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Monday, 18 July 2011
Saturday 23 July is “Cleopatra Saturday” at Blackwell’s
All day on Saturday 23 July, everyone who buys a book from Blackwell’s Bookshop on Broad Street (main shop) will win an instant prize. The all-day give-away is in celebration of Creation Theatre Company’s summer show Antony & Cleopatra, which is being performed in the rooftop Amphitheatre at Saïd Business School from 8 July – 3 September.
One lucky person will win a prize never given away before - a “Creation Theatre Pass For Life”, meaning they can come to see every Creation show free of charge for the rest of their life. If the prize goes early on in the morning, another prize will be released for the afternoon, so the fun will last all day. (Prize is subject to terms and conditions).
Other prizes to be given away on the day are Creation mugs, Creation scripts, a free workshop for a local school, free pairs of tickets and family tickets to Antony & Cleopatra, money-off vouchers for workshops and Drama Club and gift vouchers and books from Blackwell’s.
Cheryl Pearce, Marketing and Sales Manager at Creation Theatre Company said today “We are thrilled to be working with Blackwell’s again to create a fun day where we can celebrate books and theatre all day long.”
Christopher Lloyd in the Norrington Room
In addition to the Cleopatra fun, Christopher Lloyd will also be at Blackwell's with his giant "What on Earth?" wallbook in the bookshop's world-famous Norrington Room. The enormous timeline - 2m high and nearly 8m long – tells the story of everything from the beginning of time to the present day in more than 1,000 pictures and captions, combining natural and human history over the course of nearly 14 billion years. On the back is a 7,000-word narrative guide to the history of the world. On Saturday 23 July and Sunday 24 July, at 3.00pm on each day, Christopher Lloyd will give a (free) talk which covers the entire history of the world in 40 minutes - from the Big Bang to the present day, including Cleopatra!
