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Bristol Music: Mmm Hmm at the Tobacco Factory, Raleigh Road,
November 29
This show offers a paean to the wonders of the human voice. In it, Verity Standen, Dominie Hooper and Ellie Showering sing of modern-day life — of the swiping your Nectar card and commuting delay variety — and they also do a cover of Judy Garland’s You Made Me Love You with biscuit spittle flying out of their mouths. It’s been described as a “slightly barmy but completely charming” experience as the trio display the sheer technical marvel of the human voice in sharing words and syllables one at a time in perfect synchronicity, creating a choral harmonic soundscape. Last show in Bristol tonight, might be worth checking out.
Liverpool Theatre: Little Red Riding Hood at the Everyman Theatre, Hope Street
Until January 17
In keeping with proud tradition, The Everyman’s seasonal offering is a rock’n’roll panto which promises music, mayhem and for some reason lots of water. “You think you know Red Riding Hood/ Who ventured in to the deep dark wood?/Well, this time she’s gone right off the path/She’s totally prepared!/She’s got her cape, she’s all tooled up,/It’s the wolf who should be scared,” runs one of the show’s lyrics. Sounds like frightening fun.
London Exhibition: Rembrandt: The Late Works at the National Gallery, Trafalgar Square, WC2
Until January 19
Rembrandt’s later years were burdened with bankruptcy, acrimonious legal proceedings with a former lover and the loss of his common-law wife and only remaining son. Yet his creativity gathered new energy and until his death in 1669 his bold manipulation of printing and painting techniques and progressive interpretations of traditional subjects inspired generations of artists. This exhibition of masterpieces and rare drawings and prints examines the themes that preoccupied Rembrandt as he grew older — self-scrutiny, experimentation, light, observation of everyday life and even other artists’ works — as well as expressions of intimacy, contemplation, conflict and reconciliation.
Sheffield Exhibition: Picturing Sheffield, Millennium Gallery Arundel Gate
Until April 12
Sheffield, one of the greenest cities in Europe, has been called the largest village in England. Yet it has rarely been called beautiful and Picturing Sheffield examines the relationship between views of the city from the 1700s on and the identity of the people who have lived and died here. From the ghosts of former landmarks to the contemporary regeneration of the city, the exhibition asks what we mean by beauty and whether it can be found in unexpected places. It includes work by JMW Turner, Joe Scarborough, Bill Brandt, Frank Constantine, Godfrey Sykes, Linda Benedict Jones and John Hoyland.
