Applications are now open for the EMACT 6th Form Classics Conference, to be held on Wednesday 10th February 2016 at Loughborough High School (between Leicester and Nottingham!). Please find the programme below - the cost is still only £5 per pupil (to include tea, coffee and biscuits!), staff are free; application forms and further details … Continue reading "EMACT Sixth Form Classics Conference"
There are still spaces left for the EMACT 6th Form Classics Conference, to be held on Wednesday 10th February 2016 at Loughborough High School (between Leicester and Nottingham!). With nearly 100 pupils signed up already, it looks set to be a great day! Please find the programme (now finalized) below – the cost is still only … Continue reading "EMACT 6th Form Classics Day Wednesday 10th February 2016"
On Wednesday 10th February at 4.30 pm, historian Tom Holland will be speaking on: ‘Truth and Slander in the Julio-Claudian Court’ The lurid glamour of the Julio-Claudians has resulted in them becoming the very archetypes of feuding and murderous dynasts. No other period of history can compare for sheer unsettling fascination with its gallery of … Continue reading "Tom Holland to speak on the Julio-Claudian court"
Lytham St Annes Classical Association 2015 - 16 Lecture Programme Membership just £12 (students £5) a year
News of this forthcoming production, from Yana Zarifi-Sistovari, the Artistic Director... Thiasos Theatre company is performing the Hippolytos at The Cockpit Theatre in London 24-27th February. The Hippolytos was first presented at the Triennial Classics Conference held at Cambridge University in 1998 and had toured in several countries up to 2004. This 'revival' was prompted by an invitation … Continue reading "Hippolytos at the Cockpit Theatre, London: 24-7th February"
There will be a performance of Aristophanes' Lysistrata by AoD on Thursday 25th February 2016 at 2pm at Manchester Grammar School, Old Hall Lane, Manchester, M13 0XT. Tickets cost £8 each, and there's a 10% discount for 10 or more tickets. Booking is via the MGS Box Office at https://thelittleboxoffice.com/mgs/event/view/36229
New Testament Greek: (26-28 Feb 2016): http://www.ice.cam.ac.uk/component/courses/?view=course&cid=19222
The King's School Worcester is hosting a performance of Lysistrata by the Actors of Dionysus. It is on 26th February 2016 in the school's John Moore Theatre. 7 pm start - tickets £10, concessions £7. Tickets will be available shortly at: www.ticketsource.co.uk/ksw
School groups (ages 7-18, maximum group size 20) are invited to the University of Reading on 28 January 2016 for a re-creation of an ancient Roman schoolroom. The event is free and all costumes and equipment are provided. For more information see www.readingancientschoolroom.com.
Advance notice for your school calendars that the 2016 Sussex Classical Reading Competition will take place on Tuesday 1 March 2016, 4.30pm - 6.30pm, at Roedean School, Brighton. There will be opportunities to read Latin and Greek passages aloud and all ages are welcome to take part, from Beginners to A2 level. Schools have been … Continue reading "Sussex Classical Reading Competition Tuesday 1 March 2016"
