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A figure walks through a tunnel.
Performance
  • £10
  • 2 Apr 2023
Sold out

Orpheus dismembered

Enter a subterranean dreamscape with storyteller Ben Haggarty and musician Jonah Brody.
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Empty view of the Japanese gallery.
Demonstration
  • 14 Apr 2023 - 28 Jul 2023
Free

The way of tea

Discover the history of tea drinking and gathering in Japan in this free demonstration of a Japanese tea ceremony.
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Brightly coloured watercolour and ink depiction of Rustam slaying a pink spotted dragon whose tail is coiled around Rustam's horse Rakhsh.
Performance
  • £10
  • 7 May 2023
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The Shahnameh – Book of Kings

Aerial artiste of the spoken word, Xanthe Gresham, dives headlong into the wild mythology of Persia with musician Arash Moradi.
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A close up photograph of a woman wearing a blue dress underwater, with the sun on her face and her eyes closed.
Performance
  • £10
  • 11 Jun 2023
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Dauntless – Grace O'Malley, Pirate Queen

Debs Newbold gleefully delivers the boisterous, remarkable and inspirational story of her hero: Grainne ni Mhaille – Grace O'Malley.
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