Events

Dorset Rural Music School

The Music of Europe.

A musical tour of the outer continent through the life and work of composers from Spain, Italy, the Balkans, Scandinavia, etc

Eight music appreciation classes led by Dr Richard Hall (DRMS Director)

@ St Swithun’s Church Vestry, North Allington, Bridport.

Wednesday Mornings 10-11.30am 6 February – 3 April (no meeting on 20 February)

Cost: £60 for the whole course (£55 for DRMS friends), £8 per meeting.

For further details or to book a place contact DRMS, The Close, Blandford DT11 7HA, 01258 452511 drmsblandford@gmail.com

St Mary’s Church Beaminster Thursday Lunchtime Concerts.

Time: 12-12.45pm

Date: Every Thursday from 7 February to 11 April

Free Admission, retiring collection.

Bring your sandwiches and enjoy informal concerts in this beautiful church. Tea & coffee available.

5 week Course of Puppet Club

Ages 6 to 106!

Venue@ Lyric Theatre, Bridport.

Date: 4 March – 1 April

Time: 5-6.30pm

Price: £40pp

Book via: millerholly1@yahoo.co.uk

BridFringe: Short Film Competition for Dorset Filmmakers

Theme: The Moon

The 50th Anniversary concert of the Moon Landing lifts off with a short film competition for local filmmakers offering award prizes of £100, £50 and £25 for the 3 most popular films chosen by the evenings audience.

Films should be a maximum length of 3 minutes, MP4 format, Aspect ratio 16:9,

closing date for entries is 30 June.

To take part in the competition please email clocktowermusicbridport@gmail.com and provide your contact details and agree permission that your film may be shown on social media and be suitable for viewing by all age groups.

An exhibition of design and fine craft by 25 of Dorset’s leading makers.

Ceramics|Glass|Metal|Wood|Textiles|Jewellery|Paper|Print

Making Dorset is a long term initiative of Dorset Visual Arts, producers of Dorset Art Weeks.

9 – 30 March

Monday – Saturday 11am – 5pm

Meet the Makers: Thursday 21st & 28th March, 1.30pm – 4pm

www.making-dorset.org / www.furleighestate.co.uk

01308 488991

Sladers Yard Exhibition

The Great Heath – Brian Graham.

Exploring Thomas Hardy’s Egdon Heath

Venue: Sladers Yard, West Bay

Date: 16 March – 6 May 10am-4.30pm

Brian Graham is in conversation with Prof Simon Olding on Friday 26 April at 6.30pm, tickets £10/£28 inc dinner

Groves Nurseries invites you to

Gardeners Question Time

at The Ivy House

We’ve got a great evening coming up for all you experienced – and aspiring gardeners – a chance to ask some of Dorset’s leading horticultural experts anything you like (about gardening!!) Our panel consists of award winners and Chelsea exhibitors so not much they won’t know to help you in your own gardening efforts.

Join us at Ivy House on Thursday 21st March at 6.30 pm.

Needing no introduction, our Chairman for the evening and keeping everything in order, will be our very own Clive Groves.

Joining us also the 3 leading experts that make up our panel:-

David James from Beaminster based Marshall James who has worked alongside many of the well-known designers such as Dan Pearson, Penelope Hobhouse, Tom Stuart-Smith, Georgia Langton, Nick Williams-Ellis. The Company has competed twice at Chelsea, both times with Nick Williams-Ellis. Their Jurassic Coastal Garden won a Silver medal and the Edible Playground Garden won a Gold Medal as well as the best Courtyard Garden in show.

Nigel Hewish Head Gardener at Kingston Maurward who has been at Kingston Maurward since the early 1990s and has overseen the gradual restoration of the vision of the last private owner’s, Sir Cecil and Lady Hanbury, for the 35 acres of formal gardens that were originally laid out in the 18th century in the style of Capability Brown. The college holds National Collections of penstemons and salvias.

Stephen Griffith Curator at Abbotsbury Tropical Gardens –  actually his correct title is heritage garden curator and botanising traveller! Stephen, who has overseen Abbotsbury Gardens for 27 years, has scoured the world looking for new plants: Chile, Borneo, Myanmar, South Africa and even Saudi Arabia. As such, he has perfected this 30-acre, subtropical paradise, which dates back to 1765.

How to ask the experts your questions?

Pick up a flyer in the garden centre by the tills and enter your own question for the night.

Please visit our website to book your tickets.

The evening will be in aid of a wonderful children’s charity Greenfingers that creates magical gardens for children in hospices, a place for them to play or sit with their families. So come along and have some fun, learn a bit more about gardening from the experts and help us support this great cause.

Netherbury Dance Group presents

Looking for Love

a farcical comedy by Raymond Hopkins

by arrangement with Pinsley Plays

Contains some adult humour.

Tickets £8

Available online at www.netherburydramagroup.co.uk

For enquiries call Colin or Susy on 01308 488341

The Chapel in the Garden presents

Nike Wyke & Becki Driscoll

on the Beautiful Spaces Tour.

The joyful combination of English fiddle partnership Nick Wyke & Becki Driscoll welcomes you into their family from the first note. This is a masterclass in the art and mystery of connection; two fiddles and two voices working in confidence and synergy creating music infused with England’s shared stories, songs & Melodies.

Tickets £8 advance / £10 door

www.wegottickets.com/englishfiddle

Having premiered at Toronto International Film Festival to rave reviews, Green Book is an uplifting true story of an odd-defying friendship that demands to be told on the big screen.

With strong performances from Mahershala Ali (following his Oscar-winning turn in Moonlight) and Viggo Mortensen (A History of Violence), Green Book succeeds in making its crucial subject of racial division in the 1960s America into a smart, affecting and also charming film that is bound to speak to broad audiences in the UK.

Set in 1962, the film follows Italian-American Tony Lip (Mortensen), who is hired to chauffeur African-American pianist Dr. Don Shirley (Ali) on a concert tour through the Deep South. Don is aware of the troubles that he might face in different locations due to the colour of his skin and requires someone to act as both staff and protector.

Tony isn’t an obvious choice as his views on race are problematic to say the least but he carries the required muscle and the unlikely pair embark on a road trip that’s bound to change both of their lives.

Best known for his crowd-pleasing comedies Dumb and Dumber and There’s Something About Mary, director Peter Farrelly delivers a heartwarming surprise with Green Book and shines while directing both the funnier moments and dramatic beats.

Whilst entertaining and easy-to-watch, the film doesn’t sugarcoat the tensions of the time and serves as a significant reminder of the challenges that everyday racism can still bring upon us.

Date: Friday 22 March 2019

Time: Starts 7:30pm

Ticket Price: £5.00

Tickets available from Bridport Tourist Information Centre, Bridport Town Hall, South Street DT6 3LF. Tel: 01308 424901

www.electricpalace.org.uk

Bridport Green Fortnight

Finale of Bridport Green Fortnight 2019

Date: Friday 22 March 

Time: 7.30pm, doors 7pm

Venue: Bridport Town Hall

Tickets: £5

Join us for a wonder filled evening of songs and poetry with songs from Gail McGarva and Penny Dunscombe and poetry from stand up poet Rob Casey.

www.transitiontownbridport.co.uk

West Dorset Community Orchestra

Coffee Morning

Date; Saturday March 23

Time: 10am-12 Noon

Venue: Bridport united Church Hall

Cakes, books, bric-a-brac, raffle stalls for The living Tree, Julia’s House, Friends of Millennium Green, Bothenhampton Knit/Natter (Mencap)

The much-anticipated sequel to the critically acclaimed, global box office phenomenon that started it all, “The LEGO® Movie 2: The Second Part,” reunites the heroes of Bricksburg in an all new action-packed adventure to save their beloved city.

It’s been five years since everything was awesome and the citizens are facing a huge new threat: LEGO DUPLO® invaders from outer space, wrecking everything faster than they can rebuild.

The battle to defeat them and restore harmony to the LEGO universe will take Emmet, Lucy, Batman and their friends to faraway, unexplored worlds, including a strange galaxy where everything is a musical. It will test their courage, creativity and Master Building skills, and reveal just how special they really are.

Date: Saturday 23 March 2019

Time: Starts 11am

Ticket Price: £4.50

Tickets available from Bridport Tourist Information Centre, Bridport Town Hall, South Street DT6 3LF. Tel: 01308 424901

www.electricpalace.org.uk

Timothée Chalamet (Call Me By Your Name) co-stars with Steve Carell (Foxcatcher) in Felix Van Groeningen’s (The Broken Circle, Breakdown) English language debut, a powerful, soulful and intensely moving drama about addiction, its tragic consequences and reverberations through a family.

Carell is David Sheff, a successful journalist and proud father; to teenage son Nic (Chalamet) from his first marriage and two daughters from his second to artist Karen (Maura Tierney).

A relaxed, affectionate and communicative dad, he isn’t alarmed when Nic begins experimenting with marijuana; but then his son’s initially casual interest in drugs expands into an urgent addiction to crystal meth. As Nic transforms from his father’s beloved beautiful boy into an unhappy and chaotic addict, their relationship is repeatedly challenged to its core.

Based on a true story, Beautiful Boy is (unusually) adapted from two separate memoirs by both David and Nic Sheff about the experience, enriching our sense of the film’s authenticity. It’s also acted with startling emotional power, with Carell and Chalamet evincing entirely believable father-son chemistry and painful vulnerability in performances that are already generating talk of awards.

Date: Saturday 23 March 2019

Time: Starts 7:30pm

Ticket Price: £5.00

Tickets available from Bridport Tourist Information Centre, Bridport Town Hall, South Street DT6 3LF. Tel: 01308 424901

www.electricpalace.org.uk

Chalks Walk and Talk

Starting 24 March!

Have you ever wondered about the history behind Colmer’s Hill?

Doug Chalk has extensive knowledge of Colmer’s Hill. He will walk with you at your pace on a visit to the top of the iconic hill. The walk is a circular one taking around 2 hours with Doug giving an informative but informal talk along the way about the area. Dogs must be on a lead. Suitable footwear and clothing should also be worn.

Adults £10, Children £5 (not suitable for unders 6s)

To book your place on Doug Chalk’s walk and talk contact Doug on 07890 739625 or email iam@myseaside.co.uk 

On the 75th anniversary of the events that inspired The Great Escape, Dan Snow hosts a commemorative evening featuring The D-Day Darlings and special guests, culminating with a gala screening of the remastered 1963 cult film, starring Steve McQueen.

The live show from London’s Eventim Apollo, Hammersmith will feature Britain’s Got Talent finalists the D-Day Darlings, performing classics such as The White Cliffs of Dover, Don’t Sit Under The Apple Tree and a specially created arrangement of the iconic theme tune.

Dan Snow will hear from veterans of the Second World War’s most daring escape and will explore the history and science behind the operation with renowned historian Paul Beaver and Dr Hugh Hunt of the University of Cambridge.

Audiences will discover how Squadron Leader Roger Bushell’s ingenious plan inspired one of the most famous war films of all time.

The Triumph TR6 motorcycle, ridden by Steve McQueen in the dramatic fence-jump scene, will make a rare appearance on stage.

The film, also starring James Garner and Richard Attenborough and directed by John Sturgess, will be screened in stunning 4K and tells a fictionalised version of the real-life prisoner-of-war story. This dramatisation of the true story of a group of British, American and Canadian POWs who successfully escaped from Stalag Luft III in Upper Silesia in March 1944 is arguably the best World War II adventure film ever made.

A host of big-name stars meshes beautifully in this meticulous recreation of the legendary escape.

Although this is a film about courage, Sturges wisely takes a low-key approach, leavened with humour, rather than allowing the cast to indulge in macho antics.

This anniversary event supports the Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund, the Royal Air Force’s leading welfare charity, in its centenary year.

Running Time / Schedule:
6pm Live Show
7.05pm *Interval*
7.25pm Film – Part 1
8.55pm *Interval*
9.10pm Film – Part 2
10.30pm End

Date: Sunday 24 March 2019

Time: Starts 6.00pm

Ticket Price: £12.00 adv / £13.00 door

Tickets available from Bridport Tourist Information Centre, Bridport Town Hall, South Street DT6 3LF. Tel: 01308 424901

www.electricpalace.org.uk

STAY FIZZICAL NORDIC WALKING at FURLEIGH ESTATE

Wednesday, 16th January at 11.15am

Wednesday, 13th February at 11.15am

Wednesday, 27th March at 11.15am

Wednesday, 17th April at 11.15am

Nordic Walking UK accredited instructors Julia Williams and Paul Duffy from the Garden Studios in Bridport will be running a further introductory session to the basic techniques of Nordic Walking. This session starts at 10.45/11.15am with freshly roasted Black Bear Espresso Blend Coffee from Coffee Factory and finishes after an hour with a rewarding glass of Furleigh Estate fizz.

The sessions on Wednesday 16th January & Wednesday 27th March will be introductory sessions focusing on technique in the home vineyard.

The sessions on Wednesday 13th February & Wednesday 17th April will be intermediate level sessions walking a 3 mile circuit between two Furleigh Estate vineyards.

The cost is £10 per person which include loan of poles. Booking essential as places are limited. Please book your prefered date in the Special Events section at the bottom of this page.

Two evenings on how to research your Family Tree with professional advice from Rhiannon Lloyd of Shersca Genealogy.

Some of the topics to be covered include:

Ethics of family history

Storing and referencing information and records Getting the best out of searching online sources How to access UK census records Birth, marriage and death records

Tickets £15 each – includes both talks and Q&A sessions plus teas and coffees

Available to buy at www.symondsburyestate.co.uk or call us on 01308 424116

West Bay is rich in culture and history just waiting to be discovered, and this is the first of our monthly themed walks that will be looking at how the seaside has changed over the years.

It will include an opportunity to visit the Discovery Centre where you can explore the artefacts for the session, followed by a walk around West Bay at 10.45.

Open to all ages, suitable for over 55’s and dementia friendly.

This is a Free event but donations are welcome and booking is required.

01308 427288

Yorgos Lanthimos’s (Dogtooth, The Lobster, The Killing of a Sacred Deer) latest and likely most accessible film is an outrageous period comedy with outstanding performances by Emma Stone, Olivia Colman and Rachel Weisz as its three central characters – all complex, flawed, entirely distinctive women.

The early 18th century: England is fighting the French and a frail, capricious Queen Anne (Colman) sits on the throne; though the country is governed on her behalf by Lady Sarah (Weisz), a close friend who also tends to Anne’s ill health and mercurial temper.

But as the politics of war begin to consume Sarah’s time, a new servant, Abigail (Stone) steps into the breach as the Queen’s companion; with a rapidly burgeoning friendship that gives Abigail a chance to fulfil her wider ambitions – not letting woman, man, politics or rabbit stand in her way.

It’s already in receipt of substantial critical acclaim following its first screenings at Venice, where Colman also won Best Actress for her uproarious performance as the wounded, infantile, eternally faddish Anne, a bleak but really hilarious creation; has won 10 British Film Awards and has been nominated for 5 Golden Globes.

A sometimes bizarre (racing lobsters, anyone?) black comedy of status, The Favourite is full of scabrous, misanthropic wit (thanks to an original script by Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara) and wicked intrigue; a perfectly cut diamond of a film.

Date: Thursday 28 March 2019

Time: Starts 7:30pm

Ticket Price: £5.00

Tickets available from Bridport Tourist Information Centre, Bridport Town Hall, South Street DT6 3LF. Tel: 01308 424901

www.electricpalace.org.uk

Following on from the success of ‘Gloriator’, and ‘Glorilla’, the award-winning Spitz & Co are proud to present the third and final show of the trilogy – ‘Les Gloriables’.  Inspired by Victor Hugo’s classic French novel ‘Les Miserables’, legendary French actress Gloria Delaneuf is determined to create a piece of theatre with the power to reunite Europe.  She has dreamed a dream, and her UK tour manager Josephine Cunningham is going to help her make it happen. Vive La Revolution! Touring Dorset with Artsreach, the county’s touring arts charity.

“Catch them now before they’re selling out the Albert Hall!” Mel Giedroyc

www.spitzandco.com | www.artsreach.co.uk

RATRACE ARE DORSET’S PREMIER AND ORIGINAL SKA BAND, PLAYING VENUES & FESTIVALS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.

THE BAND HAVE ALSO SUPPORTED MANY OF THE SKA GREATS, LIKE THE SELECTER, THE BEAT AND AGAIN THIS YEAR BAD MANNERS.

WITH OVER 19 YEARS NOW KEEPING IT SKA SKA SKA!

Date: Friday 29 March 2019

Time: Starts 8pm

Ticket Price: Advance £11.00 / Door £13.00

Tickets available from Bridport Tourist Information Centre, Bridport Town Hall, South Street DT6 3LF. Tel: 01308 424901

www.electricpalace.org.uk

Bridport & District Gardening Club Spring Show

Date: Saturday 30 March 2019

Time: Opens 12 noon

Venue: United Church Hall, East St., Bridport

Entries open to members and non-members, free admission.

Flowers – Floral arrangements – Pot plants – Vegetables – Photography – Arts & Crafts – Cookery – Preserves

Light refreshments.

Entry details for the show and schedules available from www.bridportgardeningclub.co.uk or Ann Brown on 01308 424055.

Entries close Wednesday 27 March @ 7pm or email by 5pm.

Freshwater Beach holiday Park invites you to

The School Disco

Over 18’s only

Prizes for the best and most outrageous costumes!

Guest DJ’s playing your favourite tunes from the 80’s, 90’s & 00’s!

Early bird prices available for a short period only.

A free bus from Bucky Doo Square to Freshwater & return will be running on the night.

See Ticketsource for details.

Tickets ONLY available from :

www.ticketsource.co.uk/freshwaterbeach