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Totnes Pioneers A New Community Website

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Once again, The Shops at Dartington has a calendar bursting with Christmas activities, and our Christmas Fair is shaping up to

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Once again, The Shops at Dartington has a calendar bursting with Christmas activities, and our Christmas Fair is shaping up to be the best one yet.

Expect food and wine tastings, locally grown Christmas trees and live music to swing into the holiday season. With home decoration ideas, unique gifts for all the family and seasonal food and drink in abundance, award-winning shopping village The Shops at Dartington is your one-stop destination this Christmas.

If you’re a Devon producer who’d like to exhibit at next year’s Food Fair, we’d love to hear from you – email events@shops.dartington.org for more information.

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(Sunday) 10:00 am

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The Shops @ Dartington

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Totnes Cinema27A High Street, TQ95NP

sun15dec11:30 amJazz Brew Live: Free EventTotnes Cinema

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Come and join us every third Sunday of the month, to coincide

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Come and join us every third Sunday of the month, to coincide with the Totnes Food Market, for live jazz, locally roasted coffee and delicious homemade cakes. Sit back on our comfy sofas, and even comfier new seats for a relaxed morning of music and conversation

Musicians are welcome to join in – just contact us before hand to let us know your repertoire

Doors open from 11am, Live Music between 1130 and 3pm before our Sunday film

FREE EVENT: ALL WELCOME

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(Sunday) 11:30 am

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Totnes Cinema

27A High Street, TQ95NP

Totnes Cinema27A High Street, TQ95NPA true gem hidden on the High Street.

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The Barn CinemaDartington Hall

sun15dec3:00 pmBolshoi Ballet: The Nutcracker [cert tbc]The Barn Cinema

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On Christmas Eve, the mysterious Drosselmeyer brings a Nutcracker doll

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On Christmas Eve, the mysterious Drosselmeyer brings a Nutcracker doll as a gift for his goddaughter Marie. At midnight, the doll comes to life and finds himself in a battle against the Mouse King, determined to save Marie from him.

In this timeless story accompanied by Tchaikovsky’s beloved score, rising star Soloist Margarita Shrainer perfectly embodies Marie’s innocence and enchantment along with the supremely elegant Principal Dancer Semyon Chudin as The Nutcracker, captivating audiences of all ages and bringing them on an otherworldly journey.

Music: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Choerography: Yuri Grigorovich
Libretto: Yuri Grigorovich (after E.T.A. Hoffmann and Marius Petipa)
Cast: Margarita Shrainer (Marie), Semyon Chudin (The Nutcracker), Denis Savin (Drosselmeyer), Alexandre Vodopetov (The Mouse King), and the Corps de Ballet

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(Sunday) 3:00 pm

Location

The Barn Cinema

Dartington Hall

The Barn CinemaDartington HallDartington Estate

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The Bay HorseCistern Street

sun15dec8:00 pmNeil Burns TrioThe Bay Horse

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with Steve Waterman & Terry Quinney Jazz Guitar, Trumpet and Sax.

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with Steve Waterman & Terry Quinney

Jazz Guitar, Trumpet and Sax.

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(Sunday) 8:00 pm

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The Bay Horse

Cistern Street

The Bay HorseCistern StreetIt's the highest pub in town with a very large garden serving their own Lion Brewery ales featuring regular music nights and special interest groups.

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Arts LabStudio 20, Space Studios, Dartington Hall, Totnes TQ9 6EN

mon16dec4:30 pmAfter School ClubArts Lab

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After school art club for 8-14 year olds with Sophy D’Angelo. Developing ideas and talents in a friendly and relaxed atmosphere, students

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After school art club for 8-14 year olds with Sophy D’Angelo. Developing ideas and talents in a friendly and relaxed atmosphere, students learn new skills and experiment with mixed media.

Early bird £80 for course of 8 workshops – booking deadline 27th October
OR drop in pay as you go £12.50 per session.
BOOKING https://www.dartington.org/whats-on/arts-lab-courses/ or direct through sophy@arts-lab.co.uk

Our art club is a fantastic opportunity to get creative in a range of media, have fun and meet others your age who love art making! Last term we experimented with painting, drawing, textiles, printing and 3-D work. Developing our ideas as a team, we have access to a large artist studio with a wide range of materials.
Come and join us and see what you can make!

About Sophy: ’I am a London born artist educator with over 20 years experience of art practice in a range of media. Graduated from UWE, University of the West of England, in BA Hons Art and Social Context, focusing on community and public arts, I fostered a love of working with groups, making art. Recently relocated to Devon, I’m excited about working in the informal environment of Arts Lab, supporting people in their individual and collective creative process. Arts Lab reflects my values of practice, facilitating the empowerment and enrichment of visual art, accessible to as wide a group as possible.
My previous work includes, festivals, carnivals, after school programmes, summer schemes, family days, gallery education and outreach, for organisations including APPLE (Acton Play Park Leisure Events), Thames Festival, Kids Company, Tate Modern, Morley College and Dulwich Picture Gallery. Currently I also teach art and photography at the South Devon Steiner School.’
For further information, contact Sophy D’Angelo on email: sophy@arts-lab.co.uk
mobile 07732301997

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(Monday) 4:30 pm

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Arts Lab

Studio 20, Space Studios, Dartington Hall, Totnes TQ9 6EN

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Arts LabStudio 20, Space Studios, Dartington Hall, Totnes TQ9 6EN

mon16dec6:30 pmMaking Mondays - drawing and painting courseArts Lab

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For complete beginners, those who’ve had art in their lives and want more or anyone feeling adventurous to try something new ….

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For complete beginners, those who’ve had art in their lives and want more or anyone feeling adventurous to try something new …. free up your creativity with abstract artist Sara Downham-Lotto who guides you in playful explorations with mixed media.

Ever dreamt of making art in a spacious artist’s studio? Ever thought how fun it would be to work alongside a professional artist open to sharing new ways of seeing and making? Tap into your younger, playful self with Sara who’s been painting, teaching and exhibiting for too many years to count! This is a great chance to meet people, enjoy building creative confidence and expand your horizons.
Making Mondays is a weekly evening drawing, painting and collage course of workshops for beginners and more experienced creatives.

Our 8 week winter course starts on October 28th
£120 – book through Dartington Box Office https://www.dartington.org/event/arts-lab-making-mondays-drawing-painting/ OR directly through sara@arts-lab.co.uk

Working with a range of materials, you will be guided in playful explorations, creating beautiful, individual pieces of artwork to take home with you. As the course develops, we will focus on colour and composition, line and mark making, collage and layering, texture and surface pattern.

For more information about Sara, go to www.saradownhamlotto.net

For smashing images illustrating the sort of work you could get up to, go to www.arts-lab.co.uk or follow us on instagram

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(Monday) 6:30 pm

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Arts Lab

Studio 20, Space Studios, Dartington Hall, Totnes TQ9 6EN

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Civic HallHigh Street, Totnes

mon16dec7:30 pmTotnes Dance CollectiveCivic Hall

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Totnes Dance Collective is a unique circle of local experienced dance teachers and facilitators that include 5Rhythms®, Movement Medicine, Soul Motion, Open

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Totnes Dance Collective is a unique circle of local experienced dance teachers and facilitators that include 5Rhythms®, Movement Medicine, Soul Motion, Open Floor, Music-Led Dance plus other approaches within the ‘conscious dance’ genre.
This long-standing Monday night drop-in dance, offers a welcoming evening from 7.30pm – 9.40pm at the Civic Hall in Totnes, Devon in the south-west of England UK

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(Monday) 7:30 pm

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Civic Hall

High Street, Totnes

Civic HallHigh Street, TotnesUnderused Large event location in the centre of town.

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The Barn CinemaDartington Hall

tue17dec7:15 pmROH Ballet: The Nutcracker [cert tbc]The Barn Cinema

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The Royal Ballet’s glorious production of The Nutcracker, created by Peter

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The Royal Ballet’s glorious production of The Nutcracker, created by Peter Wright in 1984, is the production par excellence of an all-time ballet favourite.

It is Christmas Eve and Herr Drosselmeyer the magician sweeps young Clara away on a fantasy adventure in which time is suspended, the family living-room becomes a great battle field, and a magical journey takes them through the Land of Snow to the Kingdom of Sweets. Tchaikovsky’s glittering score, the gorgeous festive stage designs, and The Royal Ballet’s captivating dancing including an exquisite pas de deux between the Sugar Plum Fairy and her Prince, make this Nutcracker the quintessential Christmas experience.

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(Tuesday) 7:15 pm

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The Barn Cinema

Dartington Hall

The Barn CinemaDartington HallDartington Estate

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The Great Hall, DartingtonDartington Hall

tue17dec7:30 pmA Winter's Evening with Reg MeurossThe Great Hall, Dartington

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Reg Meuross, acclaimed singer-songwriter and Folking.com Soloist of the Year 2019, returns to the intimacy of the solo format after a successful

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Reg Meuross, acclaimed singer-songwriter and Folking.com Soloist of the Year 2019, returns to the intimacy of the solo format after a successful Summer of festival appearances and an Autumn touring a full band production of his song cycle 12 Silk Handkerchiefs with support from Arts Council England.
On tour from October with new album RAW – a record that follows on from Faraway People and December to complete his trilogy of solo works – Reg will be performing new material at the Great Hall as well as songs of history, protest, love, loss and legend from thirteen previous albums.
A true troubadour and constantly on the road, Meuross has the gift of being able to touch people through his songs and performance, painting pictures that remain with the listener long after the song has been sung.
Masterfully accompanying himself on guitar, harmonica, banjo and dulcimer and captivating audiences with his beautiful tenor voice, witnessing a Reg Meuross performance is to experience a journey into the heart, soul and songs of one of England’s finest writers.

“One of the most talented storytellers of our generation”
Pennyblack Music
“Powerful and moving songwriting”
Martin Chilton, Telegraph Music
“A mighty songwriter and an equally fine singer”
Martin Carthy

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(Tuesday) 7:30 pm

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The Great Hall, Dartington

Dartington Hall

The Great Hall, DartingtonDartington HallMagnificent hall with stage