Admittedly the 80s were responsible for some truly awful stuff. Neon. Shoulder pads. Mullets! But, despite the questionable fashion choices and horrendous hair, there was some great music.

Riviera Dogs are a well-known, polished and very popular 5 piece band based in Torquay delivering fantastic music from the decades that taste forgot.

Join us for a boppy evening you won't forget, with guaranteed hip gyration, possibly even full blown dad dancing...... and no Rick Astley!

Kindly sponsored by Marchand Petit

All tickets £12.00

Billy Eilish - The World's a Little Blurry

Documentarian and biographer R.J. Cutler takes a deep dive into the world of contemporary pop musician Billie Eilish. An intimate look at the singer-songwriter's journey, navigating life on the road, on stage, and at home, while creating her debut album. The artist opens up about her desire to create unique music as a young girl and the paths she pursued to fulfill her dream of releasing her debut album. Later, Billie discusses the pitfalls of life in the spotlight as a young woman

Starring: Bille Eilish, Finneas O'Connell, Maggie Baird
Director: R.J. Cutler

Adult: £8.50

Over 60s: £8.00

Under 16s: £6.20

Cara Dillon, one of the most outstanding performers on the UK folk scene, continues the Folk at the Flavel series. Born in County Derry, Cara has risen to be one of the finest exponents of Irish song as well as, with husband and musical partner Sam Lakeman, steering an eclectic musical path combining the traditional with the contemporary. She has had a number of successful albums and tours extensively either with Sam or a full band appearing in concert halls and at festivals the world over. Cara has won countless awards and accolades including “Album of the Year” at the BBC Radio 2 folk awards, the Meteor Music award for “Best Irish Female”, and Tatler’s “Woman of the Year in Music”.Cara has also been featured in many remarkable projects including singing the title track for the film "Tinkerbell and the Great Fairy Rescue" and has also sung on projects such as Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells 3. This will be Cara’s third appearance at the Flavel following two sold out shows ion 2015 and 2017.

“Cara Dillon has quite possibly the world’s most beautiful female voice” Q Magazine

Ticket price £22 and £5 for under 16

This production of Carmen is directed by Kasper Holten, former Director of Opera at the Royal Opera House in London, with the set designed by the British artist Es Devlin. Her past work includes sets for such stars as Adele, Take That, U2, Pet Shop Boys and Kanye West.

Performed on the spectacular water stage of Lake Constance in Bregenz (Austria), George Bizet’s Carmen is a story of passion, destiny and obsession. The French composer’s opera is most famous for its Spanish melodies, including the Flower Song, Habanera and the Toreador Song. Experience Carmen like never before – recorded live on the floating stage during the Bregenz Festival. As with their previous spectacular productions, you can expect the staging of this classic tale to have an extravagantly original and innovative design, with the waters of the lake being used as an extension of the stage

Run time: 140 mins, includes a 15 minute interval.

Adults: £16.50

Under 18's: £10.00

Exhibition on Screen is thrilled to bring back one of its most successful films ever, offering a unique and fascinating exploration of the life and times of Paul Cézanne.

One cannot appreciate 20th-century art without understanding the significance and genius of

Paul Cézanne.

Filmed on location at the National Portrait Gallery London, National Gallery of Art Washington, and Musée d’Orsay Paris, this film features interviews with curators and experts, and correspondence from the artist himself, taking us beyond Cézanne’s portraits to the places he lived and worked, and sheds light on an artist who is perhaps the least known of all the Impressionists – until now.

Exclusive access to the first-ever exhibition devoted to the portraits of Cézanne.

Narrated by Emmy Award winning actor Brian Cox.

A revealing film about a man dubbed ‘the father of us all’ by Matisse and Picasso.

‘‘mesmerising exhibition” - Time Out

‘‘excellent” - Guardian

All tickets: £12.00

Folk at the Flavel are proud to welcome to the Flavel the band credited with launching folk rock in the UK and one of the most iconic bands of any genre, Fairport Convention.

Fairport have been entertaining music lovers for over half a century but one thing has remained the same - Fairport’s passion for performance. This is reflected in a busy touring schedule and of course the famous annual Fairport Convention Cropredy Festival which has just celebrated its 40th year. Their performance will present a mix of long-established Fairport favourites and some surprises from albums old and new including their latest album ‘Shuffle & Go’ which will be released in February 2020. Fairport Convention have won a BBC Lifetime Achievement Award and Radio 2 listeners voted their ground-breaking album Liege & Lief 'The Most Influential Folk Album of All Time'. The band, which launched the careers of Richard Thompson and the late Sandy Denny, features the long established line up of founding member Simon Nicol on guitar and vocals, Dave Pegg on bass guitar (celebrating his fiftieth year in Fairport), Ric Sanders on violin, Chris Leslie on fiddle, mandolin and vocals, and Gerry Conway on percussion.

"Stuffing their set with a surprising amount of new material, Fairport are still clearly having fun and brought the house down." The Guardian

All tickets £28.00

Folk at the Flavel welcomes back for a second visit Flook, one of the legendary folk bands of the late 1990's and early 2000's.

After forming in 1997, Flook had a remarkably successful performing and recording career. The sheer enjoyment of playing together shone through their albums but was also a key factor in their very successful live shows. Three studio albums, "Flatfish" released in 1999, "Rubai" in 2002 and "Haven" in 2005 were all critically acclaimed and they won the accolade of Best Group at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards in 2006, having previously been nominated for Best Album. After a long hiatus they reformed a few years ago and in 2019 released a new album, “Ancora”. This was brilliantly received and was nominated in the best album category at the BBC Radio 2 folk awards. Flook are: flautists Brian Finnegan and Sarah Allen, guitarist Ed Boyd and bodhran maestro, John Joe Kelly. They weave and spin traditionally rooted tunes into an enthralling sound, with agile but tight rhythms and virtuoso improvisation.

Flook possesses a rare blend of fiery technical brilliance, delicate ensemble interaction and a bold, adventurous musical imagination. The rapport between these four musicians, and the sheer enjoyment they developed in playing together, is second to none. There is no shortage of virtuosity amongst the members of Flook, but the unique impact of this sensational Anglo-Irish group stems from the wholly intuitive, almost symbiotic, exchange between the musicians.

All tickets: £20.00

Electrifying concert performances and intimate, personal footage showcase the life and talent of singer and actress Grace Jones.

Larger than life, wild, scary and androgynous - Grace Jones plays all these parts. Yet here we also discover her as a lover, daughter, mother, sister and even grandmother, as she submits herself to our gaze and allows us to understand what constitutes her mask.

The stage is where her most extreme embodiments are realised and her theatrical imagination lets loose: this is where the musical of her life is played out. The film includes Grace's unique performances singing iconic hits such as Slave To The Rhythm, Pull Up To The Bumper, as well as the more recent autobiographical tracks Williams' Bloods and Hurricane. These personal songs also link to Grace's family life, as the film takes us on a holiday road trip across Jamaica, where her family roots and the story of her traumatic childhood are uncovered. In Jamaican patois, 'Bloodlight' is the red light that illuminates when an artist is recording and 'Bami' means bread, the substance of daily life.

Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami weaves together the layers of Grace Jones' public and private life, as she moves effortlessly between different facets: she is gypsy, artist and partying hedonist, warm and funny but also a fierce and tenacious businesswoman. The performance continues to move thematically though the film, with Love Is The Drug acting like an aria, bringing the film to its final and most touching scenes. This is a Grace we have not seen before, someone who reminds us of what it is to dare to be truly alive.

All tickets: £12.00

In 1966, Helen Reddy arrives in New York with her three-year-old daughter, a suitcase, and $230 in her pocket. She had been told she'd won a recording contract, but the record company promptly dashes her hopes by telling her it has enough female stars and suggests that she have fun in New York before returning home to Australia. Helen, without a visa, decides to stay in New York anyway and pursue a singing career, struggling to make ends meet and provide for her daughter. She befriends legendary rock journalist Lillian Roxon, who becomes her closest confidante. Lillian inspires her to write and sing the iconic song "I Am Woman" which becomes the anthem for the second-wave feminist movement and galvanizes a generation of women to fight for change. She also meets Jeff Wald, a young aspiring talent manager who becomes her agent and husband. Jeff helps her get to the top, but he also suffers from a drug addiction that gradually turns their relationship toxic.

Starring: Evan Peters, Chris Parnell, Danielle Macdonald

Director: Unjoo Moon

One of the true greats of the folk world, renowned guitarist Martin Simpson, will be performing at the Flavel Arts Centre in Dartmouth on 17th September 2021.

This will be Martins' fourth visit to the Flavel and the concert will no doubt be a fantastic evening of superb musicianship if the previous three are anything to go by. Martin is known as a guitarist of formidable talent equally at home playing English traditional folk, American folk and blues and his own compositions. He is universally acclaimed as one of the finest ever acoustic and slide guitar players. He is also a fine banjo-picker to boot and his solo shows bear witness to an artist at the very top of his game. Whether interpreting material from traditional sources or singing his own potent self-penned songs, Martin is a remarkable storyteller.

Martin continues to collaborate with a dazzling array of people from across the musical spectrum: Jackson Browne, Martin Taylor, June Tabor, Richard Hawley, Bonnie Raitt, Danny Thompson, Richard Thompson and Dom Flemons are among the great musicians he has worked with. In recent years, he has been a lynchpin in the award-winning group, Full English and has recorded and toured with Andy Cutting and Nancy Kerr.

He has had the most nominations of any performer in the 18 years of the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards winning the accolade of musician of the year twice. A virtuoso player without question, above all Martin Simpson conveys his diverse treasure trove of material from the heart, performing with rare subtlety, intensity and honesty. A true master of his art.

All tickets: £20.00

Following two sell out performances at the Flavel in recent times we are delighted to welcome back founder member and lead vocalist of Wishbone Ash, Martin Turner, and his band.

Regarded by critics and fans as one of the most enduring of British Rock bands, Wishbone Ash, forged a unique musical identity through their seminal albums and astonishing live shows. The 2020 tour will feature in its entirety the 1971 iconic album, Pilgrimage, as well as highlights from their extensive back catalogue. His current line-up features guitarists Danny Wilson and Misha Nikolic and drummer Tim Brown.

(Brought to you by Dart Gig Promotions)

Ticket Price £18

Matthew Bourne’s Cinderella is a thrilling and evocative love story set in London during the Second World War. The internationally acclaimed choreographer’s interpretation of the classic fairy tale has, at its heart, a true war-time romance. A chance meeting results in a magical night for Cinderella and her dashing young RAF pilot, together just long enough to fall in love before being parted by the horrors of the Blitz. The sights and sounds of war-torn London are recreated by Lez Brotherston’s Olivier Award-winning costumes and sets, lighting by Olivier Award-winning Neil Austin and surround sound designed by Paul Groothuis. Matthew Bourne’s vivid story telling has never been more heart-stopping and touching, and will take the audience into the heart of Prokofiev’s magnificent score.  

‘A dazzling spectacle’

The Times

‘A gripping theatrical spectacle’

The Guardian

Adults £12.50
Under 18's £10.00

The world’s ultimate musical duo, Michael Ball and Alfie Boe are ‘Back Together’ and set to delight cinema audiences up and down the country with the final show of their UK tour at the O2 Arena.

Hot on the heels of their star turns in the West End’s phenomenally successful staged concert of Les Misérables, Ball and Boe will reunite to tour their third album 'Back Together' following the number one best-selling hits ‘Together’ and ‘Together Again’.

The superstar pair will take on their favourite musical theatre, pop and rock tracks, including songs from The Lion King, The Greatest Showman and The Phantom of the Opera as well as a brilliantly arranged 'Queen Medley'. Showcasing their phenomenal voices and undeniable on-stage chemistry, Ball and Boe’s irresistible charm will undoubtedly light up the big screen.

All tickets: £13.50

Academy Award Winner for best picture and best director!

Following the economic collapse of a company town in rural Nevada, Fern (Frances McDormand) packs her van and sets off on the road exploring a life outside of conventional society as a modern-day nomad. The third feature film from director Chloé Zhao, Nomadland features real nomads Linda May, Swankie and Bob Wells as Fern's mentors and comrades in her exploration through the vast landscape of the American West.

Starring: Frances McDormand, David Strathairn, Linda May

Director: Chloé Zhao

A powerful and stirring reinvention of the show, celebrated the world over for its Grammy Award-winning music and the thrilling energy and passion of its Irish and international dance.

Director: Chris Hunt

Staring: Brandon Asazawa, Ellen Bonner, Belle Brenton

UK, August. 15th, 1939: 17 days before WWII, an English teacher and his camera disappear at a coastal boarding school with 20 German teenage girls. Miller gets the job 6 days later, secretly trying to find out what happened.

Starring: Judi Dench, Nigel Lindsay, Eddie Izzard, Jim Broadbent.

Director: Andy Goddard.

Academy Award Winner for best film editing and best sound. Nominee for best picture and best supporting actor!

Keeping at bay his inner demons by devoting himself to art, metal drummer, Ruben, has been living for the moment for the past four years. Then, while on tour with his lead-singer/girlfriend, Lou, Ruben realises that his hearing is rapidly deteriorating. As this sudden hearing loss turns his world upside down, and numbing fear paired with angry denial take over, Ruben reluctantly accepts to join a small deaf community overseen by Joe, a compassionate Vietnam War veteran. Now, Ruben needs to find some solid ground, understand that being deaf is not a handicap and that deafness isn't something to fix. But, is Ruben willing to accept his new life and learn how to be deaf?

Starring: Riz Ahmed, Olivia Cooke, Paul Raci

Director: Darius Marder

Sunflowers - The Mystery of Van Gogh's Greatest Masterpiece

Vincent Van Gogh’s Sunflowers are among his most famous works, and are some of the most iconic paintings in the world. In an extraordinary exhibition, the Van Gogh Museum took a new and revealing look at the five publicly-owned versions of sunflowers in a vase. And once again, the Van Gogh museum opened its doors exclusively to Exhibition on Screen.

They are immediately recognisable, but our film goes beyond the surface to explore the many questions and mysteries that surround these works. Why, for example, did Van Gogh choose the exotic sunflower with its long stem and golden crown? Indeed, when did the flower itself arrive in Europe and how had previous artists reacted to it? What was Van Gogh trying to say with his works and how does that differ from version to version? And what secrets did scientists discover when they analysed the work in detail? All is revealed in this fascinating film, which travelled beyond Amsterdam to Tokyo, Philadelphia, London and Munich to film, in incredible high-definition detail, all five of the works.

Each painting is different and has its own unique story, spanning one of the most famous and turbulent periods in art history. All five paintings are also now considered to be in such a delicate state that there will never be a show with all five alongside one another ever again. Only in this film will you have a chance to see that on the screen – in our virtual exhibition. In doing so, the film brings to audiences many new levels of understanding both about the paintings and about Vincent van Gogh.

A unique opportunity to see, as never before, this series of spectacular paintings.

Features five of the famous Arles Sunflowers from collections in London, Philadelphia, Tokyo, Munich and Amsterdam

All tickets: £12.00

How Can You Mend a Broken Heart is the first ever feature documentary on the Bee Gees, authorized by Barry Gibb and the families of Robin & Maurice Gibb. The film sets out to discover why their music has been so enduring and persuasive for over half a century.

Starring: Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb, Robin Gibb
Director: Frank Marshall

All tickets: £12.00

Keith James presents an honest and loving reflection of the timeless and insightful music of Yusuf - Cat Stevens.

The amassed body of music from this hugely popular and sincerely adored singer/songwriter made for a collection of 'must have' records across a whole generation. Tea for the Tillerman and Teaser and the Firecat were on everyone's turntables and on every radio station, live versions are played in concerts, bars and on the world's beaches to this day.

Songs such as Wild World, Father and Son, Moonshadow and Where do the Children play have been covered by hundreds of Artists worldwide.

Keith James, is a well respected and inventive guitarist singer/songwriter who specialises in performing intimate, carefully researched biographic style concerts. He weaves the story of Cat Stevens’ life from his early pop career, life threatening illness and spiritual journey around a performance of his well crafted and memorable songs.

This concert will give you far more than just the music itself...

As a gesture of belief in the possibility of harmony and understanding within all of us interwoven in today’s World, proceeds and audience donations from this tour of concerts will go to the UNICEF Syrian Children appeal.

For all information about Keith James: www.keith-james.com

‘Some of the most atmospheric and emotive music you will ever hear’ The Independent

All tickets: £15.00

The Road not Taken follows a day in the life of Leo (Javier Bardem) and his daughter, Molly (Elle Fanning) as she grapples with the challenges of her father's chaotic mind. As they weave their way through New York City, Leo's journey takes on a hallucinatory quality as he floats through alternate lives he could have lived, leading Molly to wrestle with her own path as she considers her future.

Starring: Javier Bardem, Elle Fanning, Branka Katic, Salma Hayek

Director:  Sally Potter

A mother, Victoria, is trying to put her dark past as a Russian drug courier behind her, but retired cop Damon forces Victoria to do his bidding by holding her daughter hostage.

Starring: Morgan Freeman, Ruby Rose, Patrick Muldoon

Director: George Gallo