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We are an occasional choir which pops up to rehearse for wonderful events. This time it’s to be Reg Meuross’ backing singers for a great gig at Ashburton Arts Centre.

We’ll rehearse for 8 Monday evenings. 7.30-9pm upstairs at the Barrel House in Totnes and The gig is on November 16th. If you love singing harmonies and can hold your harmony in a crowd of singers, get in touch! We are especially short of tenors…

Text 07832 200980 or email katie@fromthewhitehouse.com for more info (especially tenors!)

Don’t worry if you miss the first one.

We are an occasional choir which pops up to rehearse for wonderful events. This time it’s to be Reg Meuross’ backing singers for a great gig at Ashburton Arts Centre.

We’ll rehearse for 8 Monday evenings. 7.30-9pm upstairs at the Barrel House in Totnes and The gig is on November 16th. If you love singing harmonies and can hold your harmony in a crowd of singers, get in touch! We are especially short of tenors…

Text 07832 200980 or email katie@fromthewhitehouse.com for more info (especially tenors!)

Don’t worry if you miss the first one.

Jazz weekend workshop under the tutelage of Lewis Riley and Sam Massey. Music is provided and the cost of £45 includes tea and coffee. It begins on Saturday at 10 am, finishing around 4 pm. Same start on Sunday culminating in a mid afternoon concert for friends and family. Book early to secure your place. Venue is Harberton Parish Hall, with parking. Please email lewis@rileymusic.plus.com for more details

More fantastic food stalls are being added to enhance the appeal of this producers’ market in and around Totnes market square. And to add more colour and variety to the event, an Artisan Craft and Arts Street Market, featuring a host of local creators displaying their wares will be on display.

‘The whole idea is to ‘Celebrate Totnes’, said Ray Reynolds, market organiser. ‘The town already hosts an amazing food market once a month, attracting people from all corners of Devon, so let’s capitalise on its success and use it as a springboard to give the town an extra lift. A destination for a Sunday day-out, an extra monthly shopping day to benefit the town. Bring in more visitors and make everyone aware of what a wonderful town we have. A town full of diverse and eclectic shops, streets full of history and architecture and an atmosphere all its own. By adding more strings to the food markets bow, we can give this special day an extra vibrancy for one and all to enjoy the town, all the way from top to bottom – or vice versa!

Rowan Atkinson returns as Johnny English, the much-loved accidental secret agent, in the third instalment of the hilarious comedy espionage series.

This new adventure begins with a cyber-attack that reveals the identity of all active undercover agents in Britain, leaving Johnny as the Secret Service’s last hope. Called out of retirement, he springs into action to find the mastermind hacker, but as a man with few skills and rather outdated methods Johnny must first overcome the challenges of modern technology to make his mission a success.

2018 | UK/France/USA

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Vividly recreating a medieval world tormented by plague and superstition, Bergman’s allegorical drama – centred on a knight (Max von Sydow), returned from the Crusades, who challenges Death to a game of chess in order to postpone his demise – remains fascinating (and finally rather touching) as a study of faith in crisis.

Doors open for all manner of drinks at 2pm.  Film starts at 3pm

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Part II explores the true immigrant story of the young Vito who experiences his first brush with the sharp end of organised crime and begins to lay the foundations of the Corleone dynasty. Elsewhere, we follow on from the first film as Pacino’s Michael brutally asserts himself as the Don forcing his will upon the extended family and moving himself to the most powerful figure in an American society that spans crime, business and politics.

*Joint ticket for parts I & II available

Doors open for fine wines and all manner of drinks at 6pm.  Film starts at 7pm

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Martin Carthy is a ground-breaking acoustic and electric-guitarist, He’s a ballad singer and an authoritative interpreter of newly composed material. He always prefers to follow an insatiable musical curiosity rather than cash in on his unrivalled position. Perhaps, most significant of all, are his settings of traditional songs with guitar, which have influenced a generation of artists, including Bob Dylan and Paul Simon, on both sides of the Atlantic.

Martin is also been an integral collaborator and vocalist as part of Simon Emmerson’s project, ‘The Imagined Village’ which won a 2008 BBC Radio 2 Folk Award for ‘Best Track’ for ‘Cold Hailey Rainy Night’. The project also features artists such as Eliza Carthy, Jackie Oates and Johnny Kalsi. The new album will be released early next year.

Martin Carthy was awarded the MBE for services to English Music and won Singer of the Year and Best Traditional Track at the BBC Radio 2 Awards 2005.

This is what the BBC website has to say about Martin Carthy and his award:

“For four decades, Martin Carthy’s work has immeasurably enriched the British folk heritage. He is regarded as one of the finest singers and interpreters of traditional music of the British Isles, as well as a highly influential and much-imitated guitarist. Awarded the MBE for services to English folk music in 1998, his drive and enthusiasm are undiminished and he continues to be one of folk music’s great innovators.”

 

`Arguably the greatest English folk song performer, writer, collector and editor of them all’
Q Magazine 

 

 

Doors: 7:30pm / Tickets: £14 adv.* £16 OTD

Bradley Cooper’s hotly anticipated directorial debut, in which he co-stars with Lady Gaga, looks to be a powerful contemporary take on the tragic love story.

Seasoned country musician Jackson Maine (Cooper) discovers and falls for struggling singer Ally (Gaga). She has just about given up her dreams of stardom until he coaxes her into the spotlight. But as her career takes off, the personal side of their relationship begins to suffer as Jackson fights an ongoing battle with his own internal demons.

2018 | USA

★★★★★

“A Star Is Born is that thing we always yearn for but so rarely get to see: a transcendent Hollywood movie” 
Owen Gleiberman, Variety

Master guitarists of the French jazz style, this pair are usually found heading up Hot Club of Stonehouse.

Rowan Atkinson returns as Johnny English, the much-loved accidental secret agent, in the third instalment of the hilarious comedy espionage series.

This new adventure begins with a cyber-attack that reveals the identity of all active undercover agents in Britain, leaving Johnny as the Secret Service’s last hope. Called out of retirement, he springs into action to find the mastermind hacker, but as a man with few skills and rather outdated methods Johnny must first overcome the challenges of modern technology to make his mission a success.

2018 | UK/France/USA

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Collect a loyalty card at the Box Office. For every five films you see, you’ll get the sixth one free; this applies to child tickets for BarnKids screenings only.

Bradley Cooper’s hotly anticipated directorial debut, in which he co-stars with Lady Gaga, looks to be a powerful contemporary take on the tragic love story.

Seasoned country musician Jackson Maine (Cooper) discovers and falls for struggling singer Ally (Gaga). She has just about given up her dreams of stardom until he coaxes her into the spotlight. But as her career takes off, the personal side of their relationship begins to suffer as Jackson fights an ongoing battle with his own internal demons.

2018 | USA

★★★★★

“A Star Is Born is that thing we always yearn for but so rarely get to see: a transcendent Hollywood movie” 
Owen Gleiberman, Variety

Rowan Atkinson returns as Johnny English, the much-loved accidental secret agent, in the third instalment of the hilarious comedy espionage series.

This new adventure begins with a cyber-attack that reveals the identity of all active undercover agents in Britain, leaving Johnny as the Secret Service’s last hope. Called out of retirement, he springs into action to find the mastermind hacker, but as a man with few skills and rather outdated methods Johnny must first overcome the challenges of modern technology to make his mission a success.

2018 | UK/France/USA

BarnKids Loyalty Card
Collect a loyalty card at the Box Office. For every five films you see, you’ll get the sixth one free; this applies to child tickets for BarnKids screenings only.

Bradley Cooper’s hotly anticipated directorial debut, in which he co-stars with Lady Gaga, looks to be a powerful contemporary take on the tragic love story.

Seasoned country musician Jackson Maine (Cooper) discovers and falls for struggling singer Ally (Gaga). She has just about given up her dreams of stardom until he coaxes her into the spotlight. But as her career takes off, the personal side of their relationship begins to suffer as Jackson fights an ongoing battle with his own internal demons.

2018 | USA

★★★★★

“A Star Is Born is that thing we always yearn for but so rarely get to see: a transcendent Hollywood movie” 
Owen Gleiberman, Variety

Want to knit and have a drink and a chat at the same time? Or do you fancy learning the basics but got no-one to show you?

Come along to the Bay Horse and join CHRISSIE and KATHY,
on Tuesday evenings, 6 to 8 o’clock.

Since 1992, Bob Mann has led hundreds of people through the ancient streets and byways of the town, telling them about its ghosts and legends, and describing the strange experiences that individuals have had in various locations. Most of these stories were unknown until the publication of his book The Ghosts of Totnes by Obelisk in 1993.

The walk happens every Tuesday to the end of October, and takes about an hour and a half. There is no need to book in advance; just be outside the Albert Inn Bridgetown at 8pm. If it is raining, bring an umbrella! Adults £5, children under 18 £3.

Ghost Walks at any other time, for parties of 6 or more, £50.

Doors open for all manner of drinks at 2pm.  Film starts at 3pm

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Rowan Atkinson returns as Johnny English, the much-loved accidental secret agent, in the third instalment of the hilarious comedy espionage series.

This new adventure begins with a cyber-attack that reveals the identity of all active undercover agents in Britain, leaving Johnny as the Secret Service’s last hope. Called out of retirement, he springs into action to find the mastermind hacker, but as a man with few skills and rather outdated methods Johnny must first overcome the challenges of modern technology to make his mission a success.

2018 | UK/France/USA

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Weekly sessions for 13-21 year olds

Half-term structure:

We begin our half term by welcoming new members to the group, introducing new songs, styles, themes and tools. And individuals are encouraged to bring their songs and ideas and to start working together in groups of two or more.

Weekly sessions 5-7.30pm on Wednesdays at the Civic Hall Totnes.
for 13-21 year olds.

Autumn 1: September 12, 19, 26
October 3, 10, 17

Cost £40 for all 6 sessions. You can attend sessions 1 or 2 before committing but please email Beth at info@jammingstation.co.uk to let them know you’re coming.

Through the six or so sessions, songs develop within the group and each musician develops new skills through playing with others, practicing, finding support within the group and from the leaders and performing to the group.

Sessions run throughout the school year and are booked in half-term blocks. We require half-termly commitment. Each term ends with a special public gig at our popular local music venue, the Barrel House, which is a stones throw from the Civic Hall.

You asked and we listened…presenting Jamming station for over 18’s!

Half-term structure:

Weekly sessions 7:45-9.45pm on Wednesdays at the Civic Hall, Totnes.

Autumn 1: September 12, 19, 26
October 3, 10, 17

Cost £40 for all 6 sessions. You can attend session 1 before committing but please email Jacqui at info@jammingstation.co.uk to let us know you’re coming.

All ages (18+) and abilities welcome
Any genre
Willing to do covers and original music

Have a good time playing together plugged in and support each other to progress.

Funds support our regular youth music sessions.

Call Jacqui on 07968184941 for more information.

All inclusive singing session for all-comers.

Come along and join in. – Voices only…

Bradley Cooper’s hotly anticipated directorial debut, in which he co-stars with Lady Gaga, looks to be a powerful contemporary take on the tragic love story.

Seasoned country musician Jackson Maine (Cooper) discovers and falls for struggling singer Ally (Gaga). She has just about given up her dreams of stardom until he coaxes her into the spotlight. But as her career takes off, the personal side of their relationship begins to suffer as Jackson fights an ongoing battle with his own internal demons.

2018 | USA

★★★★★

“A Star Is Born is that thing we always yearn for but so rarely get to see: a transcendent Hollywood movie” 
Owen Gleiberman, Variety

Steve and Lizzy, invite you to take the limelight for your own songs and if you ask nicely they will play along with you – or not as the case maybe.

Friendly, welcoming and encouraging, it’s always a good evening.

Totnes Town Walks with tour guide Kathy Alexander. Walks run from beginning of April to end of October, and start in the Market Square by the Totnes Information Centre.

Take a stroll around the heart of Totnes, discover the Saxon and Norman Town, the medeival and Tudor buildings at our core and some of Totnes’ quirky ways.

Eli hosts an Open Session on each other Thursday welcoming friends or guests, to either take over the Open Mic or to join in the session atmosphere at the end. If you want to come along and join in just come early and speak to Eli about a slot.

Recently moved from the Civic hall, the Indoor market is now at the Masonic hall – just behind the civic hall (next to the car parks)

Cate Blanchett and Jack Black star in Eli Roth’s ornate gothic fantasy, adapted from the much-loved 1973 John Bellairs novel.

Ten-year-old Lewis (Owen Vaccaro) only wants a normal childhood, but when he goes to live with his uncle Jonathan (Black) in his magical, creaky old house, with a mysterious tick-tock noise and witchy next-door neighbour, Florence (Blanchett), he discovers he’s in for anything but a normal life. When Lewis accidentally awakens the dead, the town’s sleepy façade falls away revealing a secret world of witches and warlocks. Lewis, Jonathan and Florence must use all their powers to contain them.

2018 | USA 

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Free, open, unguided group drawing session hosted by two local artist-illustrators, Bethan Welby and Claudia Schmid. A chance to draw with others in the illustrious space of Arts Lab Dartington.

An opportunity to approach drawing in a loose and playful way. For more information about the artists leading these sessions, go to www.bethanwelbyillustration.com / claudiaschmid.co.uk.

This workshop is free. Donations are welcome.

About Arts Lab

Arts Lab CIC is an artist-run social enterprise that connects people with visual art and artists to help build happier and more connected communities.

Working in partnership with Dartington Arts from a large studio in the heart of the sumptuous Dartington Hall estate, Arts Lab provides a programme of events for all of workshops, exhibitions, talks and residencies, a research hub for artists, and outreach for youth, health and prison services, schools, colleges, refugee projects and local businesses.

Click here for more Arts Lab courses or find out more about the project at arts-lab.co.uk.

A true cult classic of modern American cinema, Heathers was the most acerbic satire of the sugar-coated high school movies of the 1980s. At Westerburg High School, an elite clique of snobby girls known as “Heathers” rule supreme. Smart and popular, Veronica is a reluctant member of the gang and disapproves of the other girls’ cruel behaviour eventually siding with her new boyfriend – sociopathic J.D. – to put an end to their reign. Director Michael Lehmann pushed the teen comedy into dark and nightmarish territory aided by career defining central performances from its stars Winona Ryder and Christian Slater.

Doors open for fine wines and all manner of drinks at 7pm.  Film starts at 8pm

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Ryan Gosling reunites with Oscar-winning director Damien Chazelle (La La Land; Whiplash) to play Neil Armstrong in this thrilling depiction of NASA’s mission to land a man on the moon.

First Man focuses on the preternaturally calm Armstrong through the eight years of preparation for the flight, leading to the sublime, surreal climax of his first steps on the moon itself. As the mission draws near, Armstrong finds it difficult to justify his departure to his anxious wife (Claire Foy) and their children. This visceral, first-person account, based on the book by James R. Hansen, explores the sacrifices and the cost – on Armstrong and on the nation – of one of the most dangerous missions in history.

2018 | USA 

★★★★

“Ravishing… a movie packed with wonderful vehemence and rapture” 

Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian

Dance the night away!! Good time music. JJ Cale influenced Bluesy RnB with a pinch of Rock n Roll, Reggae and a little bit of Country. We love to play at parties, weddings, pubs, festivals, in fact anywhere people love to listen and move their feet.

Holistic & Wellbeing Weekend at Dartington Hall
Saturday 27th & 28th October 2018
10.00am-4.00pm
Entry £2.50 (children go free)
Free workshops
Lots of parking (pay and display at venue)
Everybody is welcome

• Over 70 Amazing Exhibitors in a Beautiful Venue
• Full Schedule of Talks, Workshops & Clairvoyant Sessions
• Holistic Therapists & Dedicated Treatment Area
• Trusted Tarot Readers, Psychics & Clairvoyants
• Spiritual Healing, Shamanism & Reiki
• Palmistry, Runes, Angel Cards & Spiritual Art
• Fairies, Angels & Mystical Gifts
• Children’s Crafts & Story Telling
• Mindfulness & Meditation
• Organic, Raw & Healthy Superfood
• Crystals, Drums, Jewellery & Unique Gifts

Plus an amazing Evening with Greg Smith event on Saturday 27th October 7pm-9pm. www.facebook.com/events/904070996453429/

Buy your ticket for this £10 online:
www.charleyelizabeth.co.uk/tickets

Come along and nourish your mind, body and spirit

The Great Hall at Dartington Hall, Totnes, Devon, TQ9 6EL

Organised by Charley Elizabeth Events www.charleyelizabeth.co.uk

The idea is: solo performances by members of our community, sharing their story, their challenges and their triumphs. It takes a journey and a great courage to get here. The experience is moving, inspiring and intimate.

You are invited to join us for three nights and one afternoon of performances and a taster workshops on Saturday afternoon.
Click here for more information and to stay updated.

Drop the Story, the sixth annual festival of solo autobiographical theatre, opens on Thursday 25 October and continues until Sunday 28 October 2018.

Last year Drop the Story returned to Riverstone in Buckfastleigh after visiting Dartington Hall in 2016.

This year the festival will run across both venues: Riverstone on Thursday and Friday, and Dartington Hall on Saturday and Sunday.

The programme is currently a work in progress. You can see the latest version here.

Tickets: £5/7/9 income based
Festival pass (all in, including Sat workshop) £25
Tickets will be available on the door or follow the link to book through Eventbrite

We carry so many stories inside and when they are told they get freed up and we get the medicine. It is often in challenging situations, when we might have felt victimized, that we developed our precious gifts and strengths.

By looking at our lives as a piece of art, we bring reverence to it and find the patterns that are specific to us. As we find those patterns and become the heroines/heroes in our story, we find why we are here.

Puccini’s gunpowder western returns to the stage where it premiered under Arturo Toscanini. Boasting gunfights, poker games, and stagecoach robbers, ‘La Fanciulla del West’ combines the action of a great adventure with the emotional punch of Italian opera.

Gold Rush, 1849. Bar owner Minnie looks after a crew of rough miners while fending off the unwanted attentions of the local sheriff. When a tall, mysterious stranger walks into the bar, it looks as if her life is about to change. But the newcomer is not what he seems and Minnie gets drawn into deadly peril.

Soprano Eva-Maria Westbroek sings the role of the gunslinging heroine, alongside Jonas Kaufmann as the outlaw who steals her heart. Marco Armiliato conducts.

Sung In Italian with Met Titles In English

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Cate Blanchett and Jack Black star in Eli Roth’s ornate gothic fantasy, adapted from the much-loved 1973 John Bellairs novel.

Ten-year-old Lewis (Owen Vaccaro) only wants a normal childhood, but when he goes to live with his uncle Jonathan (Black) in his magical, creaky old house, with a mysterious tick-tock noise and witchy next-door neighbour, Florence (Blanchett), he discovers he’s in for anything but a normal life. When Lewis accidentally awakens the dead, the town’s sleepy façade falls away revealing a secret world of witches and warlocks. Lewis, Jonathan and Florence must use all their powers to contain them.

2018 | USA 

BarnKids Loyalty Card
Collect a loyalty card at the Box Office. For every five films you see, you’ll get the sixth one free; this applies to child tickets for BarnKids screenings only.

Ryan Gosling reunites with Oscar-winning director Damien Chazelle (La La Land; Whiplash) to play Neil Armstrong in this thrilling depiction of NASA’s mission to land a man on the moon.

First Man focuses on the preternaturally calm Armstrong through the eight years of preparation for the flight, leading to the sublime, surreal climax of his first steps on the moon itself. As the mission draws near, Armstrong finds it difficult to justify his departure to his anxious wife (Claire Foy) and their children. This visceral, first-person account, based on the book by James R. Hansen, explores the sacrifices and the cost – on Armstrong and on the nation – of one of the most dangerous missions in history.

2018 | USA 

★★★★

“Ravishing… a movie packed with wonderful vehemence and rapture” 

Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian

Unbelievably 40 years old it is time again to get back to Rydell High where the T-Birds and the Pink Ladies will capture your hearts once again. You know you want to come and sing along with Sandy, Danny & the rest.

Doors open for fine wines and all manner of drinks at 7pm.  Film starts at 8pm

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After last months ace #gshlive Generating Steam Heat returns to the beautiful Angel Studios (aka The Angel Gallery) in South Street, right in the centre of Totnes, for our regular final Saturday of the month blowout on Saturday October 27th-Happy Halloween!!!!

#gshlive sees a revolving cast of DJs spinning an eclectic mix of classic tunes from ultra danceable mutant disco through to your new favourite band taking in indie pop, punk rock, post punk, riot grrrl, electronic music, goth and lots more along the way.

This time around expect short and snappy sets from Ed X, Lee-J-52, Alistair and DJ MAJR.

There is a fully stocked bar on the night with quality locally brewed craft beer, lager and cider from our friends at New Lion Brewery and Barnaby’s Brewhouse Ltd alongside wine and soft drinks. We also have film projections of some cult Halloween themed classics and a quiet space to chat and discuss the sounds that confound that we play!

The night runs from 7-11 and the action starts at 7 on the dot with the first set and film starting/bar opening.

#gshlive is free entry-happy Halloween indeed!!!!

Angel Studios is on South Street by the clock tower in Totnes town centre-see you there!

Constant as the World is a new solo tour from the singer, pianist and composer Helen Porter. Known as the vocalist with the progressive jazz quartet Misbehavin’, Helen now presents a performance of her own songs and piano solos, reflecting the vagaries of our present world and interspersed with timeless classics by Cole Porter, Kurt Weill and Stephen Sondheim. Effortlessly crossing boundaries between jazz, music theatre and contemporary classical, the haunting vocals, wry observations and new takes on old favourites are all performed by this highly accomplished pianist and expressive singer. A mesmerising performance perfectly capturing the mood for our times.
“Helen Porter’s songs combine the emotional astringency of Sondheim with haunting melancholy of the great chanteuses like Barbara or K D Laing. Her “First Square on the Board’ circled my head for the full two hours of the drive home afterwards”…Patrick Gale, author and director of North Cornwall Book Festival
SEE AND HEAR HELEN: https://www.helenportermusic.co.uk/singer

Doors 8pm / Tickets: £6 adv.* £7 OTD

The well known Solo act ‘ Jai Rocks ‘ performs genres of Rock music from 70’s glam Rock and Pop music to the 2000’s, with a little blues thrown in.

With over 150 songs to choose from Jai Always says there is something for everyone in his play list.

Guided gentle walks exploring the practice of Shinrin-yoku (forest bathing) in the beautiful woods and gardens of Dartington estate with Emma Capper, nature and forest therapy guide.

Shinrin-yoku is a well known preventative health practice in Japan, helping people deal with stress from modern day pace of life. Find out more here.

These walks provide a wonderful opportunity to slow down and through a carefully crafted series of invitations, connect through all your senses to the natural world. Each walk concludes with a special tea ceremony.

Emma has been guiding walks and holding workshops for several years. Find out more about her journey as an artist and guide here.

Come and have a go at carving a relief design in lime stone with Maria Moorhouse, an experienced tutor artist who runs regular weekday courses at Dartington.

To enrol on any of these courses, please contact Maria at maria.moorhouse@sky.com.

Ryan Gosling reunites with Oscar-winning director Damien Chazelle (La La Land; Whiplash) to play Neil Armstrong in this thrilling depiction of NASA’s mission to land a man on the moon.

First Man focuses on the preternaturally calm Armstrong through the eight years of preparation for the flight, leading to the sublime, surreal climax of his first steps on the moon itself. As the mission draws near, Armstrong finds it difficult to justify his departure to his anxious wife (Claire Foy) and their children. This visceral, first-person account, based on the book by James R. Hansen, explores the sacrifices and the cost – on Armstrong and on the nation – of one of the most dangerous missions in history.

2018 | USA 

★★★★

“Ravishing… a movie packed with wonderful vehemence and rapture” 

Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian

Unbelievably 40 years old it is time again to get back to Rydell High where the T-Birds and the Pink Ladies will capture your hearts once again. You know you want to come and sing along with Sandy, Danny & the rest.

Doors open for fine wines and all manner of drinks at 2pm.  Film starts at 3pm

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Antonio Pappano conducts an international cast in the second opera of Richard Wagner’s epic ‘Der Ring des Nibelungen’.

Wagner’s ‘Ring Cycle’ is one of the greatest works of all opera. Keith Warner’s production is conducted by Antonio Pappano, Music Director of The Royal Opera, and this final revival is cast with an outstanding international array of Wagnerian specialist singers.

The full cycle’s four operas journey from the beginning of a world to its destruction, with gods, heroes and monsters. This epic myth portrays every type of human emotion in music and ideas of extraordinary power. ‘The Ring’ is always a special event in the operatic calendar: once experienced, never forgotten.

Die Walküre (‘The Valkyrie’) is the second opera in the cycle, and features several of ‘the Ring’s’ musical highlights – the sparkling Magic Fire Music and the electrifying Ride of the Valkyries. But among the musical fireworks and Norse mythology, at the centre of this opera are the unforgettable characters and the complex entanglements between them, including twins Siegmund and Sieglinde, and Wotan and his Valkyrie daughter, Brünnhilde.

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Bergman’s modernist masterpiece explores the volatile relationship between an actress who refuses to speak and the nurse overseeing her convalescence. Arguably the directors most audacious and formally innovative work, the technique matches the lead performances to create a mesmerisingly beautiful work of unforgettable, haunting mystery.

Doors open for fine wines and all manner of drinks at 7pm.  Film starts at 8pm

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Totnes Irish Session at the Bay Horse. Jigs, reels and all that. All musicians welcome.

James fronting his funk outfit Beat Belt, local Dartmouth favourites with their cool, modern & funky jazz featuring James Harris on saxophone, Paul Harris on keyboards, Al Swainger on bass and Mark Hayward on drums.

For 3 weeks from the end of October you may well see some unusual objects in the shops of Totnes when, from the 29th October to the 19th November, Totnes welcomes the “Clear Water Art Trail” to the town, a trail which will include art works made by local artists, schools, the town library as well as other groups in and around Totnes.

Works will be displayed in shop windows in Fore Street, the High Street and in the Narrows as well as Morrisons supermarket. The library and Totnes Cinema are also included in the trail.

The trail accompanies and supports the Transition Town Film Festival (13-18 November) and aims to draw attention, in a playful and creative way, to the importance of keeping our waters both crystal clear as well as clean.

As a precursor to the trail on the 25th of October at 11am, Totnes library will be opening its doors to a storytelling and visual workshop. “Nessy of Totnes”, a tale all about the plastic eating fish, will be told by Elly Stewart, a professional storyteller who is already known to regular visitors to the library. She will be accompanied by Muriel Soriano, a local artist who will be facilitating the visual workshop.

An exhibit of work will follow in January 2019 at the Ariel Centre, Kevics, Totnes. More information can be found on the Transition Town Totnes Film Festival website: http://www.transitionfilmfestival.org.uk/acttt-clear-water-arts-trail-oct-29th-19th-nov/ or by contacting the Art Trail organiser Muriel Soriano on 01803 445 756 / 07497 543684.

Maestro of French cinema Agnès Varda (The Gleaners and I; The Beaches of Agnès) joins forces with street artist and self-styled photograffeur (photographic graffiti artist) JR in this magnificently moving and funny Oscar-nominated documentary.

Together, this odd couple explores France, using JR’s camera van (which spits out huge Polaroid-like posters) to create photographs of the people they meet – including factory workers, farmers, waitresses and dockworkers, in locations both rural and industrial – and honour them on a vast visual scale. Varda’s first co-directed film is a triumph, a multimedia celebration of creativity and the quiet heroism of her fellow citizens’ everyday lives.

2017 | France |  Subtitles | Documentary

★★★★★

“Watching great artists at work is always a treat”
The Guardian

F-Rated
The F-Rating is awarded to films directed by a woman and/or written by a woman. Films that also feature significant women on screen in their own right are Triple F-Rated.

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Ryan Gosling reunites with Oscar-winning director Damien Chazelle (La La Land; Whiplash) to play Neil Armstrong in this thrilling depiction of NASA’s mission to land a man on the moon.

First Man focuses on the preternaturally calm Armstrong through the eight years of preparation for the flight, leading to the sublime, surreal climax of his first steps on the moon itself. As the mission draws near, Armstrong finds it difficult to justify his departure to his anxious wife (Claire Foy) and their children. This visceral, first-person account, based on the book by James R. Hansen, explores the sacrifices and the cost – on Armstrong and on the nation – of one of the most dangerous missions in history.

2018 | USA 

★★★★

“Ravishing… a movie packed with wonderful vehemence and rapture” 

Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian

Want to knit and have a drink and a chat at the same time? Or do you fancy learning the basics but got no-one to show you?

Come along to the Bay Horse and join CHRISSIE and KATHY,
on Tuesday evenings, 6 to 8 o’clock.

Since 1992, Bob Mann has led hundreds of people through the ancient streets and byways of the town, telling them about its ghosts and legends, and describing the strange experiences that individuals have had in various locations. Most of these stories were unknown until the publication of his book The Ghosts of Totnes by Obelisk in 1993.

The walk happens every Tuesday to the end of October, and takes about an hour and a half. There is no need to book in advance; just be outside the Albert Inn Bridgetown at 8pm. If it is raining, bring an umbrella! Adults £5, children under 18 £3.

Ghost Walks at any other time, for parties of 6 or more, £50.

Ryan Gosling reunites with Oscar-winning director Damien Chazelle (La La Land; Whiplash) to play Neil Armstrong in this thrilling depiction of NASA’s mission to land a man on the moon.

First Man focuses on the preternaturally calm Armstrong through the eight years of preparation for the flight, leading to the sublime, surreal climax of his first steps on the moon itself. As the mission draws near, Armstrong finds it difficult to justify his departure to his anxious wife (Claire Foy) and their children. This visceral, first-person account, based on the book by James R. Hansen, explores the sacrifices and the cost – on Armstrong and on the nation – of one of the most dangerous missions in history.

2018 | USA 

★★★★

“Ravishing… a movie packed with wonderful vehemence and rapture” 

Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian

A father and his estranged son reunite in this award-winning comedy-drama by Palestinian filmmaker Annemarie Jacir (Salt of this Sea; When I Saw You). Abu Shadi (Mohammad Bakri) is a divorced father and school teacher in his mid-60s living in Nazareth.

After his daughter’s wedding in one month he will be living alone. Shadi (Saleh Bakri), his architect son, arrives from Rome after years abroad to help his father hand-deliver the wedding invitations to each guest, which is the local Palestinian wajib or custom. As the estranged pair spend the day together, the tense details of their relationship come to a head, challenging their fragile and very different lives. Full of wry, perceptive humour, Wajib is a lively, bittersweet tale about the easily blurred line between love and duty, and a snapshot of modern-day Nazareth.

2017 | Palestine | Subtitles

F-Rated
The F-Rating is awarded to films directed by a woman and/or written by a woman. Films that also feature significant women on screen in their own right are Triple F-Rated.

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This Halloween spend the evening with Sunday Times best selling author Tom Cox, as he discusses ghosts from the perspective of a sceptic who wants to believe.

Taking in ghostlore, local Devon legends, unexplainable happenings from his own life, and sharing his experiences writing his new book of ghost stories, Help The Witch in a haunted cottage on top of a mountain above a plague village. Tom will also be encouraging members of the audience to share their own ghostly experiences.

Doors 7:30pm / Tickets £5 – available in advance from The Totnes Brewing Co. & Ticketweb

Ryan Gosling reunites with Oscar-winning director Damien Chazelle (La La Land; Whiplash) to play Neil Armstrong in this thrilling depiction of NASA’s mission to land a man on the moon.

First Man focuses on the preternaturally calm Armstrong through the eight years of preparation for the flight, leading to the sublime, surreal climax of his first steps on the moon itself. As the mission draws near, Armstrong finds it difficult to justify his departure to his anxious wife (Claire Foy) and their children. This visceral, first-person account, based on the book by James R. Hansen, explores the sacrifices and the cost – on Armstrong and on the nation – of one of the most dangerous missions in history.

2018 | USA 

★★★★

“Ravishing… a movie packed with wonderful vehemence and rapture” 

Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian

Steve and Lizzy, invite you to take the limelight for your own songs and if you ask nicely they will play along with you – or not as the case maybe.

Friendly, welcoming and encouraging, it’s always a good evening.