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ABBA TRIBUTE: TAKE A CHANCE ON US!

Yes they are back!! After a fantastic sell out in 2023, TAKE A CHANCE ON US returns to The Flavel!

ABBA celebrates 50 years since winning the Eurovision Contest this year so don’t miss the opportunity to celebrate this amazing achievement and experience the Ultimate Abba Party with one of the Top Abba Tributes in the UK.

Appealing to all age groups and bringing you the music of one of the most successful bands of all time, TAKE A CHANCE ON US is a fantastic fully live Abba tribute show. If you can’t see the real thing then you can still experience the wonderful songs of Abba fantastically recreated in this show.

With a live four piece band, voiceovers, costume changes, choreographed dance routines, and so much more the band members encourage lots of audience participation and of course it includes all the well known iconic and favourite Abba Hits. This year the show has some new costumes as many songs as can be packed from ABBAs 50 years! So put on those platform boots and funky suits, or just a boa and join us for a night of ABBA madness.

A PRE SHOW SUPPER IS AVAILABLE TO BOOK HERE : ABBA PRE SHOW SUPPER

As the nights draw in at the beginning of October, things start to get a bit glitzy at The Flavel.

The incredible ABBA tribute ‘Take a Chance on Us’ will be returning to our stage bringing their stunning show full of hit after hit.

To celebrate, The Flavel bistro will be serving a Scandi inspired pre-show supper. Chicken in a wild mushroom cream sauce (Vegetarian option of stuffed mushrooms in a cream and prosecco sauce), served with hasselback potatoes and sauteed spinach, followed by a delicious blueberry and vanilla cheesecake.

Spaces are limited so book your spot for a fabulous evening now!

Please book your tickets for the concert separately HERE ABBA TRIBUTE: TAKE A CHANCE ON US!

Christian Garrick & the Budapest Café Orchestra

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CHRISTIAN GARRICK – violin, darbuka

EDDIE HESSION – accordion

KELLY CANTLON – double bass

ADRIAN ZOLOTUHIN – guitar, saz, balalaika, domra

The refreshingly unconventional and snappily attired boutique orchestra are BACK!! If you missed them last year, here’s your chance to catch them!

Budapest Café Orchestra bring you gypsy and folk-flavoured music in their own fresh and surprising way. From Balkan and Russian traditional pieces to artful distillations of the masterpieces by the great Romantic composers to Gaelic folk anthems their infectious music will get into your veins and stay there forever.

With 13 albums to their name the Budapest Café Orchestra was established in 2009 by British composer and violinist, Christian Garrick, and led by him have won legions of fans with their magical and infectious performances. A small but impeccably formed ensemble of just four players, the BCO combines violin, guitar, accordion, double bass, saz & balalaika to dazzling effect, creating an awesome aural alchemy normally only characteristic of far larger ensembles.

Two of the country’s celebrated international soloists revel at the heart of proceedings.Accordionist exemplar Eddie Hession is a supreme accordion champion of Great Britain. In his illustrious career he has accompanied Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Domingo, Jose Carreras and Chris Rea. Christian Garrick is one of the world’s most celebrated jazz violinists. He has played music with Dame Cleo Laine & Sir John Dankworth,

Wynton Marsalis, Nigel Kennedy, Bireli Lagrene, Tim Minchin, Caro Emerald and John Etheridge. One of Russia's most enigmatic musical exports, The Sultan (sic Adrian Zolotuhin) is a master of the strummed strings of domra, balalaika, guitar and saz. Veteran bass-man Kelly Cantlon has been in the business of laying down the low notes for many-a-moon. Kelly first found fame in the as a Vagabond with Northern Soul

sensations Jimmy James and the Vagabonds.Evoking vivid images of Tzigane fiddle maestros, Budapest café life and gypsy campfires - plus a few surprises along the way - hugely entertaining, immense skill and profound musicianship, a show by the BCO is enough to make you want to book that holiday down the Danube! "Not so much a band name as a whole genre of its own, Budapest Café Orchestra embraces an encyclopaedia of music and mischief." SCOTSMAN ONLINE:

http://www.budapestcafeorchestra.co.uk

https://www.facebook.com/budapestcafeorchestra

The Way of Willow : Basket Weaving Willow Workshop with Vivienne Turner

Join Vivienne Turner on this fabulous Basket Weaving Willow Workshop  at The Flavel on Monday 7 October 2024 from 10-5pm.

Experienced willow weaver, Vivienne, will guide you through every step to making your very own willow basket to take home, ideal for gathering veggies or flowers from the garden. The basket is worked on a frame and you will learn several different techniques during the course of the day.

The workshop is suitable for complete beginners as well as those with more experience.

All materials and tools provided.

The cost of the workshop is £85 per person which includes complementary hot drinks throughout the day.

There will be a forty-minute break for lunch and The Flavel café will be open for pre ordering of lunch on the day.

Places are limited to 12, so please book early to avoid disappointment.

Join us for a delicious winter feast to celebrate the return of The Budapest Café Orchestra to The Flavel this Autumn.

The Flavel Bistro will be serving homemade Goulash (with a vegetarian option of mushroom goulash) with rice and sour cream, followed by apple and blackberry pie with clotted cream ice cream.

Spaces are limited so book your spot for a fabulous evening now!

Please book your tickets for the concert separately HERE : BUDAPEST CAFÉ ORCHESTRA

Friday 18 October 4pm - 10pm

Saturday 19 October 11am - 10pm

Sunday 20 October 12pm – 4pm

So just when you thought all the fun of the summer was over! To prepare us for those looming dark nights, Dartmouth Rotary offers a ray of late sunshine. How? By organising another exciting Charity Beer Festival in our town in October. We know how much this event has become a ‘must attend’ occasion in the social calendar of Dartmouth; it’s fun, and it’s friendly.

Our aim is to have an exciting range of real ales and craft beers from many different local breweries. And we will have a range of Ciders that are always popular.

But this is this is not only about the beer, (well it is mostly!) so there will be a variety of live musical acts on stage and a superb selection of great food, wine and soft drinks available.

All proceeds go to local charities including a contribution to the Flavel, which is such an important asset for Dartmouth.

Lots of local parking available.

Tickets are available online or from The Flavel Box Office at Flavel Place, Dartmouth, Devon, TQ6 9ND  
Phone enquiries: 01803 839530.

Tickets £10 and includes three drink tokens

Your ticket will need to be exchanged on arrival at The Flavel Box Office for a Rotary Beer Festival ticket

Additional tokens are available for purchase on the day

Please note tickets are NOT transferable

Ever wanted to try Flamenco dance? Now’s your chance.

The workshop is a two hour Lola Flamenco dance session with professional dancers from Andalucia and their guitarist who will accompany. A Spanish translator will be making it all clear in fluent English.

No previous dance experience is necessary and please wear comfortable clothing and dance shoes if you have them.

This will be the perfect way to appreciate a spectacular art form; before seeing the real thing at the evening show, you can have a go yourself in the morning workshop.

Saturday 28 September, 10am-12pm
Tickets £15

Lola Flamenco will also be giving a performance on Saturday 28 Septermber at 7.30pm. Tickets must be booked separately and are available HERE

100 YEARS OF STAGE AND SCREEN (Part 2)

Flavel Favourite, Donna Marie Broomfield (soprano) now takes a nostalgic trip through the second half of 100 years of Stage & Screen, from musicals such as West Side Story (1959), Fiddler on the Roof (1964) through to Evita, Les Misérables, Phantom of the Opera and many more.

The concert starts at 5.30pm and is followed at 6.30pm by a glass of wine or soft drink in the bar (included in your ticket) and a chance to chat to friends and to Donna. A great way to start the weekend.

Friday 27 September, 5.30pm

Tickets £14 (to include a complimentary glass of wine after the performance)

Get ready for an electrifying night as DJ Tony Rayna spins high-energy 90s dance and Ibiza classic house music!

Join us for an unforgettable event filled with nostalgic beats and balearic rhythms that will keep you dancing all night long.

Tickets are available now, so grab yours before they sell out and prepare to relive the golden era of dance music!

Standing (dancing) event
Bar open throughout

Saturday 12 October, 8pm

Tickets £12

www.djtonyrayna.co.uk

Authentic artistry from the heart of Flamenco-country

Lola Flamenco hail from Jerez de la Frontera - the heart of ‘gitano’ (gypsy) flamenco country.

The show is a passionate performance of song, dance and incredible music that will leave audiences sizzling in their seats. The troupe of dancers, singers and guitarist accompanist will bring the flames of Andalucian passion and the pulsing rhythms of Spanish guitar, clapping and incredible footwork.

It features authentic music and dance routines passed down from family to family over many generations, with costume changes that ensure the performance is a feast for the eyes AND the ears.

Expect hot flamenco that moves your soul in this scintillating show.

Saturday 28 September, 7.30pm

Tickets £22

If you've ever wanted to try Flamenco dance there will a two hour workshop with Lola Flamenco. No previous dance experience is necessary,

Places available to book HERE 

Edward Scissorhands: Matthew Bourne’s dance version of Tim Burton’s classic film of 1990.

In a castle high on a hill lives Edward; a boy created by an eccentric inventor. When his creator dies he is left alone and unfinished with only scissors for hands until a kindly townswoman invites him to live with her suburban family. Can Edward find his place in the well-meaning community which struggles to see past his curious appearance to the innocence and gentleness within?

Matthew Bourne’s magical dance production of Edward Scissorhands has carved a place in the hearts of audiences worldwide since its premiere in 2005. Based on the classic Tim Burton movie and featuring the hauntingly beautiful music of Danny Elfman and Terry Davies, Bourne and his New Adventures Company return to this witty, bittersweet story of an incomplete boy left alone in a strange new world.

‘The story of Edward Scissorhands has never felt timelier. In an era when uniqueness and identity are both celebrated and reviled, the story of how we treat anyone who appears to be different in our communities is as poignant and relevant now, as when my dear friend Caroline Thompson wrote the screenplay for Tim Burton’s legendary movie fable some 33 years ago... If you come to see it in cinemas, I hope that you too will fall in love with the enchanting story of Edward Scissorhands, the incomplete boy left alone in a strange new world.’
Sir Matthew Bourne, Artistic Director, New Adventures

Filmed live in March 2024 at the Wales Millenium Centre, Cardiff, this ’visually arresting and ceaselessly inventive’ (★★★★★ Metro) production is ‘the perfect treat for all the family’ (★★★★★ The Times).

Miss Saigon 25th Anniversary Show

This spectacular, sell-out 25th Anniversary Gala Performance of the global stage sensation also features appearances by the original cast including Jonathan Pryce and Lea Salonga.

This acclaimed production was described as “the most thrilling, soaring and emotionally stirring musical with magnificent performances” by the Daily Telegraph and “the greatest musical of all time” by the Daily Mail.

The epic love story tells the tragic tale of young bar girl Kim, orphaned by war, who falls in love with American GI Chris – but their lives are torn apart by the fall of Saigon.

The Royal Ballet: ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND        

Tumble down the rabbit hole in this ballet adaptation of Lewis Carroll’s famous family story. Journey through Wonderland with Alice and encounter a host of curious characters in Christopher Wheeldon’s unique theatrical interpretation.

Choreography: Christopher Wheeldon

Music: Joby Talbot

LIVE: Tuesday 15 October 2024, 7.15pm

Running time: 205 minutes, two intervals

OTHELLO

Shakespeare’s Globe’s critically-acclaimed production of Othello, captured live during its sold out run at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse is coming to cinemas!

Celebrated by many, Othello has risen through the ranks of the Met police. But can his hardwon reputation, his marriage to Desdemona, and his own subconscious survive the toxic systems that surround him? Sixteenth-century Venice becomes modern-day London’s Docklands, as Othello grapples with many of the same issues that successful Black people have faced for centuries. This is an Othello for our times. Experience Shakespeare’s confronting look at the destructive impact of institutional racism, toxic masculinity, and a justice system locked in a vicious cycle of self-fulfilling prophecy. Director Ola Ince debuted in the intimate, candlelit Sam Wanamaker Playhouse with this ‘inspired’ (The Guardian), and ‘profound’ (Evening Standard) and ‘masterfully redefined’ (West End Best Friend) take on Shakespeare’s blistering tragedy.

Production year: 2024

Starring: Ken Nwosu, Ira Mandela Siobhan

Director: Ola Ince

Runtime: 186mins (Including 20min intermission)

Bonus content: Behind-the-scenes interviews + Globe Theatre tour (during intermission)

TalkFilm at The Flavel

(like a book club but for film lovers!)

Our next meeting is on Thu 10th October, 6.30pm in The Flavel Café

FILM: THE CRITIC

The Critic is a story of ambition, blackmail and desire with a dazzling anti-hero at its dark heart. A whodunnit wrapped in a Faustian pact which winds tighter and tighter. Patrick Marber adapted the script from Anthony Quinn's novel.

A powerful London theater critic lures a struggling actress into a blackmail scheme with deadly consequences.

PLEASE BOOK TICKETS FOR FILM SEPARATELY HERE : THE CRITIC

THE CRITIC

The Critic is a story of ambition, blackmail and desire with a dazzling anti-hero at its dark heart. A whodunnit wrapped in a Faustian pact which winds tighter and tighter. Patrick Marber adapted the script from Anthony Quinn's novel.

A powerful London theater critic lures a struggling actress into a blackmail scheme with deadly consequences.

Fri 4 Oct, 7pm film screening

Tue 8 Oct, 12.30pm WINTER WARMER (please book your ticket for this separately byclicking here), 2pm (subtitled screening)

Thu 10 Oct, 6.30pm TalkFilm, 7pm film scrrening

Classical Architecture

Presented by Mike Treverrow

It picked us up and has never put us down.

The ancient Greeks not only gave us democracy, theatre, the Olympics, but also architectural elements which has influenced western architecture tradition for over 2000 years. Not only columns, porticos, podiums, and friezes, but also the concepts of elegance and beauty we have the ancient Greeks to thank for.

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Based on Isabella Tree’s best-selling book by the same title, Wilding tells the story of a young couple that bets on nature for the future of their failing, four-hundred-year-old estate. The young couple battles entrenched tradition, and dares to place the fate of their farm in the hands of nature. Ripping down the fences, they set the land back to the wild and entrust its recovery to a motley mix of animals both tame and wild. It is the beginning of a grand experiment that will become one of the most significant rewilding experiments in Europe.

“Extraordinary” ★★★★ Sunday Independent “Sun dappled footage of heaven on earth” The Observer "Wonderful…An inspiring true story that shows how we can revive nature and restore hope" Patrick Barkham, The Guardian "Nature is healing in this soul-enhancing, hopeful ode to the British countryside" ★★★★ Time Out "Visually stunning... a life enhancing experience" ★★★★ The Arts Desk ★★★★ The Daily Mail ★★★★ The Irish Independent ★★★★ Gardens Illustrated “Filled to the brim of joy, wonder and hope” “A lyrical hymn to the self-healing of the English countryside.” — Dog and Wolf

Tuesday 8th October

12.30pm

Join us for the first Winter Warmer Film this year!

A choice of soup and scone will be served at The Flavel Cafe from 12.30pm, followed by a subtitled screening of "The Critic" at 2pm.

Please book the film separately here : The Critic.

 The Critic is a story of ambition, blackmail and desire with a dazzling anti-hero at its dark heart. A whodunnit wrapped in a Faustian pact which winds tighter and tighter. Patrick Marber adapted the script from Anthony Quinn's novel.

 A powerful London theater critic lures a struggling actress into a blackmail scheme with deadly consequences.