We are delighted to welcome Chris Lubbe to Market Hall for an evening covering topics of discrimination, courage and resilience.

With Dr Mike Sheaff, Visiting Research Fellow University of Plymouth. Dr Austin Nankivell became Plymouth’s Medical Officer of Health in 1925. Four years later the Conservatives lost control of the city council. An extraordinary period of change followed. From birth control to cancer services, and from child welfare clinics to establishing a municipal hospital, the city was at the forefront of radical progress in health care.

This will be followed by a Creative Talk by Associate Professor of Theatre and Performance, Ruth Way and others, introducing somatic movement arts and a discussion of these applied somatic movement approaches to support well-being and ‘being in movement’ throughout our lives.

This event is part of our Creative Talks series that feature practitioners/makers/artists who work in a variety of disciplines, media and forms across the creative arts, including: the visual arts, design, performance, craft-work, creative writing and more.

From the ambitious, driving cantata The Anvil (2019) – the thickly tapestried piece commissioned to mark the Peterloo bicentenary and recorded by the BBC Philharmonic, BBC Singers, Hallé Choir, Hallé Youth Choir and Hallé Ancoats Community Choir (2023; Delphian) – to the crystalline Magnetite (2007), widely performed across the world, Emily Howard’s distinctive language distills musical elements into their purest form.

Celebrate International Women's Day in Plymouth with the West Country Women, empowering speakers, and networking opportunities!