What’s On: Week 6

Exam term drags on, but life continues elsewhere. Here are this week’s culture listings.

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THEATRE

1) PARADE

ADC
7.45pm, Thurs 30th – Sat 8th June,
Tickets Thurs 30th May £10/8, otherwise £12/10
Info available HERE

This Tony Award-winning musical tells the story of a Brooklyn-born, Jewish factory supervisor accused of murder. This riveting musical combines pop-rock, folk, R&B and gospel styles – definitely something for everyone.

 

2) EMILY WILDING DAVISON: THE ONE WHO THREW HERSELF UNDER THE HORSE

Mumford Theatre, Anglia Ruskin University
7.30pm, Wed 5th June,
£12.50 / 10 concessions / £8.50 students
Info available HERE

Addressing protest, risk, personal sacrifice, and fanaticism, this play has at its centre a real women with hopes, beliefs, a feather boa and a deadpan sense of humour. Worth checking out for something a little different.

 

FILM

1) MY NEIGHBOUR TOTORO

Arts Picurehouse, St. Andrew’s Street
12:30pm, Sat 1st June
£8.00
More information HERE

Two girls, Satsuke and Mei, befriend a group of forest spirits when they move into a country house. The animated Studio Ghibli classic celebrates its 25th Anniversary this year, yet its magical wonder hasn’t aged a day.

 

2) THE PURGE

Vue Cinema, Grafton Centre
Various Times
£6.75 off-peak / £7.95 peak
Information HERE

James DeMonaco’s horror flick posits a society that purges itself by legalising all crime for one night a year. Amidst the carnage, Ethan Hawke and Lena Headey find themselves the target of a particularly bloodthirsty mob.

 

3) THE DISCREET CHARM OF THE BOURGEOISIE

Venue: Lucia Windsor Room, Newnham College
Time: 7pm, Sun 2nd June
Free
Information HERE

Six people plan to have dinner together but their plans are continuously disrupted. Luis Buñuel’s film is considered among the masterpieces of French surrealism, winning an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film in 1972.

 

MUSIC

1) RAP BATTLE: SINFONIE

The Junction
£6, Sat 1st June
£5
Information available HERE

Internationally recognised Cambridge-based Hip Hop arts organisation SIN Cru present Urban SINfonie, the closing party & battle jam for their SINstitute of Hip Hop Arts Festival 2013. We’re not sure what that means, but it could be good.

 

MISC.

1) STRAWBERRY FAIR

Victoria Avenue
Sat 1st June
Free
Information available HERE 

Cambridge’s largest free arts festival returns with music, food, arts & crafts, a short film festival, and the Cambridge Community Circus as a new addition. The fair gets up to 30,000 visitors in a day when the weather’s good, so head over and check it out.

 

2) EXHIBITION: FASHIONING SWITZERLAND

Shiba Gallery, Fitzwilliam Museum
Tue 4 June to Sun 15 September
Information available HERE
FREE

An exhibition of Swiss watercolours and prints of Swiss women in regional costume by the Bernese artist Markus Dinkel. It also includes other artists’ picturesque views of the Swiss landscape. Not the most exciting exhibition we’ve heard about this term, but we’re sure it’ll be pretty.