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BSHS Strolling Bloggers
The blog of the British Society for the History of Science Strolling Players
Thursday 10 March 2011
The Big Bang
Today and tomorrow the Strolling Players will be performing 'The Tables Turned' at the Big Bang Festival at the ExCel centre, London.
Monday 24 May 2010
Science & Seance
Thursday 13 May 2010
Museum of the History of Science, Oxford
Saturday, 15 May 2010, 19:00-23:00
Special Event: Science and Seance
Science and Séance
Saturday 15th May, 7-11pm
Explore the history of science and spiritual communication – from Renaissance conversations with angels to Guglielmo Marconi’s 20th-century experiments. Full programme:
7.15 – talks:
“John Dee in conversation with angels”, Dr Stephen Johnston
"Converted by a Princess": Marconi and the Spirits, Dr Jim Bennett
8pm - ‘The Tables Turned’ – film and dramatic discussion by The Strolling Players
9pm – Blithe Spirit – a showing of the 1945 film adaptation of Noel Coward’s play.
Admission free
Further details here.
Whipple Library, University of Cambridge
The Whipple Library in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Cambridge, has a special display on Adventures in the unknown: mesmerism, spiritualism and the supernatural. Click on the image for further information.
Wednesday 31 March 2010
Upcoming performances
The Strolling Players will be performing once again as part of the 'Night at the Museums' event in Oxford. We will put on 'The Tables Turned' at the Museum of the History of Science, on Saturday 15th May.
We are also participating in a workshop at the Museum on 24th June, on 'Science or non-science?'
Watch out for further details of both of these events soon.
We are also participating in a workshop at the Museum on 24th June, on 'Science or non-science?'
Watch out for further details of both of these events soon.
Viewpoint
The Strolling Players are featured in the lead article of the February 2010 issue of Viewpoint: Newsletter of the British Society for the History of Science, which also includes an exclusive extract from the 'Tables Turned' script.
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