
Category: Events
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MSt tutor Jenny Lewis in “‘Poetry in Motion’ the Songwriter’s Art”, Regent’s Park College, Oxford, 22 May
MSt tutor Jenny Lewis takes part in ‘Poetry in Motion’ the Songwriter’s Art, at Regent’s Park College, on 22nd May at 5-6.30pm, Regents Park College, Oxford.Jenny will be looking at the relationship between poetry and songwriting and describing how, in the 60’s, she co-wrote, with Vashti Bunyan, the original song from which the iconic ‘Train Song’ was developed. ‘Train Song’ has had over 4 million hits on YouTube and been used on high profile TV commercials such as Reebok and Samsung and US TV series such as True Detective and, currently, The Patriot. Free event, all welcome. -
MSt tutor John Retallack to direct “As You Like It” at Corpus Christi College, 10th – 13th May

MSt Creative Writing tutor John Retallack is directing a production of As You Like It at Corpus Christi College. The play will be performed both indoors and outdoors in the college Gardens, Cloisters, Chapel and Dining Hall.
“The older characters in the play are played by Corpus Christi staff: the
recently retired President, Richard Carwardine in the role of Duke Senior;
and the gardener of the college, David Leake, plays Adam. Students play all
the young roles and also the wonderful music that Howard Goodall has
specially written for As You Like It.There are only five performances of the show; evenings at 7.30pm from
Wednesday May 10th until Saturday 13th when there is also a matinee at 2.30
pm.
Audience numbers are restricted to 90. For the price of your ticket, wine
is served on the roof terrace overlooking Christ Church Meadow during the
interval and also at the end of the performance in the Dining Hall.”Further details and booking information can be found here:
http://www.oxforduniversitystores.co.uk/conferences-events/corpus-christi-college/corpus-christi-college-events/as-you-like-it-promenade-production -
MSt tutor Nicoletta Demetriou film “Cypriot Fiddlers” at Wolfson College, 2nd May 2017

MSt tutor Nicoletta Demetriou’s film “Cypriot Fiddlers” will be screened at Wolfson College, on 2nd May 2017.“The Cypriot Fiddler is an attempt to trace the life stories of a dying class of traditional musicians on both sides of the Cypriot divide. The documentary, released in 2016, was entirely funded by members of the public through an online crowd-sourcing campaign.”
Time: 17:00 to 19:00
Location: The Haldane Room
For more information, visit the event site.
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MSt alumna Cassie Gonzales to be Emory University Writing Fellow, 2017-19
MSt alumna Cassie Gonzales is to be the fiction postgraduate writing fellow at the Emory University Creative Writing Program from fall 2017 to spring 2019.
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