Events

Down the Slipway- An exhibition about Shipbuilding in West Bay

Tuesday 25th June- Sunday 27th October 2019

 Open daily 11am-4pm excluding Mondays.

At West Bay Discovery Centre

The harbout at West Bay no longer shows any visible signs of its shipbuilding past. However, during the period 1769-1879 over 350 ships were built here. We will be bringing the shipyard back to life and discovering some of its secrets in this anniversary year (Part of Turner events in Bridport #TurnerinBridport)

Wicked Wessex Tour: The Cat O’Nine Tails

20th July to October 5th 2019

At the Shire Hall Historic Courthouse Museum, Dorchester

Learn about the Dark History of Wicked Wessex. The cat-o’-nine-tails was a type of whip used in the Royal Navy. A sailor could be flogged for anything from drunkenness to desertion. Each of the cat’s ‘tails’ was knotted to increase the pain of the lashes.

Free with valid Museum Annual Pass.

Find out more at shirehalldorset.org or call 01305 261849

Yoga & Sound Therapy – A beautiful experience. Expansive, restful and healing.

With Sue O’Sullivan and Jane Saunders.

Venue: St Mary’s Church Hall, Bridport DT6 3NW

Time: 10am-1pm

Saturday 20 July – Sunday 8 September – Saturday 19 October

A combination of yoga with sound, break for tea, guided relaxation for deep rest followed by a sound bath. Led by Sue O’Sullivan, experienced yoga teacher, qualified with the Inner Yoga Trust and Jane Saunders, Musician and Sound Therapist.

Contact Jane or Sue for further information. sueosullivan66@gmail.com 07932 864852

or sabina200368@gmail.com 07976 731331

After a year sabbatical, the blues boys are back in Bridport! Over the past quarter of a century The Producers have established themselves as one of the UK’s top blues bands and have played as far afield as New Zealand, Australia, the USA and the Bahamas, alongside regular tours throughout Europe.

They have also been featured in session on the Paul Jones Blues Show on BBC Radio 2 and have been praised by Johnnie Walker and Bob Harris.

These chaps always put on a corker of a show so book early!

Date: Thursday 19 September 2019

Time: Starts 8pm

Ticket Price: Advance £12.50 (£12+50p bf) / Door £14.00

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

www.electricpalace.org.uk

Film in the Cafe

Bohemian Rhapsody (2018) Directed by Bryan Singer

Friday 10th September

The Hive Beach Cafe, Burton Bradstock

6pm for 7pm

Tickets £8, online from www.screenbites.co.uk

Plus, Supper: Fish and Chips in a paper cone

£6 per head – pre order online

Bar with local wines, beers and ciders

Shop Offering tastings of local produce

Dorset Mammal Group presents

The Hedgehog Predicament 

Friday 20th September

7.30pm

St Swithuns Church Hall, Allington, Bridport

Admission £3

A talk with slides about hedgehogs by Colin Varndell

For more information contact hedgehogs@dorsetmammalgroup.org.uk

Broken Robot Productions & So Comedy by arrangement with Troika presents

GRIFF RHYS JONES : ALL OVER THE PLACE

Griff is back and once again all over the place touring the UK this autumn with his brand new full-length stand-up show.

Following sell out performances of his previous one man entertainments ‘Jones and Smith’ and ‘Where Was I?’ and a hugely acclaimed tour of Australia and New Zealand, it’s time to join one half of Smith & Jones, one quarter of Not the Nine O’Clock News and one third of Three Men In a Boat as he presents an evening of hilarious true stories, riffs, observations and details of his recent medical procedures.

It’s all guaranteed to be packed with wicked insights into the pains of celebrity, the vicissitudes of parenthood and encounters with the great, the good and even the royal.

Yes, Griff is all over the place this year so make sure not to miss him!

Date: Friday 20 September 2019

Time: Starts 8pm

Ticket Price: Advance £19.50 (£19+50p bf) / Door £21.00

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

www.electricpalace.org.uk

Golden Cap Guided Walk

Saturday 21st September

10.30am-1pm

Join Jurassic Coast Ambassador Geoff Rowland for an invigorating walk to the top of the highest point on  England’s south coast-Golden Cap in West Dorset.

This walk begins at Golden Cap Holiday Park at 10.30am, and will take you up and over Golden Cap itself, from where you can take spectacular views across the Jurassic Coast. The walk will also take in the ruins of St.Gabriel’s Church, and the “street beach” of St. Gabriels Mouth if access is available. Returning via the easier walking path North of Golden Cap, finishing at the Anchor Inn in Seatown for well-earned refreshment!

This walk will be between 2-3 hours round trip. Parking is available at the Anchor Inn car park, or take the Jurassic Coaster bus to Chideock.

Tickets £5/£2.5o Members. Visit jurassicoast.org/shop or call 01308 807000 to book.

Who are the Celts? What have the Romans ever done for us? And why is Emperor Nero dousing himself in horse wee?

Friends, Romans, Celts… Lend us your ears. The all-conquering Romans rule the civilised world – and that includes “the stain” that is Britain.

While the young Emperor Nero must battle his scheming mother Agrippina for ultimate power, Celt queen Boudicca gathers an army in Britain to repel the rotten Romans.

Mixed up in this battle for liberation are the teenage Atti, a reluctant Roman soldier, and Orla, a young Celt with dreams of becoming a warrior like Boudicca.

Will they fall on opposite sides or forge a friendship in the chaos of Celtic-inspired rebellion?

Date: Saturday 21 September 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

Dorset Architectural Heritage Week – Bridport LSi 

Saturday 21st September

11am-4.30pm

Call in for a free tour of the entire building.

Children Welcome. Full Disabled Access. Dogs Welcome.

The literary & Scientific Institute is a Grade II* Listed Building in the heart of Bridport. Built by Sir Henry Warburton in 1834 it has recently been the subject of a major refurbishment.

This historic building is now a modern vibrant location for business, education, training and the community.

Landscapes for Life

Saturday 21st September

1pm start

Cerne Giant Dorset

Hearts are being formed across the country to celebrate 70 years of AONBs. Bring a picnic and hear artist Lorna Rees reciting the specially commissioned new poem by Poet Laureate Simon Armitage as we make the biggest heart of all.

Free tea and cake

Book and info at dorsetaonb.org.uk

Electric Broom Cupboard Presents
THE CHESTERFIELDS

35 years since they formed in Yeovil, Somerset, The Chesterfields are back for a short run of UK dates.

The Chesterfields came to prominence in 1986 as part of a thriving UK underground scene that had turned its back on over-produced 1980s chart music and was looking for back to basics pop music.

Bands, independent record labels, gig promoters and fanzine editors were making their own entertainment, with The June Brides, The Wedding Present, Primal Scream and The Loftleading the way, supported by Radio One’s John Peel and Janice Long.

They released three albums, ‘Kettle’ (1987), ‘Westward Ho!’(1987) and ‘Crocodile Tears’ (1988) before splitting in 1989.

The group reformed to play New York Pop Fest in 2016, and now features Andy Strickland of The Loft and The Caretaker Race.

DAI-NICHI
Tokyo-based Dai-Nichi are Seiko Nemoto (bass and vocals) and Yuko Yamazaki (guitar and vocals).

Together they play a uniquely Japanese brand of art pop that nods sideways at English bands like Gang Of Four, XTC, Dr Feelgood and Buzzcocks.

DJ ALAN FLINT
Yeovil-based DJ Alan Flint has been DJ at Electric Broom Cupboard gigs since 1987.

Always thirsty for new original music, he’s very much the John Peel of the Yeovil music scene.

He is also known for his drumming and love of Echo and The Bunnymen.

Date: Saturday 21 September 2019

Time: Starts 7:30pm

Ticket Price: Advance £8.50 (£8.00+50p bf) / Door £10.00

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

www.electricpalace.org.uk

DIVINE UNION SOUNDBATH

Sunday 22nd September 

 2-4pm

Bridport Unitarians, 49 East St, BRIDPORT, Dorset DT6 3JX

CRYSTAL AND TIBETAN SINGING BOWL SOUNDBATH

Experience a magical performance of therapeutic  Pure Sound by musician Dean Carter using singing bowls plus sacred vocal overtoning which promotes a deeply relaxing and healing state to rebalance and re-energise your body, mind and spirit. Your ‘participation’ involves simply lying down and enjoying/absorbing the sounds. (You may sit if preferred.)

£12, Booking in advance and further details www.centreforpuresound.org ahiahel@live.com 01935 389655. Bring something comfortable to lie on and wrap around you.

Crystal and Tibetan Singing bowls

Sunday 22nd September

2pm-4pm (settle in at 1.50pm)

Bridport Unitarians

Experience the therapeutic ‘pure sound’ effect with musician and sounds healing facilitator Dean Carter (MA Oxon), using crystal and Tibetan singing bowls and Vocal Overtoning applied using the Yin/Yang principles of harmony, which promotes a deeply relaxing and healing state re-energising and re-balancing your body, mind and spirit.

Bring something comfy to lie down on and a blanket. Tea afterwards.

£12, To book your space in advance email Dean: ahaihel@live.com or telephone 01935 389655

Featuring a Tony Award-winning performance from host of the The Late Late Show, James Corden, the hilarious West End and Broadway hit One Man, Two Guvnors returns to cinemas to mark National Theatre Live’s 10th birthday.

Fired from his skiffle band, Francis Henshall becomes minder to Roscoe Crabbe, a small time East End hood, now in Brighton to collect £6,000 from his fiancée’s dad. But Roscoe is really his sister Rachel posing as her own dead brother, who’s been killed by her boyfriend Stanley Stubbers.

Holed up at The Cricketers’ Arms, the permanently ravenous Francis spots the chance of an extra meal ticket and takes a second job with one Stanley Stubbers, who is hiding from the police and waiting to be re-united with Rachel. To prevent discovery, Francis must keep his two guvnors apart. Simple.

One Man, Two Guvnors by Richard Bean is based on The Servant of Two Masters by Carlo Goldoni, with songs by Grant Olding

BBFC classification: 12A
Running time: 3h

Date: Thursday 26 September 2019

Time: Starts 7pm

Ticket Price: Advance £12.00 (£11.50+50p bf) / Door £13.00

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

www.electricpalace.org.uk

Run Jurassic

 Friday 27th – Sunday 29th September 2019

Run Jurassic is a family-friendly festival of fun, activities, and most importantly, running! Organised by White Star Running in support of the Jurassic Coast Trust.

Saturday 28th September- Ultra Race and Marathon @ 8.00am, Chaos Race (3km) @ 6pm

Sunday 29th September – Half Marathon @ 8am, 10km @8:30am and Chindren’s Race @ 2pm

Visit runjurassic.co.uk or jurassiccoast.org/run-jurassic-2019/

Artsreach Event: The Hard Way

The Story of Hannah Mitchell, self-taught, self-made woman, campaigner, speaker, writer, suffragette, councillor and magistrate. A one-woman show of storytelling and song by Louise Jordan.

Venue: Broadoak Village Hall

Date: Friday 27 September, 7.30pm

Tickets: £8, £6 (under 18s), £24 (family ticket) on the door or in advance from 01308 424922 or online at artsreach.co.uk

Suitable for 14+

Set in 1987, during the austere days of Thatcher’s Britain, ‘Blinded By The Light’ is a joyous, coming-of-age story about a teenager who learns to live life, understand his family and find his own voice through the words and music of Bruce Springsteen.

From writer/director/producer Gurinder Chadha (“Bend It Like Beckham”) comes an inspirational drama set to the music and lyrics of Bruce Springsteen’s timeless songs.

“Blinded by the Light” tells the story of Javed (Viveik Kalra) a British teen of Pakistani descent, growing up in the town of Luton, England, in 1987. Amidst the racial and economic turmoil of the times, he writes poetry as a means to escape the intolerance of his hometown and the inflexibility of his traditional father, but when a classmate introduces him to the music of “the Boss,” Javed sees parallels to his working-class life in Springsteen’s powerful lyrics. As Javed discovers a cathartic outlet for his own pent-up dreams, he also begins to find the courage to express himself in his own unique voice.

Based on Sarfraz Manzoor’s acclaimed memoir Greetings from Bury Park, “Blinded by the Light” is a joyful story of courage, love, hope, family and the unique ability of music to lift the human spirit.

Chadha directed and produced the film, which was written by Manzoor, Chadha and Paul Mayeda Berges. The story is underscored by the music and poetic lyrics of Springsteen, who gave Chadha his blessing from the film’s inception.

Date: Friday 27 September 2019

Time: Starts 7:30pm

Ticket Price:  £5.00 (£4.8+20p bf)

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

www.electricpalace.org.uk

Bridport Charter Fair is triumphantly returning this year with a day of entertainment, information and demonstration to reflect our wonderful community.

The Charter Fair celebrates the granting both of the first Market Charter by Henry III in 1253 and the reconfirmation of the right to hold a market by Elizabeth I in 1554. It also celebrates the Citizen’s Charter, which in 2018 confirmed Bridport as the U.K.’s first “Rights Respecting Town.” The former, with the market now listed as one of the top markets nationally, has helped shape the Town’s character over the centuries – the latter will be influential in determining the future identity of our community.

The Fair seeks to reflect this community – what it does, who does what – with a focus on a single day of music, information and demonstration based in the Arts Centre and Bucky Doo Square, followed by an evening showcase of diverse entertainment in the Arts Centre.

For news & updates on the Charter Fair please visit www.facebook.com/BridportCharterFair

01308 423767

a.c.woodgate@btinternet.com

For information about the Citizens’ Charter and the Rights Respecting Programme contact djpmelodeon@gmail.com

Red, Chuck, Bomb and the rest of their feathered friends are surprised when a green pig suggests that they put aside their differences and unite to fight a common threat. Aggressive birds from an island covered in ice are planning to use an elaborate weapon to destroy the fowl and swine way of life. After picking their best and brightest, the birds and pigs come up with a scheme to infiltrate the island, deactivate the device and return to their respective paradises intact.

Date: Saturday 28 September 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

Mandeville presents

‘The Fountains of Versailles’ 

Saturday 28th September

3pm

The Salt House, West Bay

Tickets £9 Adults, Under 16 Free At the door

A recital of splendid, charming and beautiful french music performed by: Anne Scolding-Perrett on Clarinet and Clare Sydenham on piano.

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Tap Dancing workshop for adults with David Schonthal of Rhythm Tap Cardiff

Sunday 29th September 2019

12.45-4.30pm (first session starts at 1pm)

Loders Village Hall

£15.00

The workshop will consists of two 1 hour 30mins sessions with a half an hour coffee break between them. Tea, coffee and cake will be provided.

Two years of tap experience needed.

Email chrisholland2845@gmail.com to book a space