Events

Bridport Arts Centre presents

and exhibition by

Jenni Dutton

The Dementia Darnings

Artworks reflecting the ageing process as well as the erosive effect of the illness on the individual. The method of developing the image is slow, the intensity of each piece mirrors the nature of the relationship between mother and daughter. These large scale, emotive and detailed pieces will be on display alongside some new work from the series Absurd Sewn Selfies.

From Saturday 5th January until Saturday 16th February in the Allsop Gallery.

Open Tuesday – Saturday 10am  – 4pm.

More information at bridport-arts.com

Celebrate Burns Night with Dark Bear! A masterclass with all things Douglas Laing with their incredible range of delicious malts. Kicking off with a drink on arrival, tasters of the whole range and haggis pizza tasters supplied by the Stable. Themed cocktails and Scottish beers will be available on the night.

Tickets: £25, must be booked in advance.

Date: Friday 25 March 

Time: 7pm

Venue: DarkBear (Aroma Cafe) East Street

To book: email lloyd-brown@hotmail.co.uk or pop into the bar.

Adapted from the best selling book of the same name, a writer forms an unexpected bond with the residents of Guernsey in the aftermath of World War II when she decides to write a book about their experiences with unexpected results.

Friday 25th January 2019

Burton Bradstock Village Hall

Doors open 7.00pm

Film starts 7.30pm

Entry £5 includes a glass of wine or soft drink

Tickets from Burton Bradstock Post Office

All profits to Burton Bradstock Village Hall Trust

Rated PG

From Academy Award (R)-winning director Steve McQueen (12 Years a Slave) and co-writer and bestselling author Gillian Flynn (Gone Girl) comes a blistering, modern-day thriller set against the backdrop of crime, passion and corruption.

Widows is the story of four women with nothing in common except a debt left behind by their dead husbands’ criminal activities. Set in contemporary Chicago, amid a time of turmoil, tensions build when Veronica (Oscar (R) winner Viola Davis), Alice (Elizabeth Debicki), Linda (Michelle Rodriguez) and Belle (Cynthia Erivo) take their fate into their own hands and conspire to forge a future on their own terms.

Widows also stars Liam Neeson, Colin Farrell, Robert Duvall, Daniel Kaluuya, Lukas Haas and Brian Tyree Henry.

Date: Friday 25 January 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

Tidal: new paintings by Anthony Garratt, wood carvings by David West and furniture by Petter Southall

Saturday 26 January to Sunday 10 March 2019

The new exhibition at Sladers Yard brings together three artists whose work responds to tidal water in very different but complementary ways, each one thrilling and utterly original.

Anthony Garratt is an experimental painter of landscape. His paintings of Dartmoor
and the Devon coast in this exhibition show his love of running and tidal water within
the landscape. Since he and his young family moved to Dartmoor, Anthony’s
engagement with this wild landscape and the visible traces of its long history speaks in
these dynamic paintings.

Often working outdoors, he is at the mercy of the elements which are liable to wash
away his paint and radically change his painting, however this is part of the story of the
work for him. As Mary Myers put it in Country Life, ‘Anthony Garratt has taken en plein
air painting to a new extreme. Happiest when the weather is wild, he regards the
unpredictable effects of the elements as central to his work.’ Increasingly he is
exploring the human, both political and emotional, within the landscapes he paints,
alongside the nature of the paint itself. In Dartmoor, as on Snowdon, there is much
evidence of abandoned human efforts and these draw Garratt’s fascination. He is
interested in landscapes that emphasise the vulnerability of man. ‘Perhaps I regard
adversity as a form of beauty. There is beauty in the knowledge that humans are not
all-powerful and in control of the planet. We are at the mercy of it. If my paintings are
able to communicate that beauty, perhaps that is what I am striving for.’

David West’s extraordinary talents both as a wood carver and as a painter seem to
have realised a visionary peacefulness and contemplative quality in his recent work.
Gilded carvings of the moon and of moonlight on the sea were the first signs of his
bringing the mystery and wonder he discovered on the Kumano Kodo pilgrim trail in
Japan in 2008 back to his own surroundings here in Dorset. A fascination with light on
the surface of water in all its many manifestations has followed. His most recent work
explores the shoreline, rock pools and tidal waters of the Dorset coast where the tide
comes in over flat layers of weathered rock. Some gilded, some painted, these almost
abstract rhythmic reliefs are unique and exceptional works of art.

Petter Southall has been making his distinctive furniture at his studio outside Bridport
since 1991. He makes his designs by hand using an innovative combination of boatbuilding
and fine cabinet-making techniques. He started working wood as a teenager
building traditional boats in his native Norway. That knowledge and love of
streamlined curved forms has stayed with him throughout his furniture-making career.
A highly original and confident designer in wood, Petter’s work is stunning to look at
and very pleasing to use. At Sladers Yard we keep a rotating exhibition of samples of
his work, some of which is for sale and some available to commission to your own
specifications.

Sladers Yard Contemporary Art, Furniture & Craft Gallery West Bay Bridport Dorset DT6 4EL
t: 01308 459511 e: gallery@sladersyard.co.uk Open: Mon to Sat 10am – 4.30 pm, Sundays 12 – 4.30 pm
All work can be viewed and bought on www.sladersyard.co.uk

Price: £10.00 adults / £5.00 12-18yrs

Venue: The Lyric Theatre, 9 Barrack Street, Bridport DT6 3LX

Tickets available from Bridport Tourist Information Centre, Bridport Town Hall. Tel: 01308 424901 or book online

If it sounded good then, why not today?! Almost 300 years ago, some musicians from around Antwerp, Brussels, Gent and Leuven decided to write down their favourite music. As time passed, however, the paper turned yellow, the ink began to fade, and the music itself was left to gather dust along with the faded manuscripts. That is, until now! With their finely textured arrangements, WOR injects new energy into 18th century tunes from the Flanders region of Belgium. Performing on an array of instruments including saxophone, violin, bagpipes, accordion and guitar, this energetic young band shines an inventive spotlight with a modern twist on tunes from these manuscripts. Simply unmissable! Touring Dorset with Artsreach, the county’s touring arts charity

Price: £10.00 adults / £5.00 12-18yrs

Venue: The Lyric Theatre, 9 Barrack Street, Bridport DT6 3LX

Tickets available from Bridport Tourist Information Centre, Bridport Town Hall. Tel: 01308 424901 or book online

Come on down to the Electric Palace for a night of Funk & Soul sounds – all on vinyl. DJ Dr Funk has the best vinyl collection in the area and the skill to choose sounds that you can’t stop dancing to. Come along and let your hair down. Drinks promotions all night.

Great sounds guaranteed…….

Date: Saturday 26 January 2019

Time: Starts 8:30pm

Ticket Price: Advance £10.00 / Door £12.00

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

www.electricpalace.org.uk

Holocaust Memorial Day

Free event hosted by South West Dorset Multicultural Network

Date: Friday 25 January 2019

Time: Doors open noon, even t 12.30-1.30pm.

Venue: The Corn Exchange, High West St., Dorchester

For more info contact: FThomas@dorset.gov.uk

EVERYONE WELCOME!!

The Golden Age of Travel  – A Talk by Paul Atterbury Presented by the Golden Cap Association (West Dorset) The 1920’s and 1930’s were very much The Golden Age of Travel with Cunard, the Orient Express, Pullman trains and flying boats.  Paul will embark on an alluring journey into this golden age of great ocean liners and luxury rail travel. Paul famously presented a television programme on the BBC whilst travelling on board a train headed by the iconic steam locomotive ‘The Flying Scotsman’ .

Despite never having an ambition to appear on television, Paul in his ‘trademark’ striped blazers  has been on  the ‘Antiques Roadshow’ team for over 25 years.

Paul, now based in Weymouth, used to live in Eype and has published books of old postcards showing Eype and West Bay.  His books on travel include Country Railways, Branch Line Britain, and Exploring Britain’s Canals.

Non-members welcome. Admission £3. Includes tea or coffee and biscuits.

Please note that this is a non-ticket event and whilst we welcome members of the public, admission is on a strictly ‘first come, first served’ basis and a seat cannot always be guaranteed

The Golden Cap Association (West Dorset) is a local group of National Trust members and accredited volunteers who support the work of the Trust throughout West Dorset whilst also taking part in a full and varied programme of social events.

Bohemian Rhapsody is a foot-stomping celebration of Queen, their music and their extraordinary lead singer Freddie Mercury, who defied stereotypes and shattered convention to become one of the most beloved entertainers on the planet.

The film traces the meteoric rise of the band through their iconic songs and revolutionary sound, their near-implosion as Mercury’s lifestyle spirals out of control, and their triumphant reunion on the eve of Live Aid, where Mercury, facing a life-threatening illness, leads the band in one of the greatest performances in the history of rock music.

In the process, cementing the legacy of a band that were always more like a family, and who continue to inspire outsiders, dreamers and music lovers to this day.

Date: Wednesday 30 January 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

I’m Not Running is an explosive new play by David Hare, premiering at the National Theatre and broadcast live.

Pauline Gibson has spent her life as a doctor, the inspiring leader of a local health campaign. When she crosses paths with her old boyfriend, a stalwart loyalist in Labour Party politics, she’s faced with an agonising decision.

What’s involved in sacrificing your private life and your piece of mind for something more than a single issue? Does she dare?

Hare was recently described by The Washington Post as ‘the premiere political dramatist writing in English’. His other work includes Pravda and Skylight, broadcast by National Theatre Live in 2014.

Date: Thursday 31 January 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

Bridport Folk Festival 2019 presents: The Churchfitters Trio

Date: Thursday 31 January

Time: Doors 7:30pm for an 8pm start

Venue: Bridport Town Hall, East Street, Bridport DT6 3LF

Ticket Price: £12.50 from Bridport Tourist Information Centre on 01308 424901 or online

The Churchfitters are a folk band like no other. Bass guitars made out of frying pans and hub caps. Heart-wrenching vocals accompanied by a musical saw.

Foot-stompingly fast fiddle mixed with infectious funk-rock banjo, and traditional melodies reinvigorated with mesmerising rock rhythms