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The Flavel are delighted to be partnering again with the Music Festival. Across the whole weekend we will be bringing you a range of live music and all for free.

Please buy an official DMF programme for all information regarding times.  These will be on sale from the Flavel and TIC about 3 weeks before the festival or see www.dartmusicfestival.co.uk for more details.

Alex Wilson – Classical Piano recital

Alex Wilson is a musician with a passion for the unusual, new and unexplored: a versatile pianist with interests ranging from cutting edge new music to fascinating repertoire by forgotten composers

Ashley Sherlock – Blues Rock

All roads lead to Manchester. The cultural powerhouse of Northern Britain spits out great bands time and time again; with singer-songwriter Ashley Sherlock and his band consisting of bassist Charlie Rachael Kay and Danny Rigg bringing the percussive dynamic, combining to make one of the brightest prospects to enter the scene.

Grizzly & The Grasshoppers – Roots

Grizzly and The Grasshoppers, fronted by the big man Grizzly Rhys Morgan, bring original music, gritty vocals, blazing lapslide and soaring electric guitar work to the stage – supported by a solid backbone of energetic and dazzling keyboard, thumping drums, driving bass lines and seriously swampy harmonica.

The Flavel are delighted to be partnering again with the Music Festival. Across the whole weekend we will be bringing you a range of live music and all for free.

Please buy an official DMF programme for all information regarding times.  These will be on sale from the Flavel and TIC about 3 weeks before the festival or see www.dartmusicfestival.co.uk for more details.

Pupils of Jess Heywood

Teacher Jessica Heywood will be showcasing her fantastic pupils in this concert which will have a range of abilities, from beginners giving their first ever performance to Grade 6. Please come and support these young local musicians! Free to attend with a retiring collection.

Yvonne Patrick & Louise Crane Vocal Duo in concert

‘Sparkle & Song: Melodies from the world of operetta’

In the foyer – Joe Dostal and students

Joe and some of his pupils show us what the have been learning this year

Workshop – Joe Dostal Guitar Workshop

Joe is a performer and composer from Dartmouth whose work has been used on TV and adverts. He has taught guitar and other instruments in Dartmouth for the last 7 years. For all budding guitarists out there, this is a chance to give a real boost to your playing ability.

DMF Presents An Evening of Musical Theatre: From Dreams to the spotlight

Featuring The Dartmouth Theatre Company and Jonathan Gilland

The Flavel are delighted to be partnering again with the Music Festival. Across the whole weekend we will be bringing you a range of live music and all for free.

Please buy an official DMF programme for all information regarding times.  These will be on sale from the Flavel and TIC about 3 weeks before the festival or see www.dartmusicfestival.co.uk for more details.

Torside Trio – Classical trio

Nicola Hall Bollywood Brixham Dance and Movement Workshop

Dramatically Different Youth Theatre is a fun, energetic drama group where young people can grow, explore, and express themselves. Students build confidence, discover their voice, and form genuine friendships in a supportive, creative environment.

This is a drama-focused group with less emphasis on musical theatre and more emphasis on performance skills such as improvisation and devising, physical theatre, voice and characterisation, writing and script work.

This group is perfect for anyone who wants to develop acting skills, stretch their imagination, and enjoy the excitement of performance.

Director and facilitator, Rachel Swain, is an award-winning Youth Theatre Practitioner, with over 25 years teaching experience, Rachel writes original Youth Theatre productions to ensure all young people have their moment to shine. Her youth group ‘Dramatically Different Brixham’ has been the resident Youth Theatre in Brixham for over 10 years and ‘Dramatically Different Teignmouth’ has been a huge success since it was established in 2019.

Suitable for ages 7 to 18 years There are two weekly sessions on a Wednesday - please make sure you book into the correct session. The earlier group at 4pm will be for younger children and the later group at 5.15pm will be for the older age group, but we are very happy to vary this depending on what suits your individual child, so please contact us if you wish to discuss.  

Session 1 ‘Juniors’ 4pm to 5pm - Younger age group (typically age 7 to 9)  

Session 2 ‘Transitions’ 5.15pm to 6.15pm - Older age group (typically age 10+)

Spring Session dates:

22/04

29/04 – no session

06/05

13/05

20/05

Half term

03/06

10/06

17/06

24/06 – no session

01/07

08/07 - no session

15/07 double session

The sessions cost £95 per term, which will normally include between 9 and 11 sessions depending on the actual term dates, but dates and term lengths can vary.

 

A number of subsidised places are available to Dartmouth Residents through our Bursary Scheme. Please email Lindsay Ellwood for details of the bursary scheme on:

 

flaveldrama.bursaries@gmail.com

Come and learn to play a traditional West African Djembe rhythm - No experience necessary! Starting from scratch, through games and activities, you will learn fundamental techniques in order to create uplifting, authentic rhythms. As a group, we will create a polyrhythmic montage of sound using a range of instruments including djembes, dun dun bass drums, bells and shakers. Expect BIG Beats, Big Breaks and most of all Big smiles!

Each workshop is unique and comes with access to digital resources and a recording of our final piece.

£15 Adults per session or buy 3 and pay £12.50 per session.

The family sessions are £15 per person including one child and then £5 per extra child.

FRIDA KAHLO

THE DEFINITIVE FILM EXPLORING THE LIFE AND ART OF A GLOBAL ICON

[EXTENDED ENCORE with exclusive new material]

Frida Kahlo is a phenomenon. She is arguably the world’s favourite female artist – beloved by young and old. Exhibition on Screen’s award-winning film – first released during covid to a restricted audience – is back by popular demand with an exciting new addition from the curators of the blockbuster transatlantic exhibition from Tate Modern and MFA Houston ‘Frida Kahlo: the Making of an Icon’.  Back in the cinemas in May 2026, one month before the Tate exhibition opens, allowing audiences to watch both the film and see the show.

Who was Frida Kahlo? Everyone knows her face but who was the woman behind the bright colours, the big brows and the floral crowns? Take a journey through the life of a true icon, discover her art, and uncover the true story of her rebellious, passionate and turbulent life.

Making use of the latest technology to deliver previously unimaginable quality, we take an in-depth look at key works throughout her career. Using letters Kahlo wrote to guide us, this definitive film reveals her deepest emotions and unlocks the secrets and symbolism contained within her art.

Exhibition on Screen’s trademark combination of interviews with world experts and a detailed exploration of her art, with new special bonus footage from the curators of the blockbuster 2026 exhibition, delivers a treasure trove of colour and emotion. This personal and intimate film offers privileged access to her works, her home, her studio and highlights the source of her feverish creativity, her resilience and her unmatched lust for life, beauty and revolution.

Created in close collaboration with world experts and those who knew her.

Featuring additional new material from the curators of the groundbreaking new Tate Modern and MFA Houston exhibition.

Directed by Ali Ray

"Alex Hart is set to make a global impact"

The Guardian

Folk at the Flavel presents: Alex Hart Trio

Described by BBC Radio 2 presenter Mark Radcliffe as “the Stevie Nicks of Folk”. The south-west based singer/songwriter Alex Hart has just released ‘VISIONS’ her most exciting and anticipated album to date. At 18 Alex was noticed by producer Neil Stainton who honed her talent, worked with her during her early career and co-wrote and recorded her debut album ‘On This Day’.

Alex also worked closely with musician and songwriter Barney Dine from Torbay with whom she co-wrote many songs from this album, songs afterwards and gigged extensively. During this time, she was able to grow as a musician and perfect her craft. Following the success of Alex’s debut album, her voice and musicianship caught the eye of legendary Jethro Tull guitarist Martin Barre, who asked Alex to be a part of his band as a musician and vocalist for their European and international tour dates.

Alex has performed and toured all over the UK/Europe with the band and has embarked on many international US tours. Alex also collaborates and performs alongside the critically acclaimed Devon born folk singer Seth Lakeman. Alex’s voice as well her multi-instrumental playing features heavily on his brand- new album. The single “Higher We Aspire” received huge BBC Radio 2 support, and Alex performed the song live on BBC Breakfast TV. Alex tours extensively with Seth as a duo, trio and part of the band.

"Alex Hart is set to make a global impact"

The Guardian

29th May 2026

Tickets £16.50

HELENA CLEWS: LIFE DRAWING CLASSES

(max 30 participants)

£135 for block of 6 classes to include complimentary hot drinks and biscuits

Wednesday 3 June

Wednesday 10 June

Wednesday 17 June

Wednesday 24 June

Wednesday 1 July  

Wednesday 8 July

10am -12.30pm

Book your place and join in on the hugely successful life drawing workshops at the Flavel. It's a wonderful opportunity to draw alongside Helena and practice one of the fundamental skills of art.

The workshops are for all abilities. Helena will be available to provide individual feedback and help as necessary. The sessions are divided into the first part of short poses, ranging from 1 - 20 minute poses, a short break and then one long pose for around 55 minutes.

Information on what you need:

Please bring materials that you would like to draw with; ideally some charcoal (compressed and willow), coloured soft pastels, soft pencil (2B or softer) and a rubber. If you have your own paper/sketchbook then please bring that too.

Drawing boards will be provided and sheets of A2 cartridge paper is available to buy in cash on the day - 4 sheets for £1. There will also be some basic materials available on the day in exchange for a cash donation.

In “Hoppers,” scientists have discovered how to “hop” human consciousness into lifelike robotic animals, allowing people to communicate with animals as animals! Using the new technology, Mabel (Curda) will uncover mysteries within the animal world that are beyond anything she could have imagined. Produced by Nicole Paradis Grindle, “Hoppers” also features the voices of Meryl Streep, Bobby Moynihan and Jon Hamm.

When the flamboyant Henry Paget arrives in 1890s North Wales to claim his aristocratic inheritance, his theatrical flair and defiant eccentricities send shockwaves through the upper-

class elite, much to the amusement of the local townspeople.

 

Alongside his spirited cousin Lily and loyal butler Gelert, Henry tries to carve out his own identity as the Fifth Marquess, navigating suffocating traditions, scheming relatives, and the long shadow cast by his estranged father.

Inspired by a true story, this riotous, uncompromising celebration of otherness, is led fearlessly by rising star and BAFTA nominee Callum Scott Howells (It’s a Sin, The Beautiful Game), joined by a stellar supporting cast of three-time BAFTA nominee Rupert Everett (The Happy Prince, An Ideal Husband), Ruby Stokes (Jay Kelly, Bridgerton), BAFTA winner Siobhán McSweeney (Derry Girls, Alice Through the Looking Glass), Louis Hynes (A Series of Unfortunate Events, The Great),

Louise Brealey (Sherlock, Brian and Charles), Tom Rhys Harries (White Lines, The Gentlemen)

and Paul Rhys (Wuthering Heights, Saltburn).

Join local author Monty Halls as he tells one of the great un-known tales of WW2. In a remote house in Scotland, during Britain’s darkest hour, an extraordinary group of renegades, outliers, eccentrics, and visionaries gathered to create a new type of fighter. The story of the force they created, and the great raids they undertook (some of which were launched from Dartmouth), is told in his new book “Churchill's Killing House”.

Signed copies will be available on the night.

Monty is a former Royal Marines officer, best known for his three hugely popular BBC series ‘Great Escapes’, where he lived on the west coasts of Scotland and Ireland with his dog Reuben. Monty went on to present the multi-award-winning BBC series "Great Barrier Reef" and "The Fisherman’s Apprentice" again for the BBC, as well as series for Discovery and Channel 5.

Thursday 4th June

Tickets £16.50 

NT Live

The Playboy of the Western World

by John Millington Synge

directed by Caitríona McLaughlin

Nicola Coughlan (Bridgerton) joins Éanna Hardwicke (The Sixth Commandment) and Siobhán

McSweeney (Derry Girls) in John Millington Synge’s riveting play of youth and self-discovery.

Pegeen Flaherty’s life is turned upside down when a young man walks into her pub claiming that he’s killed his father. Instead of being shunned, the killer becomes a local hero and begins to win hearts, that is until a second man unexpectedly arrives on the scene…

Filmed live on stage at the National Theatre, Caitríona McLaughlin directs this darkly funny tale full to the brim with secrets.

Thursday 28th May 2026

Tickets  £18.00

Under 18’s £11

Devon mobile-DJ Legend Richard Appleby and his Time Machine are coming back to Dartmouth by popular demand.

Join us for an unforgettable night of music and dancing at The Flavel.

Expect a range of music from timeless classics to chart-topping hits, with tracks from classic hits to the present day, and genres spanning rock, pop and Disco.

This event is aimed at the over-50's, (but of course if you're getting close to 50, you're welcome to give it a go)

“100% positive - the best selection of music we ever heard - Your enthusiasm, passion and skill shine through.”

Tickets £8.

Thirty years after the Rose of Nevada fishing boat and its crew vanished without a trace, the vessel inexplicably returns to its old harbour in a small Cornish village, unchanged by time. Drawn by the promise of steady work and escape from hardship, two young men join its new crew: Nick, a devoted father struggling to provide for his family, and Liam, a drifting outsider living on the margins. When the Rose docks once more, the men realise they have slipped back in time. Trapped in the past, they are mistaken for the original crew and burdened with the expectations, fears and unresolved grief of a community desperate for answers, forcing them to confront their identity and fate, and the cost of survival.

Shot on 16mm, Cornish auteur Mark Jenkin’s film sees him return with a political folktale of two fishermen trapped in a time-loop.

Twenty years after making their iconic turns as Miranda, Andy, Emily and Nigel—Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Emily Blunt and Stanley Tucci return to the fashionable streets of New York City and the sleek offices of Runway Magazine in 20th Century Studios’ “The Devil Wears Prada 2,” the eagerly awaited sequel to the 2006 phenomenon that defined a generation.

The film is directed by David Frankel, written by Aline Brosh McKenna, produced by Wendy Finerman, and executive produced by Michael Bederman, Karen Rosenfelt and Aline Brosh McKenna.

IT'S TIME TO GLAM-UP!

We are putting on a DWP2 event! Wear your most glamorous outfits and sashay down to The Flavel for drinks and canapés before the screening of the film.

Think stylish outfits, stilettos (preferably red) and sunglasses as in Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway in The Devil Wears Prada 1.

Or alternatively model your look on the very debonair Stanley Tucci.

Prizes will be awarded for the most glamorous looks.

Tickets £15.00 includes a drink and canapés.

Date: Saturday 30th May

Time: 19.00 red carpet parade.

“I’m hoping everybody dresses up and goes to the movies…I’m hoping that everybody puts on their favourite Miranda Priestly-approved outfit and just has a blast.” Anne Hathaway

Top Secret Productions in association with Svengali Entertainment presents

The Magic of Science – High Voltage

 

This is your opportunity to surround yourself with the mystery of magic, cleverly fused with wondrous and miraculous feats of science. Hold on to your seats as the venue is transformed into a real-life science laboratory and lots of unbelievable "how did they do that!" moments. Experience non-stop action-packed interactive magical science experiments that will capture the imagination, a fast-moving and colourful magical science show, packed with mystery, suspense, and heaps of mess!

Top Secret is fun and entertaining for the whole family to enjoy along with inspiring and educating every young budding magician and scientist. The show is suitable for the whole family filled with mystery, suspense, and lots and lots of mess!  

Sunday 31st May 2026

Tickets

Adults £15

Under 16’s £12

Around 600 Latin inscriptions from Roman Spain and Portugal can be used to explore the extent and nature of life within the region in the Roman period. The talk will also cover what we can learn from these inscriptions about life including the role women played.

Claire's research lies in Roman social and economic history. She has published articles and contributed to, and edited, several books.

 

Young Dart Voices is a brand-new youth choir for ages 11-19, which launched in January 2026 at The Flavel Arts Centre in Dartmouth. Led by Jeremy Kenyon, the new Director of Music for the Benefice of Dartmouth and Elle Miles, the choir offers an uplifting and inclusive space for young people to sing music from a variety of genres, build confidence, and make new friends through music.

• Free to join – no previous singing experience required

• Ages: 11–19

• When: Monday evenings at 17.00 from April 20th, 2026

• Where: The Flavel Arts Centre, Dartmouth

• Led by experienced choir director Jeremy Kenyon

The project is part of The Flavel’s ongoing commitment to supporting arts and culture in Dartmouth, and we hope Young Dart Voices will become a vibrant part of local life.

For more details or to register interest, please contact info@theflavel.org.uk or jjkenyon77@gmail.com.

Free

Dates

April 20/27

May 11/18

June 1/8/15/22/29

July 6/13

We are grateful to The National Lottery Community Fund for their support