SUSS-EX
CLUB
NEWSLETTER
No. 34, July 2015
This newsletter
advertises three different future activities, and offers booking forms. This
may seem rather early for some, but it is driven by providers deadlines, and experience
of the problems which can arise in getting tickets if application is not made
promptly and to give members early notice of plans may make it easier for
diaries to be organised. The activities advertised overleaf are:
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Alan Bennetts Talking Heads at the Theatre Royal, August
11-13; booking forms needed by July 31.
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Brighton Early Music Festival, La Liberazione di Ruggiero
dallIsola di Alcina, the first opera by a woman, Sunday Nov. 8th;
booking forms needed by Tuesday Aug. 18th
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Talk and supper with Nick Tucker: British Childrens Books:
a somewhat strange history, Friday 9th October; booking
forms needed by Tuesday Sep. 18th (but why not get it done now?)
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The most recent Suss Ex activity a tour of new developments
on campus:
Charles Dudley gave us a
very interesting talk on the history of campus development, followed by a
guided tour, from the Attenborough Centre to student accommodation, for two
groups led by members of Residential and Campus Services staff; one group is
seen in Colin Finns photo above. We finished with an excellent cream tea.
Many thanks to all!
Three of Alan Bennetts Talking
Heads comic monologues, described as darkly comic, poignant and uplifting
and widely regarded as modern classics, are coming to the Theatre Royal for
August 11-15, starring Stephanie Cole. The ticket price for groups is ฃ24.50
for evenings (this time there are no group reductions for matinees).
As
usual, a trip will be organised if enough people (at least 10) sign up for one
date for us to get the group reduction. Dinner together beforehand will be
booked for those who would like it. This special summer-holiday treat is being
organised at short notice, so prompt replies are specially important. If you
are interested, let Jenญnifer Platt know by the morning of July 31 (preferably
by e mail to j.platt@sussex.ac.uk -
or phone 01273 555025, or post to 98 Beaconsfield Villas, Brighton BN1 6HE).
Please use the form provided if possible: just mark the days when you are free,
numbering them in order of preference, and indicate the number of tickets
wanted and whether you would like to join a group for dinner. You will be
notified of the outcome, and asked for the money if we have got tickets, very
soon after July 31st.
People
who already have tickets from other sources, or would just like an informal
social meal, have sometimes joined the party for a meal, and that is welcome.
If you would like to do that, please let Jennifer know in good time so that a
large enough table can be booked, and shell let you know when the group is
going.
ฎ Theatre Trip booking form
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Please be sure to send this form to Jennifer Platt to
arrive by the morning of July 31.
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Talking Heads
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Tues Aug. 11, 7.45
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Weds Aug. 12, 7.45
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Thurs. Aug. 13, 7.45
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Preference?
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How many?
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Dinner?
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Name:
E mail and/or postal address if you do not have e mail:
♪♫ BREMF for Early Music
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This year, Bremf [Brighton
Early Music Festival] has the music of women as its special theme celebrations
of WOMEN - as
composers, performers, inspirational characters, muses and symbols. They
figure as from the court to the carnival, from nuns to witches. What we
propose to attend is a highlight of the programme, a fully staged production of
La Liberazione di Ruggiero dallIsola di Alcina by Francesca Caccini -
the first surviving opera by a woman composer.
The opera is fairly short, and there are to be two
performances, one in the afternoon and one in the evening, on Sunday Nov. 8th.
It is to be performed in the Old Market in Hove, so we could conveniently cross
the road for a meal in Greek restaurant Archipelagos (pleasant service, good
food, inexpensive).
Full details of opera plans are not yet confirmed,
but we need to have your requests to hand as soon as bookings open; last year
we were unable to go because all the tickets had been sold by the time we
applied! It is expected that the price for group-discount tickets will be
about ฃ22.50.
Please complete the form below if you are
interested, and send it to reach Jennifer Platt [preferably by e mail to j.platt@sussex.ac.uk - or phone 01273
555025, or post to 98 Beaconsfield Villas, Brighton BN1 6HE] by Tuesday August 18th.
♪♫ BREMF Ruggiero booking form ♪♫
Name and address [e mail
and postal, please]
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Number of tickets wanted 1 2 3 4
5
Performance preferred: Afternoon
Evening
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Either OK
Would you like to share a group meal if times work out
conveniently? Yes
No
Maybe
[please explain]
Talk and supper
with Nick Tucker:
"BRITISH CHILDREN'S BOOKS: A SOMEWHAT STRANGE
HISTORY"
Friday 9th October 2015, in
Conference Centre, Bramber House.
Nick Tucker joined Sussex in 1969, and
taught here until 2000. Starting out teaching Developmental Psychology, he was
also a co-founder of the popular contextual course Images of Childhood. His particular
speciality is children's literature, about which he has written a number of
books, including Suitable for Children: Controverญsies in Childrens Literature, The Child and the Book, a Psychological
and Literary Exploration and the Rough Guides to Childrens Books and Books for
Teenagers. He continues to review books, mostly for The Independent, for whom he has now taken to writing
obituaries as well.
Welcome
drinks will be served in the Conference Centre lounge from 6.30pm;
Nicks talk starts at 7pm. This will be followed by a hot buffet supper
(including wine/soft drinks), for those staying on. You are welcome to invite
non Suss-Ex Club friends to this event.
Please complete this form and return with cheque
or credit/debit card details by 18th September to Jackie
Fuller, 21 Pelham Square, Brighton, BN1 4ET. If payญing by card, the form with
card details can be emailed to Jackie at: jkfuller21@hotmail.com. Any general questions about the talk or speaker
to Arnold Goldman: a.goldman@cowbeech.f9.co.uk
Your Details (all caps please)
Name...
Address [For card bookings, must be home
address where card registered.]
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..Tel. number
.. Email address:
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(Please
print email address clearly)
Booking Details
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Please book
...place/s at ฃ25 (welcome drink, talk and
buffet supper including drinks with the meal) ฃ
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Please book
..place/s at ฃ5 (welcome drink and
talk only)
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TOTAL:
ฃ
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Any dietary restrictions?
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Payment
Details
ƒ I enclose a cheque for ฃ
..(payable to
University of Sussex).
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Please charge my credit/debit card (indicate which) with ฃ
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Card Type (Visa, Mastercard etc)
Card number
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Valid from
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Security Code
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(last 3 numbers on signature
strip on reverse of card)
Name on card
.. Signed
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In case of any query, Jackie Fuller can be reached on 01273
688538 or jkfuller21@hotmail.com
