Fit Focus Forum: Balancing a healthy mind & body
For many of us at the University, it is exam season whichmeans a lot of long stationary periods, which can be arduous on the mind andbody.
Triathlon coach, Lou Barron, will share her expertise on howtaking time away from the desk to exercise and train can actually benefit yourproductivity back at the desk. Lou’s practical experience of helping peoplemanage their time and see exercise as a positive use of time will give you thetools you need to schedule a productive and healthy day.
Participation Manager and Class Instructor,Helen Coy, will then introduce you to a range of techniques and exercises tomanage stress from meditation to holistic exercise.
The Lord Chamberlain’s Men, the UK’s premier all male theatre company, invite you to join them this summer for Shakespeare’s spellbinding masterpiece, The Tempest.
“We are such stuff as dreams are made on”
Bring a chair and a picnic, and spend a glorious summer’s evening watching this enchanting, fast-paced production of one of Shakespeare’s finest plays. Performed in the open air, by an all male cast with Elizabethan costumes, music and dance. This is undoubtedly one of the hottest tickets of the summer; book early to avoid missing out!
After the success of his recent piano album (released through Sony Classical), Alistair McGowan premieres a brand new show which brings together all his talents. He will play tracks from the album and some other short classics piano pieces: from Gershwin to Grieg, Mompou to Mendelssohn, Satie to Schubert. In between the pieces, he will talk a little about history of each piece, the composer and his own connection to the music.
Expect a lot of beautiful music (with the odd mistake!), some interesting stories and a sprinkling of his trademark impressions.
