Arts and culture news

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The Perfect Couple: a cocktail of Succession, The White Lotus and Agatha Christie that ultimately fails to deliver

“Nantucket!” exclaims Ishmael, the narrator of Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick (1851). “Look at it – a mere hillock, and elbow of sand; all beach, without a background.”
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The harsh process of becoming a K-pop star is opening to western performers

Made in Korea: The K-Pop Experience is a six-part reality show following five British trainees over 100 days as they debut as a Korean-pop (K-pop) idol boy group called Dear Alice. In collaboration with SM Entertainment, a K-pop powerhouse, the show will introduce the behind-the-scenes of making a K-pop idol through an immersive training system.
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Join artist Harriet Morley for a panel discussion around craft, design and the role of the workshop

LU Arts are delighted to welcome artist Harriet Morley, curator Catherine Ince and Associate Professor in History of Art, Dr Marta Ajmar for an afternoon of discussion and debate.
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The Amorous Prince by Aphra Behn was the #MeToo play of the 17th century

Seventeenth-century writer Aphra Behn (1640-89) made her name in London’s theatre world as the playwright who provided the Duke’s Theatre Company (the theatre company chartered by King Charles II at the start of the Restoration era) with some of its biggest hits.

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Fine Art graduate explores the conflict between femininity and performance in women’s sport

As Loughborough athletes compete in Paris this summer, closer to home Loughborough Fine Art graduate, Ellie Robins, has explored her deeply felt and personal experience within the sport of powerlifting through paint and ceramics.
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Fine Art students open new exhibition in Martin Hall Gallery

Fine Art students Fay Sheppard, Gabriella Drewer, and Jay Finnis consider the cyclicality of life in their exhibition ‘All Flesh Is Grass’ by using a range of impermanent mixed media and curatorial methods.
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Olympics 2024 opening ceremony: Expert explains why it’s important and what we can expect to see

The Olympics is just around the corner and as is tradition, the start of the Games will be marked with an opening ceremony.
Two big painted canvases on a wall and four sculptures on stands at the 2024 Degree Show exhibition.

Behind the scenes: School of Design and Creative Arts students on their journey to the Degree Show

Every year the final-year students in the School of Design and Creative Arts (SDCA) put together a final collection to be shown in the Degree Show.
Colourful archway by Atta Kwami in Shirley Pearce Square.

View Loughborough University’s art collection on Art UK

The University is home to a rich and varied art collection, including the largest public sculpture collection in the East Midlands.
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Ten classic films about D-day, recommended by a war historian

The allied invasion of Normandy in June 1944, commonly known as D-day, was an enormously significant moment in the history of the second world war.
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Henry Moore in Miniature shows the brutal influence of wartime on the sculptor’s work

Several themes are explored in the touring exhibition Henry Moore in Miniature, currently on show at the Holburne Museum, Bath, but the standout is the impact of war on Moore’s work.
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Discover student talent at the annual Design and Creative Arts Degree Show

Students from the School of Design and Creative Arts will showcase their final projects in a physical exhibition on campus from 14-16 June.
Illustration of a pile of books with 'LU Literary Festival' written on their spines, two people leaning against the books reading and text underneath reading '30 May-2 June 2024'. The Loughborough University logo is in the top left corner and the LU Arts logo is in the top right corner alongside more illustrations of books linked up by a curly lines.

Loughborough Literary Festival returns

From 30 May-2 June, Loughborough University master’s students are running a literary festival open to the Loughborough community, taking place on campus.
Loughborough College of Art building on Frederick Street, Loughborough taken in 2022.

New exhibition on campus: The Art Schools of the Midlands

Martin Hall Gallery presents ‘The Art Schools of the Midlands’, the latest iteration of John Beck and Matthew Cornford’s ambitious Art School Project exploring the history and legacies of the nation’s art schools.
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Visiting artists to engage with research across both campuses as part of Radar

Ahead of a new programme theme in autumn 2024, Radar has invited a series of visiting artists to engage with research across Loughborough University’s two campuses.
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Reflect and Rejoice: The University Choir’s annual spring concert

The University Choir will be joined by LSU Classical, performing their annual spring concert hosted by LU Arts.
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Enjoy a special performance at this year’s Arts Scholars' Showcase

Come along for performances from our 2023/24 arts scholars featuring a variety of live music, dance, art and readings.
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New exhibition: Tearing up Vogue and Mining the Detritus

An exhibition of practice-based doctoral research by Ehryn Torrell will be on display 2-10 May in the Martin Hall Exhibition Space.
An outdoor sculpture on a grassy mound surrounded by buildings. The sculpture is made of burnt timber posts in different heights positioned in a wave formation with cut out areas.

Sculpture Week 2024

LU Arts is running a series of events to celebrate and raise awareness of our campus sculpture collection.

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Watch Nye at the next National Theatre Live screening on campus

Tim Price's new play ‘Nye’ will be showing at Cope Auditorium on Tuesday 23 April, 7pm.
The Vice-Chancellor Nick Jennings, Jasia Pang and other senior members of staff standing beside Jasia's mural on the side of the Schofield building.

Sustainability mural designed by Loughborough student installed on campus

LU Arts are pleased to announce the installation of a new sustainability mural on the side of the Schofield Building.
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Fruit Routes Spring Events

This March, Fruit Routes are running two exciting events: a Spring Walk and Barefoot Holi.
Flux in situ at Claudia Parsons Hall, Loughborough University.

Flux: A new sculpture for Claudia Parsons

LU Arts is delighted to announce Flux, the newest addition to Loughborough University’s campus sculpture collection.
Andrew Scott looking up alongside the text 'Andrew Scott, Vanya', After Anton Chekhov' and the National Theatre Live logo in the top left corner.

Watch this radical new version of ‘Uncle Vanya’ at Cope Auditorium’s next NT Live screening

‘Vanya’ will be showing at Cope Auditorium on 22 February, 7pm.

Masters of the Air: Apple’s Air Force drama is imperfect, but powerful

Apple TV’s new Second World War series, Masters of the Air, tells the story of the 100th Bomb Group of the US 8th Air Force, which operated B-17 “Flying Fortress” bombers from an airfield at Thorpe Abbotts in Norfolk. The series is based on Donald L. Miller’s history book of the same name and is produced by Stephen Spielberg and Tom Hanks.