What’s on | Editor’s pick 28 April – 5 May
Lest we forget
In conjunction with a new book to commemorate the 70th anniversary of D-Day, this photographic exhibition, D-Day–The Last of the Liberators, at IWM Duxford is moving, visually beautiful, thought-provoking and informative. Robin Savage’s portraits record the brave souls who fought for freedom, often having returned to locations that are tied to their experiences and memories of battle.
D-Day–The Last of the Liberators
Tuesday, 29 April, 9 – 5 pm (runs until December 2014)
Airspace, IWM Duxford, Cambridgeshire
www.iwm.org.uk
Remarkable Romans
Catharine Edwards – Professor of Classics and Ancient History at Birkbeck, University of London, and presenter of BBC4’s Mothers, Murderers and Mistresses: Empresses of Ancient Rome – turns ‘history’ into ‘herstory’ as she explores the role of women in the hyper-masculine world of ancient Rome…
The Dangers of Powerful Women? Rome and Britain in the time of Nero
Wednesday, 30 April, 7.30 – 9.15 pm
John Clare Theatre, Peterborough Central Library, Broadway, Peterborough
www.vivacity-peterborough.com
Queen’s Delight
Peterborough Morris Dancers will salute the sun with dance as it rises on May Day morn, at the somewhat eye-watering early hour of 5.15 in the morning. If you’re out and about it could be a lovely way to start the day.
Peterborough Morris Dancers
Thursday, 1 May, 5.15 – 6.15 am
Custom House, Nene Embankment, Nene Road, Peterborough
www.peterboroughmorris.co.uk
A fishy tale
Hans Christian Anderson’s poignant story has been transformed into a visually luscious ballet, the perfect medium to express the grace of underwater movement, and of course the part in which the little mermaid is granted the skill to dance.
The Little Mermaid
Friday, 2 May, 7.30 – 9 pm
Key Theatre, Embankment Road, Peterborough
www.vivacity-peterborough.com
