artists working in the village, while others who were recognised as part of the ‘Newlyn School’ based themselves in St Ives, Lelant or Falmouth.

One such was Charles Napier Hemy, who was born in Newcastle, but spent the majority of this career in Falmouth and became best known for his paintings of maritime scenes around the Cornish coast. A friend and colleague of the Newlyn School painters, his work was exhibited alongside theirs in his lifetime and shares some of their subjects and techniques.

Settling himself in Falmouth and using a converted fishing boat as a floating studio, Hemy became acclaimed as the most accomplished marine painter of his generation. From his childhood he developed a life-long passion for sailing and his work demonstrates his intimate knowledge of the sea’s myriad shapes and hues. His friend, fellow artist Sir Frank Brangwyn, wrote “His knowledge of the sea was superb. As a draughtsman of wave forms he stands alone.”

Alison Bevan is Director of Penlee House Gallery & Museum, Penzance, which specialises in exhibiting the work of the Newlyn, Lamorna and early St Ives art colonies (1880-1940). Since moving to Cornwall in 1999, she has gained particular expertise about Newlyn School paintings, on which she has lectured in the UK, USA and France, including at the Malvern and Daphne Du Maurier Festivals and the Celtic Congress

Comedy

Seann Walsh + Support: Ying and Young Tour 2012
Friday 27th January, 8.00pm
£10.00/£8.00 (RCPS Members, Conc. and Students)

Stand Up For The Week's (Channel 4) and star of 'Live At The Apollo'
(BBC 1) and new team captain of Argumental (Dave) Seann Walsh is
taking his all-new hour of razor- sharp observational comedy across
the UK this Autumn with his show

'Ying and Young'. Charming and charismatic, a natural born
observational storyteller, Seann is one of the most frighteningly
precocious talents to emerge from the UK comedy circuit in years.

Within two years of his first comedy performance Seann became the
winner of the Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year. Shortly after,
other accolades included Chortle Best Breakthrough Act Nominee 2010
and Chortle Best Compere Nominee 2011. Seann has also been listed as
one of DAVE's top 10 stand-ups to catch in 2011.

Seann's recent TV appearances include: Live At The Apollo (BBC 1)
Never Mind The Buzzcocks (BBC2), Mock The Week (BBC2), 8 Out Of 10
Cats (Channel 4) and Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow (BBC1).

"to describe his act, however, cannot do justice to the energy being
sweated out on stage....hysterical, Walsh is well on his way to
becoming a star attraction"(The Independent)

"Seann Walsh got one of the biggest reactions of the night, and
deservedly so. Observational comics have their detractors, but there
is still something special about the comedy of recognition when it is
done properly and with creativity as it is with Walsh" (The British
Comedy Guide)

"A gifted observational comedian...a well rounded, accomplished
performer...undoubtedly a star in the very near future" (The Scotsman)

"Seann Walsh is an extremely funny man.... Walsh had the crowd in
stitches......don't miss this opportunity to see him on tour" (The Sun)

Music/Film

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari - Dir. Robert Wiene, U, 55 mins
With live music from Seamas H. Carey and the Cinematic Ensemble
Saturday 28th January, 7.30pm

Following the sell-out success of the Silent Movie Night in October, Seamas H. Carey returns with The Cinematic Ensemble to present The Cabinet of Dr. Calligari.
Regarded as one of the most influential German Expressionist films, Robert Wiene's 1920 silent horror is said to of inspired Edward Scissorhands and introduced the 'twist ending' in cinema.

With a semi-improvised live score, expect an evening of madcap music from The Cinematic Ensemble, using instruments such as Theremin, Accordion, Cello, Electric Guitar, Drums, Hurdygurdy and Voice. It’s a night not be missed!

For adults and brave children...