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Come and Sing ‘Choral Classics’
Come & Sing 'Choral Classics'
All singers welcome!
Whether you're an experienced chorister or just love to sing, join us for a thrilling day of community music making and unforgettable choral works!
Registration/Hand out of music. 10.30am
First Singing session 11.00 am -12.30pm
Lunch (not provided)
Second Singing session 2.00 -4.00pm (with short break)
Informal Concert to friends and family 4.30pm
Music will include:
Vivaldi - Gloria
Handel - Zadok the Priest
Mozart -Ave Verum & Lacrimosa from Requiem
Haydn - The heavens are telling from Creation
Led by Robin Stubbs with David Green on the piano.
Robin studied at the Royal Northern College of Music and has spent his professional life directing choirs playing the organ and school teaching.
He is currently Musical Director of the Plymouth University Choral Society, Britannia Choral Society and Director of music at St Andrew's Church Ashburton and teaches music and Religious Studies at Plymouth College. Robin has led many workshops and Come & Sing events and is known for his fast-moving pace and his humorous approach to music making.
David is a graduate of Dartington College and the Royal Marines School of Music. He was Director of Music and organist at BRNC before going into teaching and was for many years Director of Music and Performing Arts at Plymouth College.
Saturday 10.30am
Tickets £15
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Dartmouth Writers Walk : Jonathan Turner
A 1.5 hour guided walk around Dartmouth visiting the places where Dartmouth writers lived and worked.
Hear stories of a non-conformist preacher, banned from Dartmouth, whose sermons are still in print today; of the Victorian politician and inventor who wrote a gothic ghost story for his friend, about Dartmouth’s Gomerock Tower. Listen to poems about the River Dart, and Townstal Church, by a Dartmouth artist and see his painting of the Governor of Dartmouth Castle in the Guildhall. See Flora Thomson’s house with its stunning harbour views, where she wrote her trilogy Larkrise to Candleford, and Chritopher Milne’s (aka Robin) bookshop, a Dartmouth landmark for over 30 years. Visit the grave of a Medieval merchant and privateer, the inspiration for Chaucer’s Shipman’s Tale, and Dartmouth Museum founded by writer and historian Percy Russell, author of the first and best-selling History of Dartmouth and its Port.
As well as the literary sites, you will see the heart of Dartmouth, its backstreets, medieval and Tudor buildings; its steep steps, and magnificent harbour views.
The walk is 1.25 miles long and will involve two short climbs up to wonderful viewpoints, and some steep steps down again!
Maximum number for each walk: 15
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Dramatically Different 2026 (7+)
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+)
Classes begin on Wednesday 9th September
16th September
23rd September
30th September
7th October
14th October
21st October
11th November
18th November
25th November
2nd December
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
Elemental : Arthur Snell
Arthur Snell - in conversation with Mary Nightingale
Arthur Snell is an expert on the interaction between geopolitics and climate change with a degree in History from the University of Oxford. He has over 30 years’ experience in conflict zones and fragile states through the Middle East and Africa and has advised governments – including Ukraine during the current conflict – on a range of security and conflict-related issues. He is also an Associate Fellow of the Royal United Services Institute, the world’s oldest think tank, a former British Ambassador, and has hosted numerous podcasts which have had millions of downloads.
In Elemental, Arthur describes how the climate crisis is already affecting the lives of millions of people. As natural disasters and increased scarcity shake the established world order to its core, he reveals that an alternative future is still possible.
In this groundbreaking study Arthur Snell visits rapidly changing societies to show how we can
live on a warming planet. He presents a vision in which Africa powers Europe with solar energy,
where autocratic oil states are no more, and new shipping routes across the melting Arctic bring
Asia, Europe and North America closer than ever before. In Russia, huge areas of highly fertile
land will be exposed by the melting ice for whoever can seize it, while China's stranglehold on
rare minerals looks set to make it the world's leading superpower.
‘An extraordinary mastery of geopolitics, combining years on the ground in the most
challenging places, a raw instinct for politics and a deep ethical concern for the world in the
face of climate catastrophe. A masterpiece.’ RORY STEWART
Arthur Snell will be in conversation with Mary Nightingale.
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Exhibition on Screen : James McNeil Whistler (U)
JAMES McNEILL WHISTLER
In an era of great change and great beauty emerged the character of James McNeill Whistler. Considered by some to be one of the great innovators of 19th century art, he was a contemporary of the Impressionists, much admired by Van Gogh and Manet. Boldly experimental and famously witty, Whistler disrupted the strict conventions of Victorian society in pursuit of a new cult of beauty, creating “art for art’s sake” and earning himself a place in the history of great art. He found a parallel between painting and music, and entitled many of his paintings “arrangements”, “harmonies” and “nocturnes”, emphasizing the importance of tonal harmony in his work.
His most famous painting, Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1 (1871), commonly known as Whistler’s Mother, is a revered and often parodied portrait of motherhood. It is arguably one of the most famous paintings in history and this film will unveil the artist behind the art.
Tate Britain is now holding the first major retrospective of Whistler in three decades. This blockbuster exhibition promises to reawaken the world to just how important Whistler is to art history, uniting world-famous masterpieces with rarely seen works. Exhibition on Screen will bring these stunning works and the incredible story behind them to cinemas around the world while the exhibition is still running, bringing this truly global artist to a global audience. This will be an unmissable chance to get to know this visually spectacular artist and the influence he has had on those who followed.
“An artist is not paid for his labour but for his vision.” James McNeil Whistler
Made in close collaboration with Tate Britain.
Directed by David Bickerstaff
£14 adults/£11 under 16’s
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Fiesta : Daniel Stables
Daniel Stables – in conversation with Martin Hesp
Daniel Stables is a travel writer and guidebook author based in the UK, specializing in regions such as
Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and Southern Europe. He has authored or contributed to over 30 travel
books for various publishers, including Rough Guides and DK Eyewitness, and writes for outlets like BBC
Travel and National Geographic Traveller. In 2021, he was shortlisted in the Freelance Writing Awards for
his work in travel writing. You can find more about his work on his website danielstables.co.uk or follow him on Twitter
@DanStables
Fiesta explores the vibrant tapestry of human festivity, delving into the extraordinary lengths to which we go to express
our cultures and commemorate life's milestones. From drunken pilgrimages to sacrificial funerals, national days to
neo-pagan necromancy, festivals represent human culture at its most vivid and varied, and the resulting account is both
a rich collection of travel writing and an anthropological exploration of the roles that festivals play in society. Through
colourful characters, vibrant sights, and varied locales, Daniel Stables takes a curious, humanistic look at festivals
across the world, unravelling the universal threads that run through our diverse global celebrations.
Daniel Stables will be in conversation with Martin Hesp.
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HELENA CLEWS: LIFE DRAWING CLASSES..
HELENA CLEWS: LIFE DRAWING CLASSES
(max 30 participants)
£135 for block of 6 classes to include complimentary hot drinks and biscuits
Tuesday 15 September
Tuesday 22 September
Tuesday 29 September
Tuesday 6 October
Tuesday 13 October
Tuesday 20 October
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.
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Jeremy Hunt : Can We Be Rich Again?
Is Britain stuck in a doom loop of higher debt and higher taxes? Or can we fix the
British economy?
In Can We Be Rich Again? Jeremy Hunt argues that getting out of Britain’s low
growth is a solvable problem, and that we should approach the country’s economic
future with optimism.
Hunt asks the key questions: How deliverable are the changes we need by a Labour,
Conservative or Reform government? How do we get the economy growing despite
dangerous levels of debt? How do we sell long term reforms when our leaders have
so little political capital? But countering pessimism needs solutions not just
assertions, and they need to be realistic – plans that politicians can actually deliver in
a democratic system and the majority of the electorate can get behind.
Jeremy Hunt was elected Conservative MP for South West
Surrey in 2005. He was first appointed Secretary of State for
Health in September 2012, then served as Secretary of State for
Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs from July 2018 to July 2019, and Chancellor of
the Exchequer from October 2022 to July 2024. Before his election as an MP, Jeremy
ran his own educational publishing business, Hotcourses. He also set up a charity to
help AIDS orphans in Africa in which he continues to play an active role. Jeremy
lives in Godalming and London with his wife, son and two daughters.
Jeremy Hunt will be interviewed by John Suchet.
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Michael Rosen : Getting Through It
Join poetry legend Michael Rosen as he presents his new one-person show Getting Through It, formed of a double bill of monologues, The Death of Eddie and Many Kinds of Love.
Getting Through It is a powerful, deeply personal yet universally relatable, double bill of monologues and poetry.
In the first part, The Death of Eddie, Michael explores his experience after losing his 18-year-old son to meningitis, recalling the strange and contradictory mix of emotions felt after the unexpected loss. This story, memorably captured in Michael’s children’s book The Sad Book, is told in vivid and poetic detail.
In the second part, Many Kinds of Love, Michael recounts his 48-day period in intensive care, after contracting COVID-19 early in the pandemic, and having to face his own mortality. Both stories are told with Michael’s signature positivity, humour and poetry. Together, the two pieces are a testimony to the spirit of recovery.
"Simple yet powerfully affecting, it is a remarkable event" ★★★★★ West End Best Friend
"A universal human journey" ★★★★★ Everything Theatre
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The Big Lebowski (18)
The Big Lebowski (1998)
Showing as part of Reflections: A Roger Deakin retrospective - a series of films celebrating the cinematography of Dartmouth’s Academy Award Winner.
The Big Lebowski begins with a case of mistaken identity which escalates when Jeffrey Lebowski - alias The Dude - attempts to seek recompense for the despoilation of his ratty-ass little rug, and then finds himself entangled in a kidnapping caper as a bagman - a situation that goes from bad to worse due to the interference of his hapless bowling partners.
In The Big Lebowski the Coen brothers have taken on the preoccupations of Raymond Chandler, but have given them a postmodern spin, while at the same time leaving Philip Marlowe's ethos intact as The Dude wanders through the fractured world of nineties LA trying to do the right thing. Like the award-winning Fargo, The Big Lebowski is suffused with a droll humour and a verbal felicity that is as delightful as it is startling.
This classic screening is presented as part of Dartmouth Book Festival 2026 – at which Sir Roger will be talking about his new book: Reflections.
The Flavel | Roger and James Deakins : Reflections: On Cinematography
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The End of Oak Street (12A)
After a mysterious cosmic event rips Oak Street from suburbia and transports their neighbourhood to someplace unknown, the Platt family soon discovers that their very survival depends on them sticking together as they navigate their now unrecognizable surroundings.
Starring Anne Hathaway and Ewan McGregor, THE END OF OAK STREET also stars Maisy Stella and Christian Convery. The film is written and directed by David Robert Mitchell and produced by J.J. Abrams, Hannah Minghella, Jon Cohen, David Robert Mitchell, Matt Jackson and Tommy Harper. The executive producers are Chris Bender, Jake Weiner, Joanne Lee and Leeann Stonebreaker.
Tickets £9 Adults £6.20 Under 16’s
All tickets include a venue levy £2 per adult and £1.50 under 16’s
The Owl and the Nightingale - Poetry Group
In this session, members of Dartmouth Poetry Group invite you to share their love of poetry.
There will be readings from Simon Armitage's The Owl and the Nightingale.
Dartmouth Poetry Group are poetry enthusiasts who meet monthly at The Flavel. New members are always welcome to come and share in their love of poetry.
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Three Rivers : Robert Winder
Robert Winder was Literary Editor of the Independent (where he ran the Foreign Fiction Award for translated novels) and Deputy Editor of Granta. He is the author of many titles (both fiction and non-fiction) including Bloody Foreigners: The Story of Immigration to Britain and The
Last Wolf: The Hidden Springs of Englishness. The former helped inspire the Migration Museum Project, which aims to create a major museum on the theme of migration in Britain and for which he was a founder trustee.
Three rivers: the Rhine, the Rhone and the Po. Each one coursing down from a single patch of Alpine ice in the jagged heights of Switzerland. Together they gave birth to three different European cultures – German, French and Italian. The very heart of Western Europe – its languages, religion and agriculture, its science, politics and art – has been nourished by these waters, from the Romanesque buttresses and vines of Provence to the Wagnerian music of the Rhine and the artistic miracles of Lombardy.
Setting off from the dramatic mountain landscape where this story begins, acclaimed historian
Robert Winder traces the rivers’ journeys, revealing in shimmering detail their impact on Europe’s rich history as they flow towards the sea.
‘Full of flavour and sparkle.’ The Sunday Times.
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