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Totnes Events this weekend

16th January 2025 The Totnes Pulse

Tonight and other times this weekend in the Totnes Cinema

Grand Theft Hamlet

It’s January 2021. The UK is in its 3rd lockdown and all entertainment venues remain closed. For theatre actors Sam and Mark, the future looks bleak. As the pandemic drags on, Mark -single and childless -is increasingly socially isolated, while Sam panics about how he is going to support his young family.

They spend their days in the online digital world of Grand Theft Auto and when they stumble across a theatre, they suddenly have an idea to stage a full production of Hamlet within the game.

This film charts their ridiculous, hilarious and moving adventure as they battle violent griefers and discover surprising truths about life, friendship and the enduring power of Shakespeare.

” A brilliant idea, brilliantly executed; hilarious, surreal and, yes, in its weird way, genuinely exciting. This could be a Marat/Sade for the 21st century.” Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian

Tickets Here

Gentrified dining – Not necessarily…

With the much mourned loss of Pie Street – one of the last bastions of somewhere nice to eat out for simple, but good food that doesn’t require the bank account of an oligarch, there still places to go if you know your onions – One of those is the down-to-earth ‘proper pub’ surroundings of The Albert in Bridgetown where Friday Night is Pie Night! Why not treat yourself to a home-brewed pint and tuck in…?

Friday in Things Happen Here

We all had a scratched copy of Bob Marley’s Greatest Hits right? – Delve deeper this Friday for a free entry evening with Monsoon and guests who return for their first roots, dub and reggae session of 2025.

Saturday and Sunday @ 2pm

The Barn Cinema have been dedicating some space for the littler people recently and this weekend Sonic, Knuckles and Tails reunite to battle Shadow, a mysterious new enemy with powers unlike anything they’ve faced before. With their abilities outmatched in every way, they seek out an unlikely alliance to stop Shadow and protect the planet. Featuring an all-star voice cast including Jim Carrey, Idris Elba, Keanu Reeves and Ben Schwartz. – (I really don’t know what any of this means – ed)