The Weather Man

Darwin, death and what really happened on the Beagle – a triple bill programme

Music, Film, Words.

Venue : Theatre Severn
Date : Saturday 11 July
Performance : 7.30pm
Duration : approx. 2 hrs 20 mins
Tickets : £15/12 concs
Booking : 01743 281 281 www.theatresevern.co.uk

The first opportunity to see Opera North / Shrewsbury Darwin Bicentenary‘s inventive triple-bill programme.

In Praise of Darwin’s Mistakes.

The best way to honour a scientist is to criticise him. Award winning biologist and media theorist Arjen Mulder contests Darwin’s theory of evolution.

Follow the Voice

A new film by Marcus Coates commissioned by Film and Video Umbrella with Shropshire Museums Services and funded by Arts Council England - infused with a Darwinian spirit of curiosity. (See seperate entry with preview video & sound clips here  ).

The Weather Man

The heart of the 19th Century. How wrong can one man be? During their epic five years circumnavigation of the globe, Captain Robert FitzRoy and Charles Darwin forged a relationship of great intimacy. But on arrival home the two friends found themselves on opposite sides of history.

After event discussion with Arjen Mulder.

Writer - John Binias
Composer - Paul Clark
Musical Director - Dominic Wheeler
Designer - Richard Aylwin
Fitzroy - Robert Poulton
Narrator - Sarah Belcher

Download Sound Clips from the Weather Man