2nd Mar 2020, 7:30pm
The Arts Centre
Hosted by Edge Hill’s very own Charity Shop Pop, Open Mic is an opportunity for Edge Hill students who can sing, dance, recite poetry, play an instrument or surprise us with a hidden talent, to come along and show off theirs.
3rd Mar 2020, 7:30pm
The Arts Centre
Contemporary dance and live music synchronises in a fearless evocative piece. In Chinese philosophy yin and yang describe how opposite forces are interdependent and need each other to co-exist. Performed by four female artists, Yin reflects upon these universal symbols, drawing inspiration from the natural life cycle and lived experiences.
4th Mar 2020, 1:30pm
The Arts Centre
Wicked Women celebrates extraordinary women from history that changed the world. A moving and uplifting physical performance exploring the lives of known and unknown heroines from Elizabeth I to Malala Yousafzai.
4th Mar 2020, 7:00pm
The Arts Centre
Wicked Women celebrates extraordinary women from history that changed the world. A moving and uplifting physical performance exploring the lives of known and unknown heroines from Elizabeth I to Malala Yousafzai.
4th Mar 2020, 7:30pm
The Arts Centre
Blinded By The Light tells the story of Javed a British teen of Pakistani descent, growing up in the town of Luton, England, in 1987. Amidst the racial and economic turmoil of the times, he writes poetry as a means to escape the intolerance of his hometown and the inflexibility of his traditional father. But when a classmate introduces him to the music of 'the Boss’, Javed sees parallels to his working-class life in Springsteen's powerful lyrics.
5th Mar 2020, 3:00pm
Creative Edge - Lecture Theatre
We are delighted to welcome Tom de Ville to Edge Hill University to host a screenwriting masterclass.
5th Mar 2020, 6:00pm
Creative Edge
We are delighted to welcome to campus the child star of The Neverending Story, Noah Hathaway.
5th Mar 2020, 7:30pm
The Arts Centre
James Wilton Dance, one of Europe’s most in demand dance companies, present The Storm, a whirlwind of lightning fast, athleticism, where acrobatics, break-dancing, martial arts and contact work fuse to form dance that will blow audiences away.
6th Mar 2020, 9:30am - 4:30pm
Edge Hill University - Dance Studio, Performing Arts
This symposium is intended for dance and healthcare professionals in all capacities, as well as artists and academics in the field of arts in health
6th Mar 2020, 12:15pm - 1:45pm
Faculty of Education - Lakeside Building, Room E5
Bruce Macfarlane, professor of higher education at the University of Bristol, will discuss how the student engagement movement has become a worldwide phenomenon and national student engagement surveys are now well-established internationally
6th Mar 2020, 7:30pm
The Arts Centre
Mrs Pankhurst’s Players return to mark International Women’s Day 2020 by offering a sneak peek behind the curtains of their new show: Sugar, Daddy?
7th Mar 2020, 10:15am - 8th Mar 2020, 4:00pm
Edge Hill University - Performing Arts
Two-day workshop aimed at dance and healthcare professionals in all capacities, as well as artists and academics in the field of arts in health.
10th Mar 2020, 7:00pm
The Arts Centre
James McAvoy (X-Men, Atonement) returns to the stage in an inventive new adaptation of Cyrano de Bergerac, broadcast live to cinemas from the West End in London.
10th Mar 2020, 7:30pm
The Arts Centre
RED is fearless, RED is fierce, RED is powerful – a one woman show full of film and fabulousness. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you won’t forget.
11th Mar 2020, 2:30pm - 6:00pm
Edge Hill University
An information event for parents or carers of students from Year 9 to Year 13 offering impartial advice and guidance on areas relating to higher education, and how they can support young people in school, and in making choices for the future.
11th Mar 2020, 7:00pm
The Arts Centre
Deep Cuts Away Day #3 featuring top new music by Motel Sundown, New Mexico, Davy Edge and friends plus new duo Anemona and storytelling from ROY.
11th Mar 2020, 7:30pm
The Arts Centre
Based on world-shaking true events, Official Secrets tells the gripping story of Katharine Gun (Keira Knightley), a British intelligence specialist whose job involves routine handling of classified information. One day in 2003, in the lead up to the Iraq War, Gun receives a memo from the NSA with a shocking directive: the United States is enlisting Britain's help in collecting compromising information on United Nations Security Council members in order to blackmail them into voting in favour of an invasion of Iraq.
12th Mar 2020, 8:00pm
The Arts Centre
See the bizarro character comedy nominated for ‘best show’ at the Edinburgh festival. Visit Ginster’s, a holiday camp experience you’ll not forget in a hurry. Join the Salmon Coats as they keep the guests entertained, medicated and above all else - obedient.
13th Mar 2020, 7:30pm
The Arts Centre
Big Brum’s production of ‘The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde’ adapted by Chris Cooper is a powerful drama, rich in imagery that illuminates the themes at the heart of Stevenson’s complex text.
14th Mar 2020, 8:00pm
The Arts Centre
Another brilliant night of comedy from A Rush Of Laughter, with Chris McCausland, Esther Manito (Russell Kanes Evil Genius & Radio 4) and Tom Deacon (The Rob Brydon Show, Daves One Night Stand, Fake Reaction, BBC2, Sky F1, Radio 1 & Capital FM). Hosted by Adam Rushton.
16th Mar 2020, 8:00pm
The Arts Centre
Important Notice: Jazz in the Red Bar this evening has been cancelled.
17th Mar 2020, 7:30pm
The Arts Centre
Charlotte Vincent combines movement, strong visual imagery and spoken word to investigate cycles of childhood trauma, rupture and repair.
18th Mar 2020, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Tech Hub
Come and discover more about our research degrees at Edge Hill University
18th Mar 2020, 7:30pm
The Arts Centre
Consummate con man Roy Courtnay has set his sights on his latest mark: the recently widowed Betty McLeish, worth millions. But this time, what should have been a simple swindle escalates into a cat-and-mouse game with the ultimate stakes. Starring Helen Mirren, Ian McKellan, Russell Tovey and Downton Abbey’s Jim Carter.
18th Mar 2020, 7:30pm
The Arts Centre
Irenosen Okojie’s debut novel Butterfly Fish won a Betty Trask award and was shortlisted for an Edinburgh International First Book Award. Leone Ross is a novelist, short story writer, editor and lecturer in fiction writing. Her first novel, All The Blood Is Red was long listed for the Orange Prize in 1997.
19th Mar 2020, 6:00pm - 7:15pm
Business School - B001
In his inaugural lecture, Professor Mehmet Pinar will give an overview of the use of indices in social sciences and education, to question the way they are used and constructed. His research demonstrates that these indices are uncertain, as they are based on subjective choices made by policymakers.
19th Mar 2020, 7:30pm
The Arts Centre
Herring Girls is a multimedia dance collaboration helmed by Vicci Riley. Herring Girls makes visible the remarkable stories of women that gutted and salted fish for a living. It also shines a light on the ‘silver darlings’. Movement, text, story, sound and video join forces to create an embodied folk tale.
20th Mar 2020, 7:30pm
The Arts Centre
NARRATIVES OF 0S AND 1S brings together the world of data through movement and the oral vocabulary of Indian classical dance form, Bharatanatyam.
21st Mar 2020, 8:00pm
The Arts Centre
The UK's biggest, most successful Simon and Garfunkel theatre show with a full live band is back!
23rd Mar 2020, 2:30pm
The Arts Centre
Hedda is unable to live . . . a victim of the way things are. Hedda cares little for others, particularly the new husband and the old flame. Hedda is unkind and self-serving to the point of thinking nothing of crushing the hopes of others. This queer reimagining of Henrik Ibsen’s masterpiece is cinematic theatre starring the iconic artist David Hoyle in a one person show, directed by Jen Heyes with original composition by Tom Parkinson.
23rd Mar 2020, 7:30pm
The Arts Centre
Hedda is unable to live . . . a victim of the way things are. Hedda cares little for others, particularly the new husband and the old flame. Hedda is unkind and self-serving to the point of thinking nothing of crushing the hopes of others. This queer reimagining of Henrik Ibsen’s masterpiece is cinematic theatre starring the iconic artist David Hoyle in a one person show, directed by Jen Heyes with original composition by Tom Parkinson.
24th Mar 2020, 3:00pm - 5:00pm
Law and Psychology - Room LP 0.25
For the fifth year of our successful Annual Policing Lecture, we are delighted to have Professor Philip Stenning of Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia discussing developments in policing.
24th Mar 2020, 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Faculty of Education
Once each month, on a Tuesday evening, a speaker from the world of Religion and/or Religious Education will be invited to share with us the wisdom derived from their research.
24th Mar 2020, 7:30pm
The Arts Centre
Hedda is unable to live . . . a victim of the way things are. Hedda cares little for others, particularly the new husband and the old flame. Hedda is unkind and self-serving to the point of thinking nothing of crushing the hopes of others. This queer reimagining of Henrik Ibsen’s masterpiece is cinematic theatre starring the iconic artist David Hoyle in a one person show, directed by Jen Heyes with original composition by Tom Parkinson.
25th Mar 2020, 3:00pm - 6:00pm
Business School
Find out about the range of Taught Postgraduate, Research and PGCE programmes at Edge Hill University, chat to tutors, current students, and staff from our finance teams, and join a tour of the campus.
25th Mar 2020, 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Are you a teacher or education professional? Are you seeking to develop your practice and study for a postgraduate qualification?
25th Mar 2020, 7:30pm
The Arts Centre
A modern whodunit, the film follows a family gathering gone awry, after the family patriarch's death leads a master detective to investigate. Starring Daniel Craig, Chris Evans, Ana de Armas, Jamie Lee Curtis, Michael Shannon, Don Johnson, Toni Collette, Lakeith Stanfield, Katherine Langford, Jaeden Martell, and Christopher Plummer.
25th Mar 2020, 7:30pm
The Arts Centre
Toys R Us has closed down for good leaving Charlie and his mates unemployed, depressed and searching for any escape from this rundown bigot-lead society. Charlie’s vision arrives fully formed. They have an abandoned warehouse, an abandoned nation... it’s time to make a sanctuary, an escape... a Rave.
26th Mar 2020, 4:30pm
The Arts Centre
Join us at 4.30pm for the launch of The Oxford Handbook for Language Contact, edited by Anthony P. Grant.
26th Mar 2020, 6:00pm
The Arts Centre
David Crystal OBE is the foremost writer and lecturer on the English language, with a worldwide reputation.
27th Mar 2020, 7:30pm
The Arts Centre
Edge Hill’s very own big band bring their eclectic mix of contemporary big band music back for another music extravaganza.
30th Mar 2020, 5:00pm - 8:00pm
Tech Hub - Lecture Theatre
This event will highlight the impactful, multidisciplinary research regarding pregnancy being undertaken at Edge Hill University.
31st Mar 2020, 7:30pm
The Arts Centre
Peter Tinniswood’s daring translation for the National Theatre moves the action to war-scarred Liverpool: here Scousers stand-in for I Napolitani. For many years Fascism required de Filippo to mask his social commentary in burlesque, performing in remote corners of the country, but the end of the war brought the country anew freedom and the playwright a new voice.