Your ticket entitles you to all of the events tonight, although some performances have Follow us limited capacity. Please arrive @AshmoleanMuseum ABOUT TONIGHT early to avoid disappointment.

DEADFriday has been organised BEFORE I DIE SCROLL (GALLERY 21) HAMLET EXCERPTS AND IN LOVING MEMORY SOUNDSCAPE in collaboration with The Oxford The Before I Die Scroll invites you to write ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN BY MARY HAYNES (GALLERY 21) Research Centre in the Humanities your wishes and inspirational dreams ARE DEAD (GALLERY 11) Put on the headphones, relax on the (TORCH) and curated by Alexander before you head off to the next world. Experience Shakespeare’s Hamlet running memorial bench and listen to “In Loving James, current undergraduate at The original wall was created by artist at the O’Reilly Theatre, Keble College Memory,” which is a sound piece of the Worcester College, Oxford. Candy Chang. 4th-7th November and Rosencrantz words of memorial plaques on benches. and Guildenstern are Dead with Oxford The words are read by artist Mary Haynes, Special thanks to Grove Media, AC Disco, HALLOWEEN MASK MAKING University Drama Society. Eve Thornton and William Dowden. The Oxford University Drama Society, (GALLERY 16) Decadent Times, the Garden Florists, Have a go at making your own Halloween Candy Chang, The Oxford Playhouse, and mask ready for Trick or Treating, or LISTEN DISCOVER all of tonight’s participants and volunteers. colour in a pumpkin with the Ashmolean’s This event would not have been possible Volunteers. SCHOLA CANTORUM OF OXFORD DAY OF THE DEAD DISPLAY without the hard work and dedication of (ATRIUM & 39) (GALLERY 35) our researchers and departments. MAKE A MUMMY WORKSHOP Schola Cantorum is one of Oxford’s most The Mexican holiday of Día de los (GALLERY 24) famous choirs, and has toured all over the Muertos, or Day of the Dead, takes place Find out how the ancient Egyptians world and recorded critically acclaimed over the first two days of November. Find HAVE A GO prepared bodies for preservation. CDs and TV films. The choir is a hotbed out more about Día de los Muertos with Discover which organs were left in the of the University’s finest vocal talent, and members of Oxford’s Mexican community. DEADLY DRAWING MENU (CAFÉ body, and what happened to others... graduates include Emma Kirkby and Ian AND ROOFTOP RESTAURANT) Bostridge. The choir is conducted by DEVILS AND DEMONS IN JAPANESE Draw your way around the Museum with James Burton. WOODBLOCK (JAMEEL CENTRE) these deadly serving suggestions including Giant spiders, dancing skeletons, winged slippery starters, monstrous mains and WATCH GHOST STORIES WITH OXFORD demons and hordes of ghostly warriors deathly desserts. THE DEAD FUNNY OXFORD IMPS UNIVERSITY DRAMATIC SOCIETY are just some of the spooky subjects (CRYPT CAFÉ) (GALLERY 30) depicted in Japanese woodblock prints in Friday 30 October 2015 ART MACABRE DEATH DRAWING The Oxford Imps are back to showcase Looking for a sweet, soothing tale to waft the Ashmolean’s collections. Come and (EDUCATION CENTRE) their own brand of fiendishly funny on-the- you toward dreamland? Look somewhere discover the macabre, grotesque and 7.00–10.30pm Art Macabre inject a lethal dose of theatrical spot improvised comedy. @oxfordimps else. These ghost stories collected by sometimes humorous Japanese world of darkness into the art of life drawing. Give Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm in the early the supernatural. ‘death drawing’ a go, sketch skeletal faced WHAT BECAME OF HARLEY 1800s serve up life as generations of models as they explore death rituals from WARREN? MURDER MYSTERY IN THE central Europeans knew it, with dramatic SECRETS FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE around the globe. @ArtMacabreLDN MUSEUM (GALLERY 46) readings by The Oxford Drama Society. (GALLERY 3) Contains Nudity. 18+ Only. During a societal lecture, occultist and Study bones through a microscopic lens, famed historian Harley Warren meets TORCH BITE-SIZE TALKS HOTSPOTS learn how the make-up of the skeleton GHOULISH POETRY WORKSHOP a potential new protégé in Randolph (LECTURE THEATRE & GALLERY 44) is altered in a hands-on bendy and (GALLERY 33) Carter. Dazzled by his hero, Carter agrees The Oxford Research Centre in the breaky bone exhibit, and discover how Get stuck in with Oxford Poetry Society and to a private meeting, unaware of the Humanities hosts a series of expert bite- your lifestyle affects your skeleton .With try your hand at haiku that goes bump in the mysterious adventures to come… sized 20 minute talks. Expect everything Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, night, spooky stanzas and deadly poetry. from ‘Accidental death in Tudor England,’ Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER to ‘Oscar Wilde’s Love Beyond the Grave.’ Sciences. Visitors are advised that SHADOW PUPPETRY (GALLERY 28) (1928, JEAN EPSTEIN), SILENT Our two main hotspots will have talks this display involves chicken and Have a go at making shadow puppets HORROR FILM AND MUSIC (ATRIUM) starting from 19.15 until 22.15. Seek out the lamb bones inspired by supernatural spectres, spooks Roderick Usher lives in the eerie house other speakers throughout the museum. and Halloween, and then learn how to with his sick wife Madeleine Usher and WANDERING GHOSTS WITH use them in the museum’s window of the her doctor. When she dies, Roderick does VAMPIRE DJ, MUSIC IN THE CRYPT OXFORD UNIVERSITY DRAMATIC undead. not accept her death, and in a dark night, Enjoy a break in the crypt café, and listen SOCIETY Madeleine returns. Accompanied by piano to soul music of the mysterious Vampire DJ Tonight the ghostly visions of deceased MAKE YOUR OWN LATIN music. from Decadent Times. @4DecadentTimes museum staff come to life for one night HEADSTONE (GALLERY 6) only to stalk the corridors of Britain’s Hear Prof. Alison Cooley on Roman burial ROME’S WALKING DEAD DEATH AND MUSIC IN TUDOR oldest Museum. ‘clubs’ and take away your own funeral (ALL OVER -1) ENGLAND (GALLERY 39) plaque, written by our scribes. Watch the Ashmolean Latin Inscriptions Singing about Death in Tudor England with TALKABOUT DEATH TOUR GUIDES Project bring their ancestors back to life members of Schola Cantorum Choir. TalkAbout’s self-guided tours through ORIGAMI BATS WORKSHOP with a noisy Roman funeral procession. the museum use conversation prompts to (GALLERY 37)Try your hand at spooky MUSIC ON THE FORECOURT talk about Death while seeing some of the origami with the Ashmolean’s dedicated THE CURIOSITORIUM, COMEDY Grab some churros at Los Churros Amigos, Ashmolean’s best artworks and objects Volunteers. PLAY (GALLERY 19) and enjoy the tunes of the blues guitarist. relating to the afterlife. A labyrinthine comedy adventure; Oxford’s Weekend Starts Here... THE PHARAOH’S BUCKET LIST excerpts from a brand new sketch show by (GALLERY 22) award winning comedy pushers The Dead Dress up as a long dead Pharaoh and join Secrets. @thedeadsecrets Explore ghosts and ghouls in the museum the Ashmolean’s Student Creative Board and take a selfie with an object in the AVID FOR OVID, ROMAN COMING HEROES AND VILLAINS after dark with Live Music, Workshops, Talks, museum that you would like to take to the PANTOMIME (GALLERY 21) afterlife. #DEADFriday. Prizes to be won! A fantastic display of dancing and music to SOON Fri 29 Jan 2016 Exhibitions, Rooftop Bar & Crypt Café. illustrate the way ancient narratives of the Are you a superhero or a supervillain? PHARAOH BUCKET LIST dead can be conveyed through movement Find out in this Marvel-lous LIVEFRIDAY PHOTO COMPETITION and sound. Miss or attend at your peril! Tickets £5 www.ashmolean.org/LiveFriday #DEADFRIDAY @avidforovid 7pm 7.30pm 8pm 8.30pm 9pm 9.30pm 10pm 10.30pm

Vampire DJ, Music in the Crypt WHAT’S ON TONIGHT LISTEN Crypt Café The Dead funny Oxford IMPS Bar on the Rooftop Terrace Serving drinks LISTEN Crypt Café 1 and food until 10pm on LEVEL 4 Fall of the House of Usher Film and Music WATCH Gallery 2 Deadly Drawing Menu DISCOVER Crypt Café and Rooftop Bar Rome’s Walking Dead WATCH Atrium -1 Make your own Latin Headstone HAVE A GO Gallery 6 Secrets from beyond the Grave Visitors are advised that this display DISCOVER Gallery 3 involves chicken and lamb bones

BAR Choir Schola Cantorum LISTEN Gallery 2 Death Drawing, with Art Macabre Contains nudity. Visitors are advised that HAVE A GO Education Centre this activity is restricted to those aged 18+ TORCH bite-size Talks Hotspot LISTEN Lecture Theatre Excerpts from Hamlet & Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead WATCH Gallery 11 Halloween Mask Making HAVE A GO Gallery 16 In Loving Memory Soundscape LISTEN Gallery 21 Before I die Scroll HAVE A GO Gallery 21 Avid for Ovid, Roman Pantomime G WATCH Gallery 14 Make a Mummy DISCOVER Gallery 24 The Curiositorium Comedy Live Los Churros Music Amigos WATCH Gallery 19 TORCH bite-size Talk Hotspot LISTEN Gallery 23 The Pharaoh’s Bucket List HAVE A GO Gallery 22 Shadow Puppetry Danse Macabre HAVE A GO Gallery 28 Ghoulish Poetry Workshop 1 HAVE A GO Gallery 33 Devils and Demons in Japanese Woodblock DISCOVER Jameel Eastern Art Study Room What became of Harley Warren? Murder Mystery WATCH Gallery 46 Ghost Stories LISTEN Gallery 40 Day of the Dead Display DISCOVER Gallery 35 2 TORCH bite-size talks Hotspot LISTEN Gallery 44 Origami Bats Workshop HAVE A GO Gallery 37 Death and Music in Tudor England LISTEN Gallery 39

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