Dartington What's On May/Jun 2013 by Dartington

www.dartington.org Dartington Hall, Totnes, Devon, TQ9 6EL Image: This House

Welcome to the May/June Edition of What’s On at the Dartington Hall Estate. Schumacher College has an evening all about Wild Swimming as part of The Earth Talks. Come and join them on 13 June for a talk from wild swimmer Daniel Start followed by a dip in the Dart if you dare! The Barn Cinema continues live streaming, on 24 June Benjamin Britten’s ‘Gloriana’ will be shown live from the Royal Opera House. At the end of June we have our third Tagore festival which celebrates poetry, dance and literature influenced by the great thinker and poet, Rabindranath Tagore. I do hope that you and your family will be able to join us on Sunday 2 June for our Community Day. The day looks set to provide an array of entertainment, so bring along a picnic and join in the fun! Vaughan Lindsay, Chief Executive Officer

Contents News p.3 Film p.4-17, 20 Diary p.18-19 Events p.21-25 Learning p.26-28 Food and Drink p.29 Residencies p.30 Hire p.31 Shops p.32 Get Involved p.33 Your Visit p.34-36

Contact us The Dartington Hall Trust Dartington Hall Totnes, Devon TQ9 6 EL 01803 847000 feedback@dartington.org www.dartington.org

News

Welcome

What’s On: May/Jun

About Dartington

News in Brief

Dartington is a place of learning and experiment. We act in three broad areas: the arts, the promotion of a fairer society and the future of our planet. Working in partnership with pioneering thinkers, teachers, artists and social entrepreneurs, Dartington addresses some of the significant issues of our time.

DISS

We do this in three ways • by setting up our own initiatives and programmes, building on our skills, resources and heritage • by offering the time, space and stimulation for others to develop and test promising ideas • by inspiring a wide community of artists, thinkers and activists through our work and the exceptional environment we provide Dartington is an independent organisation, trading ethically and sustainably as a social enterprise in order to fund our pioneering work.

Supporting Dartington International Summer School

Join us in celebrating 60 years at Dartington Hall! The five-week Summer School brings together people of all ages and abilities in a celebration of all genres of music. This year the Summer School will welcome guest tutors and performers, such as Ray Davies and Matthew Rose, as well as hosting a great line-up of workshops for beginners, amateurs and families. Devon residents can take advantage of our Local Offer - you can book individual courses and concerts, or book a full non-residential package. For more info visit www.dartington.org/summer-school or call us on 01803 847080.

Belarus Free Theatre

Belarus Free Theatre is an underground group based in Minsk, speaking out through their creative voices. During March and April, The Arts at Dartington welcomed the company for a month-long residency. Belarus Free Theatre is forced to act as ‘underground’ due to Belarus being run as a dictatorship, where freedom of speech is not allowed. Belarus Free Theatre will be performing the work resulting from their residency at The Dartington Hall Trust on stages around the world. For more information about Belarus Free Theatre and their residency at Dartington please visit www.dartington.org/arts/belarus-free-theatre

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The Dartington Home Community & Volunteer Celebration

We’re excited to announce that on Sunday, 2 June 2013 we will be hosting a community day here at the Estate. You are invited to bring picnics and cakes and join in the family activities. There will be music, performance, nature, face painting, and garden tours. This is going to be a big, fun afternoon so pencil it into your diaries now! Tickets are available now. To reserve a FREE place please call the Box Office on 01803 847070.

Visit the Gardens

Every time of year is a good time to visit the gardens at Dartington but Spring is amongst the most spectacular. Come for a wander round the grounds and gardens and spot the beautiful tree magnolias, camellias, and snake’s head fritillaries in the woodland walks. Right now the cherry blossom is in bud and is just about to appear in all its glory. After you’ve worked up an appetite you can head to the White Hart for some hearty food or nip to the Roundhouse café for tea and cake! And don’t forget to pop into the Visitor Centre where the staff can update you on the all the latest information about what is going on around the Estate.

Film

Barn Cinema Welcome to our film selection for May and June; we have some real treats in store for you!

Elsewhere in the programme we have our usual choice of the best films from around the world. Worth a special note is The Great Gatsby 3D, which will have a two week run at the Barn from its UK release date. Our everexpanding live cinema programme features a unique new event from the British Museum: Pompeii Live, and a season of six fantastic operas from Glyndebourne Festival 2013. We hope to see you at the Barn this spring. Jim Whittle, Cinema Manager

Booking Information Ticket Prices

£7.75 Full Price £6.50 All Concessions £5.25 Students / Matineé £4.00 Young People £3.50 Children’s Matineé Films 2 for 1 Orange Wednesdays N.B. Special Prices Apply to Live Cinema Gift Vouchers are available from the Box Office in either £5, £10 or £20 denominations.

Box Office Open daily 12.30 - 7.00pm

Promised Land

Love is All You Need First Position

Promised Land [15]

DIRECTOR: Gus Van Sant CAST: Matt Damon, Frances McDormand, John Krasinski USA / United Arab Emirates 2013 | 1hr 47m Corporate salesman, Steve Butler, and his partner, Sue Thomason, are sent to close a key rural town in their company’s expansion plans. With the town having been hit hard by the economic decline of recent years, the two outsiders expect the local citizens to accept their company’s offer, for drilling rights to their properties, as much-needed relief. What seems like an easy job for the duo becomes complicated by the objections of a respected schoolteacher and a local grassroots campaigner. Gus Van Sant (Good Will Hunting) reunites with Matt Damon, who also co-produced and wrote the script with John Krasinkski in this thoughtful and intelligent drama.

First Position [U]

DIRECTOR: Bess Kargman CAST: Rebecca Houseknecht, Joan Sebastian Zamora, Aran Bell USA 2012 | Documentary | 1hr 35m The Youth America Grand Prix is a competition for young ballet students between the ages of 9 and 19; it’s one of the world’s leading proving grounds for new talent, and most major dance companies and schools pay close attention to who fares well in the annual contest. Each year, thousands of dancers enter, but only three hundred make it into the finals. Bess Kargman’s awardwinning documentary follows six young dancers as they prepare for a chance to enter the world of professional ballet, struggling through bloodied feet, near exhaustion and debilitating injuries, all while navigating the drama of adolescence.

3-9 May

Love is All You Need [15]

DIRECTOR: Susanne Bier CAST: Pierce Brosnan, Trine Dyrholm, Molly Blixt Egelind Denmark / Sweden / Italy / France / Germany 2012 Subtitles | 1hr 56m Philip, is a lonely, middle-aged English widower who is hosting his son’s wedding at his villa in Sorrento. Ida, a Danish hairdresser and mother of the bride-to-be, has just completed a course of chemotherapy but is still awaiting the final allclear. Ida’s husband has just left her for a younger woman so she arrives at the wedding alone. The fates of these two bruised souls are about to intertwine in this warm, funny, heartfelt meditation on the birth pangs of starting a new life. “Gloriously enjoyable.” Robbie Collins, The Telegraph

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Our first ever Spring Film Festival begins on 30 May (see page 14), bringing you four days of film in celebration of our natural world and some of its indigenous communities. As well as film screenings in the Barn, there will be outdoor films, footage from the Dartington archive, live commentary, and films for children – one of which includes a live stage show from Dartmoor Zoo.

10-16 May

FRI 3

5:00pm 8:00pm

TUE 7

SAT 4

5:00pm 8:00pm

WED 8 2:00pm

SUN 5

5:00pm 8:00pm

THU 9

MON 6

- -

6-9 May

5:00pm

8:00pm

MON 6

5:00pm

TUE 7

8:00pm

WED 8

THU 9 2:00pm

FRI 10

5:00pm 8:00pm

TUE 14

5:00pm

SAT 11

5:00pm 8:00pm

WED 15 2:00pm

8:00pm

SUN 12

5:00pm 8:00pm

THU 16

MON 13

8:00pm

Box Office

01803 847070

- -

5:00pm

8:00pm

4:00pm

8:00pm

www.dartington.org/barn-cinema

Film

Film The Great Gatsby 3D

The Great Gatsby 3D [Cert. TBC]

DIRECTOR: Baz Luhrmann CAST: Leonardo DiCaprio, Carey Mulligan, Tobey Maguire Australia / USA 2013 | Running time TBC In the spring of 1922, aspiring writer, Nick Carraway, leaves the Midwest and comes to Long Island, New York, where he is drawn into the lavish and captivating world of his mysterious neighbour, playboy millionaire, Jay Gatsby. Beyond the glamorous parties and extravagant lifestyle, however, Nick bears witness to the loves, obsession and tragedy that are thinly veiled in this world of illusion and deceit.

Benjamin Britten: Peace and Conflict

In the Fog [12A]

Benjamin Britten: Peace and Conflict [PG]

“An intense, slow-burning and haunting drama” Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian

“A moving and engrossing film, with terrific performances and tender appreciation of Britten’s music.” Paul Kildea, author of Benjamin Britten: A Life in the Twentieth Century

DIRECTOR: Sergei Loznitsa CAST: Vladimir Svirskiy, Vladislav Abashin Germany / Netherlands / Belarus / Russia / Latvia 2012 | Subtitles | 2hrs 8m In 1942, the territory of Belarus is under German occupation, and local partisans are fighting a brutal resistance campaign. A train is derailed not far from the village where Sushenya, a rail worker, lives with his family. Innocent Sushenya is arrested with a group of saboteurs but the German officer decides not to hang him with the others and sets him free. Hearing of his release, the partisans wrongly suspect Sushenya of collaboration with the enemy and lead him into the forest to execute him as a traitor. But all does not go as planned and Sushenya’s ordeal is just beginning.

DIRECTOR: Tony Britten CAST: John Hurt (narrator), Christopher Theobald, Joseph Horovitz UK 2013 | Drama-documentary | 1hr 49m Benjamin Britten is the most performed British composer worldwide and his music becomes more popular year by year. Even his critics accept that he produced a body of work that puts him on a level with Purcell, and the legacy of his many recordings is a testimony to a pianist and conductor with truly extraordinary gifts. Released in celebration of the centenary of the composer’s birth, this film explores the pacifism that was such a powerful influence on the composer’s life and work.

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In the Fog

17-30 May (2D Screenings are underlined and in italics)

8:00pm

SAT 25 1:00pm 4:30pm 8:00pm

WED 29

4:30pm 8:00pm

13-16 May

4:30pm 8:00pm

SUN 26 1:00pm 4:30pm 8:00pm

THU 30

7:00pm

MON 13

5:00pm

TUE 14

8:00pm

FRI 17

5:00pm 8:15pm

TUE 21

SAT 18

5:00pm 8:15pm

WED 22

SUN 19

5:00pm 8:15pm

THU 23 1:00pm 4:30pm 8:00pm

MON 27

MON 20

4:30pm 8:00pm

FRI 24

TUE 28 1:00pm 4:30pm 8:00pm

4:30pm 8:00pm

N.B. Free list suspended for The Great Gatsby

3:30pm

3, 5 & 6 June

Box Office

WED 15

THU 16 1:45pm

5:00pm

MON 3

WED 5 2:00pm

01803 847070

5:00pm

8:00pm

THU 6

5:00pm

www.dartington.org/barn-cinema

Film

Film Beware of Mr. Baker [Cert. TBC]

DIRECTOR: Jay Bulger CAST: Ginger Baker, Eric Clapton, Femi Kuti, John Lydon USA 2013 | Documentary | 1hr 32m When a documentary begins with its subject using his crutch to deliver a vicious blow to the director’s nose, it’s reasonably safe to expect lessthan-smooth sailing ahead. Ginger Baker, Cream’s legendary scarlet-maned, hell-raising drummer, looks back on his musical career with some of the world’s greatest musicians, as well as his influence on great musical eccentrics like John ‘Jonny Rotten’ Lydon. As impressive as his virtuoso musical talent is, it’s the man himself who proves the most transfixing. A remarkably candid document of an important musical figure, and a searing portrait of a man in freefall doing his best to destroy any human relationship he can as he drums on into personal oblivion. A stunning film. 3 & 4 June MON 3

The Reluctant Fundamentalist

The Reluctant Fundamentalist [Cert. TBC]

Star Trek Into Darkness 3D

DIRECTOR: Mira Nair CAST: Riz Ahmed, Kate Hudson, Liev Schreiber, Keifer Sutherland USA / UK / Qatar 2013 | 2hrs 8m Changez Khan is a Princeton graduate from Pakistan, succeeding on Wall Street and thriving in his adopted city, when his life is forever altered by the 9/11 terrorist attacks. His American Dream shattered alongside his future with the radiant Erica, Khan is suddenly branded an enemy in the land he called home. The humiliation of being wrongfully arrested, profiled, and interrogated soon drives him back to his family in Pakistan. There, Khan’s eloquence and charisma make him a natural leader among the anti-American student population, but a potential threat in the eyes of the U.S. government.

5 & 6 June -

8:00pm

TUE 4

4:00pm

WED 5

5:00pm

THU 6 2:00pm

8:00pm

Star Trek Into Darkness 3D [Cert. TBC]

DIRECTOR: J.J. Abrams CAST: Benedict Cumberbatch, Chris Pine, Zoe Saldana, Simon Pegg USA 2013 | 2hrs 9m After being called back home, the crew of the USS Enterprise find that a seemingly unstoppable force has attacked Starfleet and left Earth in chaos. With a personal score to settle, Captain Kirk leads his crew on a manhunt as they venture to a war zone world to find the powerful villain responsible for the devastation. J.J. Abrams returns to direct this follow-up to 2009’s Star Trek.

I’m So Excited!

I’m So Excited! [15]

DIRECTOR: Pedro Almodóvar CAST: Javier Cámara, Pepa Charro, Cecilia Roth Spain 2013 | Subtitles | 1hr 30m A plane full of uptight passengers is stranded in the air after its landing gear jams. The undaunted team of metrosexual flight crew do their best to alleviate the tension and keep everyone happy while they find somewhere safe to attempt a crash landing. Almodóvar’s long awaited return to comedy is a bawdy and beautifully made chamber piece that is a pure delight. It includes cameos for long-time collaborators Penélope Cruz and Antonio Banderas in a very funny opening scene.

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Beware of Mr. Baker

7-13 June 7-9 June

FRI 7

5:00pm

TUE 11

5:00pm

SAT 8

8:00pm

WED 12

8:00pm

FRI 7

8:00pm

SUN 9

5:00pm

THU 13

4:00pm

SAT 8

5:00pm

MON 10

8:00pm

Box Office

01803 847070

SUN 9

www.dartington.org/barn-cinema

8:00pm

Film

Film A Hijacking [15]

DIRECTOR: Tobias Lindholm CAST: Johan Philip Asbæk, Søren Malling, Dar Salim Denmark 2012 | Subtitles | 1hr 41m The Danish freighter MV Rozen is ambushed in the Indian Ocean by Somali pirates, who demand millions in ransom for the return of the ship and its crew. The head of the shipping company, Peter Ludvigsen, immediately hires a professional negotiator, then disregards the expert’s advice and insists on dealing with the pirates himself. As the weeks drag on with no end in sight, it’s clear that the job is much more than Ludvigsen bargained for. Tobias Lindholm (writer of the celebrated Danish TV series Borgen, and co-writer of The Hunt) has created a grittily authentic and suspenseful thriller that’s also a fascinating window into the phenomenon of modern piracy.

Populaire

Populaire [12A]

DIRECTOR: Régis Roinsard CAST: Romain Duris, Déborah François, Bérénice Bejo France 2012 | Subtitles | 1hr 51m Spring 1958, 21-year-old Rose Pamphyle lives with her grouchy widower father who runs the village store. Engaged to the son of the local mechanic, she seems destined for the quiet, drudgery-filled life of a housewife. Searching for something more, she travels to Normandy where charismatic insurance agency boss, Louis Echard, is looking for a secretary. The ensuing interview is a disaster but Rose reveals a special gift - she can type at extraordinary speed. The competitive streak in Louis is awakened; he’ll turn her into the fastest girl, not only in the country, but the world!

MON 10

5:00pm

TUE 11

8:00pm

WED 12

THU 13 1:45pm

5:00pm -

Aguirre, Wrath of God [PG]

DIRECTOR: Werner Herzog CAST: Klaus Kinski, Cecilia Rivera, Ruy Guerra, West Germany 1972 | Subtitles | 1hr 31m In the 16th century, the expedition of Spanish conquistador Gonzalo Pizarro searches the impenetrable jungles of Peru for signs of El Dorado, the fabled seven cities of gold. Crazed with greed and mad with power, Aguirre, one of the nobles in command, takes over the enterprise, slaughtering any that oppose him. Based on the real-life journals of a priest, Brother Gaspar de Carvajal, who accompanied Pizarro on his ill-fated mission, this epic historical drama was legendary for the arduousness of its on-location filming and the convincing zealous obsession employed by Kinski in playing the title role.

14-20 June FRI 14

5:00pm 8:00pm

TUE 18

4:00pm

SAT 15 2:00pm 5:00pm 8:00pm

WED 19

4:00pm

SUN 16

5:30pm 8:00pm

THU 20 2:00pm

8:00pm

MON 17

5:00pm 8:00pm

10-13 June

Aguirre, Wrath of God

Much Ado about Nothing

Much Ado about Nothing [12A]

DIRECTOR: Joss Whedon CAST: Amy Acker, Alexis Denisof, Nathan Fillion, Fran Kranz USA 2013 | 1hr 47m Following an eventful trip abroad, Claudio and Benedick arrive safely back in their hometown of Messina, where Claudio wastes no time in declaring his love for Hero, the daughter of powerful governor, Leonato. When clever Benedick, a confirmed bachelor, learns that Claudio has poured his heart out, he chides his friend relentlessly. But the lovestruck Claudio and his bride-to-be are determined to make Cupid’s arrow strike for Benedick and his favourite sparring-partner, Beatrice. Joss Whedon gives William Shakespeare’s beloved battle-of-thesexes comedy a contemporary spin in this dark, sexy and occasionally absurd view of the intricate game that is love.

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A Hijacking

19 & 20 June WED 19 1:45pm

21-23 June -

THU 20

5:00pm

FRI 21

SAT 22 2:00pm

Box Office

01803 847070

4:30pm

8:00pm

SUN 23

5:00pm

www.dartington.org/barn-cinema

Film

Tagore Festival 2013 Bollywood Films Free to festival pass holders - see pages 22 & 23 for more information on the festival.

Rangeelay [Cert. TBC]

Summer in February [15]

DIRECTOR: Christopher Menaul CAST: Dominic Cooper, Emily Browning, Dan Stevens UK 2013 | 1hr 41m The wild and bohemian Lamorna Group was part of the Newlyn School of artists which flourished at the beginning of the 20th Century. The incendiary anti-Modernist Alfred Munnings, now regarded as one of Britain’s most sought-after artists, was at the centre of a complex love triangle, involving aspiring artist, Florence Carter-Wood, and Gilbert Evans, the land agent in charge of the Lamorna Valley estate. Based on true events, this intimate and enchanting tale of love, liberty and scandal is played out against the picturesque beauty of the Cornish coast, in the approaching shadow of the First World War. 21-27 June FRI 21 2:00pm SAT 22

SUN 23 2:00pm MON 24

TUE 25

5:00pm

WED 26 1:45pm

THU 27

4:00pm

8:00pm

5:00pm

Facebook Film Night [Cert. TBC]

Sunday 23 June, 8pm To take part, visit: www.facebook.com/BarnCinema Welcome to the Barn Cinema’s Facebook Film Night where you, the Barn audience, choose the film. For more details visit the Barn Cinema’s Facebook page and follow the link to the Facebook Film Night. The winner will be screened at 8pm on Sunday 23 June. #FacebookFilmNight

Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani [Cert. TBC]

Byzantium

Something in the Air

Something in the Air [Cert. TBC]

DIRECTOR: Olivier Assayas CAST: Clément Métayer, Lola Créton, Felix Armand France 2012 | Subtitles | 2hrs 2m Assayas’ semi-autobiographical feature is a vibrant, incisively crafted story of a young man’s awakening of conscience. Paris, 1971; Gilles, a 17-year-old high school student, is an aspiring filmmaker, painter of considerable talent, and political activist. He and his friends distribute leaflets, contribute articles to leftwing magazines, and spray-paint graffiti slogans on walls. After a protest becomes violent, Gilles and his girlfriend, Christine, leave the country for Italy. On the road with a group of activist filmmakers, Gilles’ coming-of-age truly begins. With a magnificent rock soundtrack, Assayas has created a wonderfully evocative time capsule of the turbulent French student movement of the early ‘70s.

Byzantium [15]

DIRECTOR: Neil Jordan CAST: Saoirse Ronan, Gemma Arterton UK / USA / Ireland 2013 | 1hr 58m Clara and her daughter, Eleanor, seek refuge in a run-down coastal resort. They meet lonely Noel, who provides shelter in his deserted guesthouse, the Byzantium. But these are not ordinary women; they were born over 200 years ago and survive on human blood. When Clara opens a brothel in the seaside hotel, shocking secrets from the women’s pasts begin to surface, with deathly consequences. This Gothic thriller comes from Oscar-winning screenwriter and director Neil Jordan (The End of the Affair, Interview with the Vampire, The Crying Game).

DIRECTOR: Ayan Mukherjee CAST: Deepika Padukone, Ranbir Kapoor India 2013 | Subtitles | Running time TBC Sat 29 Jun, 8pm Naina is studying hard to achieve her dream of becoming a doctor but feels frustrated by the necessary restrictions of her routine. Fun-loving Bunny is intent on breaking free from tradition and living a wild and carefree life. When the two opposites collide, only the unexpected can follow.

“Seductive, sadistic and elegantly depraved, Byzantium is an unabashedly stylish addition to a timeless genre.” Piers Handling, Toronto International Film Festival

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DIRECTOR: Navaniat Singh CAST: Neha Dhupia, Jimmy Sheirgill India 2013 | Subtitles | Running time TBC Fri 28 Jun, 8pm Arrogant Sunny attempts to woo haughty Simmi in a variety of imaginative ways, in this Punjabi action-comedy.

Summer in February

30 June, 1 - 4 July 25-27 June TUE 25

5:00pm

WED 26

4:00pm

THU 27 2:00pm

8:00pm

SUN 30

8:00pm

WED 3

8:00pm

MON 1

8:00pm

THU 4

8:00pm

TUE 2

8:00pm

Box Office

01803 847070

Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani

www.dartington.org/barn-cinema

Thursday 30 May

Friday 31 May

Promised Land [15]

Baraka [PG]*

Even the Rain [15]

Samsara [12A]*

2pm, Barn Cinema

9:30pm, Outside - Next to Barn

2pm, Barn Cinema

Dartington Film Archive: Galapagos plus more from the archive 12 noon, Studio 3

A Bug’s Life [U] plus Dartmoor Zoo Show 2pm, Barn Cinema

March of the Penguins [U] 2:30pm, Studio 3

Anda Union + Short Film DART 5:15pm, Studio 3

Conquest of Everest [U] 5:30pm, Barn Cinema

F*ck for Forest [18] 7:30pm, Studio 3

The Mountains of Glass 8pm, Barn Cinema

Chasing Ice [12A]

9:30pm, Outside - Next to Barn

DIRECTOR: Bess Kargman USA 2012 | Documentary | 1hr 35m See details on page 5.

Chimpanzee [U]

4 & 5 May SAT 4 & SUN 5 2:00pm

Jack the Giant Slayer 3D [12A]

F*ck for Forest [18] Chasing Ice [12A]

11 & 12 May

Mountains of Japan plus Q&A Village at the End of the World [Cert. TBC] 9:30pm, Outside - Next to Barn

Sunday 2 June 2pm, Barn Cinema

5pm, Barn Cinema

The Odd Life of Timothy Green [U]

Born Free [U]

5:30pm, Studio 3

Anda Union + Short Film DART 7:30pm, Studio 3

Cave of Forgotten Dreams 3D [U] 7:45pm, Barn Cinema

Avatar [12]

9:30pm, Outside - Next to Barn

DIRECTOR: Peter Hedges USA 2012 | 1hr 45m When happily married couple, Cindy and Jim Green, learn that they are unable to have children, they write out all the traits their child would have had and bury them in a box in the garden. One stormy night they awaken to find a boy named Timothy, with leaves growing from his ankles, standing in their kitchen. Director and writer, Peter Hedges (What’s Eating Gilbert Grape, Dan in Real Life), brings enchantment to the screen with this inspiring and magical story. 27 & 29 May

MON 27 1:00pm

For full programme details please visit: www.dartington.org/film-festival

Box Office

8 & 9 June SAT 8 & SUN 9 2:00pm

Epic 3D [Cert. TBC]

SAT 11 & SUN 12 2:00pm

Village at the End of the World [Cert. TBC]

DIRECTORS: Mark Linfield, Alastair Fothergill Tanzania / USA 2012 | 1hr 18m A baby chimpanzee is enjoying life with his mother in the jungles along the Ivory Coast. Without warning, he is tragically orphaned during an attack from a rival group of chimpanzees. Afterwards, he struggles to survive on his own and to be accepted by the other chimps, until he is surprisingly adopted by the Alpha Male of his group. The chimpanzee is an exceptionally intelligent species of anthropoid ape; by spending over three years in the tropical jungles of Uganda and the Ivory Coast, filmmakers and experts offer us a unique opportunity to better understand their distinct role in our global ecosystem.

Tagore Festival 2013

2:30pm, Studio 3

Tickets £5 | SPECIAL OFFER: Buy tickets for 5 different films and get the 6th one free. *Double bill - your ticket includes both these films

Jack the Giant Slayer 3D

First Position [U]

DIRECTOR: Bryan Singer USA 2013 | 1hr 54m An ancient war is reignited when Jack, a young farmhand, inadvertently opens a gateway between our world and a fearsome race of giants. Unleashed on the Earth for the first time in centuries, the giants strive to reclaim the land they once lost. Should they succeed, Jack’s kingdom will be the first of many to fall. Now, in order to save his people and rescue a noble princess, Jack must summon every ounce of bravery to drive out the invading giants.

4pm, Barn Cinema

7:00pm, Barn Cinema

Saturday 1 June

Our film selection for kids.

DIRECTOR: Chris Wedge USA 2013 / Animation / Running time TBC From the makers of Ice Age and Rio comes this epic tale of a battle between the forces of good and evil. Teenager, Mary Katherine, has always listened with scepticism to her father’s stories of a tiny but fearless troupe of warriors who live deep in the forest. When she finds herself transported to the hidden forest world of the Leaf Men, she bands together with a rag-tag group of characters to help save their world - and ours.

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Ecology, adventure, landscapes, cultures and communities. Join us on a journey from the ground at your feet to the top of the world.

Collect a loyalty card at the Box Office. For every 5 films you see, you’ll get the 6th free - applies to child tickets for the following film screenings only.

Film

Film Festival 2013 Exploring Our World

FREE to Tagore Festival ticket holders, normal ticket sales apply 29 & 30 June SAT 29 & SUN 30 2:00pm

WED 29 2:00pm

01803 847070

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Live Cinema

Live at the Barn Cinema Enjoy the very finest theatre, opera and ballet beamed live via satellite onto the big screen in the Barn Cinema using state of the art digital projection and sound technology. A unique cinema experience for the art form that you love.

La Donna del Lago

La Donna del Lago - LIVE from the Royal Opera House

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This House

This House - LIVE from the National Theatre

Thursday 16 May, 7pm Encore Performances: Tuesday 21 May, 2pm Duration: 2hrs 45m approx (with interval) Tickets £17.50 / Encore £12.50 It’s 1974 and the corridors of Westminster ring with the sound of infighting and backbiting as Britain’s political parties battle to change the future of the nation, whatever it takes. In this hung parliament, the ruling party holds on by a thread. Votes are won and lost by one, fist fights erupt in the bars, and ill MPs are hauled in to cast their votes. James Graham’s biting, energetic and critically-acclaimed new play strips politics down to the practical realities of those behind the scenes who roll up their sleeves and, on occasion, bend the rules, to manoeuvre a diverse and conflicting chorus of MPs within the Mother of all Parliaments.

Monday 27 May, 6:45pm MUSIC: Gioachino Rossini Opera in two acts | Sung in Italian Duration: 3hrs 20m approx (with interval) Tickets £17.50 The ultimate bel canto cast is assembled for this important yet rarely performed masterpiece. Based on Sir Walter Scott’s poem The Lady of the Lake, La donna del lago is the most fully Romantic of Rossini’s Italian operas. Expansive ensembles and shimmering orchestration generate an opulence seldom heard in the composer’s comic works.

Ariadne auf Naxos

Ariadne auf Naxos - LIVE from Glyndebourne Festival 2013

Tuesday 4 June, 7:00pm MUSIC: Richard Strauss Opera | Sung in German Duration: 2hrs 45m approx (with interval) Tickets £17.50 The 2013 Glyndebourne Festival opens with a new production of this compelling and intricately crafted collaboration between composer Richard Strauss and writer Hugo von Hofmannsthal. After the enormous success of Der Rosenkavalier, the two men conceived the idea of a light entertainment, a small trifle to amuse and divert the public.

The Audience - LIVE from the National Theatre

Thursday 13 June, 7pm Encore Performances: Sunday 16 June, 2pm, Wednesday 19 June, 7pm & Wednesday 26 June, 7pm Duration: TBC Tickets £17.50 / Encore £12.50 Helen Mirren reprises her Academy Award winning role as Queen Elizabeth II in the highly-anticipated West End production of The Audience, broadcast as part of National Theatre Live. For sixty years Elizabeth II has met each of her twelve Prime Ministers in a weekly audience at Buckingham Palace – a meeting like no other in British public life – it is private. Both parties have an unspoken agreement never to repeat what is said. Not even to their spouses.

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The Audience

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May Abundant Life: Community Garden from 1pm – re-occurs every Wednesday (see p.28) Abundant Life: Tai Chi Qigong 11am – 12:15pm – re-occurs every Thursday (see p.28) Promised Land 5pm & 8pm First Position 2pm (BK), Promised Land 5pm & 8pm First Position 2pm (BK), Promised Land 5pm & 8pm First Position 5pm, Promised Land 8pm Promised Land 5pm, First Position 8pm Earth Talks: Community Development – what is your role? 8pm Promised Land 2pm, First Position 5pm, Promised Land 8pm Earth Talks: The Fifth Sacred Thing 8pm First Position 2pm, Promised Land 5pm, First Position 8pm Love is All You Need 5pm & 8pm Jack the Giant Slayer 3D 2pm (BK), Love is All You Need 5pm & 8pm Jack the Giant Slayer 3D 2pm (BK), Love is All You Need 5pm & 8pm In the Fog 5pm, Love is All You Need 8pm Love is All You Need 5pm, In the Fog 8pm Love is All You Need 2pm, In The Fog 5pm, Love is All You Need 8pm In The Fog 1:45pm, Love is All You Need 4:00pm This House: National Theatre Live 7pm Basketry and Beyond Festival 2013 - for more info www.dartington.org/festivals The Great Gatsby 3D 5pm & 8:15pm The Great Gatsby 3D 5pm & 8:15pm Dynamic Dartington Adventure Day The Great Gatsby (2D Screening) 5pm, The Great Gatsby 3D 8:15pm Short Course: Zen and the Art of Cooking (ends 24 May) The Great Gatsby 3D 4:30pm & 8pm Earth Talks: The Bhutan Experiment 8pm This House: Encore Performance 2pm Gamelan: Children’s Course (4:30pm) Adult Course (6:00pm) – Tuesdays (see p.28) The Great Gatsby 8pm (2D screening) The Great Gatsby 3D 4:30pm & 8pm The Great Gatsby (2D screening) 1pm & 4.30pm, The Great Gatsby 3D 8pm The Great Gatsby 3D 4:30pm & 8pm Earth Talks: Modern Zen Cookery 8pm The Great Gatsby 3D 1pm, 4:30pm & 8pm Shops at Dartington 3rd Annual Food Fair The Great Gatsby 3D 1pm & 8pm, The Great Gatsby (2D screening) 4.30pm The Odd Life of Timothy Green 1pm (BK), The Great Gatsby 3D 3:30pm La Donna del Lago: Live from the Royal Opera House 6:45pm The Great Gatsby (2D screening) 1pm & 8pm, The Great Gatsby 3D 4:30pm The Odd Life of Timothy Green 2pm (BK), The Great Gatsby 3D 4:30pm & 8pm The Great Gatsby (2D screening) 7pm Dartington Film Festival 2013: Exploring Our World (see p. 14 for details)

Some re-occuring classes were removed from these pages to save space (see p.28).

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Dartington Home Community & Volunteer Celebration 12:30pm Short Course: Writing from the Core of the Earth (ends 7 Jun) Benjamin Britten: Peace and Conflict 5pm, Beware of Mr. Baker 8pm Beware of Mr Baker 4pm Ariadne auf Naxos: Live from Glyndebourne Festival 2013 7pm Benjamin Britten: Peace and Conflict 2pm & 8pm, The Reluctant Fundamentalist 5pm Earth Talks: Writing from the Core of the Earth 8pm The Reluctant Fundamentalist 2pm & 8pm, Benjamin Britten: Peace and Conflict 5pm Star Trek Into Darkness 3D 5pm, I’m So Excited! 8pm Chimpanzee 2pm (BK), I’m So Excited! 5pm, Star Trek Into Darkness 3D 8pm Chimpanzee 2pm (BK), Star Trek Into Darkness 3D 5pm, I’m So Excited! 8pm Short Course: Body and Earth Training (ends 14 Jun) A Hijacking 5pm, Star Trek Into Darkness 3D 8pm Star Trek Into Darkness 3D 5pm, A Hijacking 8pm A Hijacking 5pm, Star Trek Into Darkness 3D 8pm A Hijacking 1:45pm, Star Trek Into Darkness 3D 4pm The Audience: National Theatre Live 7pm Earth Talks: Just Wild About Swimming 8pm Populaire 5pm & 8pm Playgoers Society of Dartington Hall: The Tempest 8pm Populaire 2pm, 5pm & 8pm The Audience: Encore Performance 2pm Dartington Community Choir Summer Concert 3pm Populaire 5:30pm & 8pm Short Course: Earth Pilgrim (ends 22 Jun) Populaire 5pm & 8pm Populaire 4pm Pompeii Live from the British Museum 7pm Aguirre, The Wrath of God 1:45pm, Populaire 4pm The Audience: Encore Performance 7pm Populaire 2pm & 8pm, Aguirre, The Wrath of God 5pm Shops at Dartington Summer Sale Starts Summer in February 2pm, Much Ado About Nothing 4:30pm Falstaff: Glyndebourne Festival 7pm Much Ado About Nothing 2pm & 8pm, Summer in February 5pm Summer in February 2pm, Much Ado About Nothing 5pm, Facebook Film Night 8pm Short Course: Leading from the Future (ends 28 Jun) Summer in February 4pm Gloriana: Live from the Royal Opera House 7:15pm Something in the Air 5pm, Summer in February 8pm Summer in February 1:45pm, Something in the Air 4pm The Audience: Encore Performance 7pm Tagore Festival (see pages 22 & 23) Something in the Air 2pm & 8pm, Summer in February 5pm Bollywood Films: Rangeelay 8pm Epic 3D 2pm (BK), Bollywood Films: Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani 8pm Love Food Dartington 12pm - 4pm Epic 3D 2pm (BK), Byzantium 8pm Byzantium 8pm

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Directed by Jonathan Watts

Sunday 16 June 3pm, Great Hall Tickets: £15 / Concessions £14 / Students & U16’s £6 Brahms and Schumann represent the high art of the German Romantic period. As well as being great writers for the orchestral tradition they were also drawn to vocal music. In this concert we contrast the four songs for double chorus by Schumann with Brahms’s first cycle of Love-song Waltzes.

Falstaff

Falstaff Glyndebourne Festival (Recorded)

FRIDAY 21 June, 7pm MUSIC: Giuseppe Verdi Opera in three acts | Sung in Italian Duration: 3hrs approx (with intervals) Tickets £17.50 Captured live in June 2009. Throughout his long career, Verdi longed to find a good subject for a comic opera. Towards the very end of it he found that subject, in the vast and jovial shape of Shakespeare’s John Falstaff.

The Tempest Playgoers Society of Dartington Hall

Friday 14 - Saturday 22 June 8pm, The Rose Garden, Tennis Courts, Space Tickets: £10 (main seating) £7.50 (side seating) William Shakespeare’s The Tempest, directed by Gaelle Stark-Ordish. ‘The Island. A place of beauty, magic and music, almost entirely inhabited by spirits, where Prospero the self-styled lord, holds all in his hands...’

Dartington Home Community & Volunteer Celebration

Pompeii Live from the British Museum

Tuesday 18 June, 7pm Duration: 1hrs 30m approx Tickets £15 Don’t miss the world première of Pompeii Live – the first live cinema event produced by the British Museum from a major exhibition. See the wonders of the exhibition from the comfort of the cinema, introduced live by British Museum Director Neil MacGregor and featuring Mary Beard, Rachel de Thame, Giorgio Locatelli and Exhibition Curator, Paul Roberts, who bring extraordinary objects to life in this unique event. Plus, you’ll see specially made films of Pompeii and Herculaneum today, and go behind the scenes of the exhibition to explore the stories of these famous Roman cities.

Gloriana

Gloriana - LIVE from the Royal Opera House

Monday 24 June, 7:15pm MUSIC: Benjamin Britten Opera in three acts | Sung in English Duration: 3hrs approx (with intervals) Tickets £17.50 Award-winning director Richard Jones (Il trittico, Anna Nicole) directs a Gloriana for our time, framing the depiction of the 16th-century Queen in a setting that re-creates the excitement of our own Queen’s Coronation year. A superlative British cast brings to life this under-appreciated gem, a unique tribute both to the nation’s monarch and to its greatest opera composer.

Sunday 2 June 12.30 – 5pm, Garden Room, Space To co-incide with Volunteer Week and the Big Lunch, we are inviting our community to bring your own picnic and cakes to Space and join in the family activities. We will have music, performance, nature and planet films, face painting, light refreshments, tree walks, garden tours and a bird of prey flying demonstration in the Tilt Yard This is going to be a big, fun afternoon so pencil it into your diaries now. To reserve a place to this free event please call the Box Office on 01803 847070. For further information contact Rachel Williams on 01803 847017

Events

Live Cinema

Dartington Community Choir Summer Concert

Schumann drew on texts by Ruckert, Goethe and Zedlitz for these double-choir songs, whereas Brahms’s inspiration was texts from Polydora by Friedrich Daumer. Schuman wrote his four songs, Opus 141, in 1849 and Brahms’s Op 52 was written in 1868. The Schumann pieces have no separate piano accompaniment whereas the Brahms uses piano duet to great effect and therefore we are delighted that our two pianists will also include piano duets in this concert.

The Shops at Dartington Sunday 19 May Dynamic Dartington Adventure Day. Call 01803 862725 for details Sunday 26 May 3rd annual Food Fair with live jazz all day - Art Deco in the morning and John Shilitoe’s jazz band in the afternoon. Plus children’s entertainment with Dan the Juggler and Cosmo the Clown. 10am-6pm. Monday 27 May Food Fair day two with live jazz from Hamer and Isaac’s gypsy swing band and John Shilitoe’s jazz band. Children’s entertainment from Elphic the juggler and Cosmo the clown. 10am-6pm. Friday 21 June The Shops at Dartington Summer Sale starts. Sunday 30 June Love Food Dartington Food producers market 10am-4pm.

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Three Days of Music, Poetry, Dance & more... Featuring Music from... Soumik Datta, Flux, Shura Dhara, Glorious Chorus Dance from... Aakash Odedra plus workshops in Kathak, Contemporary and Bollywood

Poetry from... Lemm Sissay, Bashabi Fraser, Vayu Naidu

Plus... Special Guest: Nitin Sawhney on Ravi Shankar.

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Events

Schumacher College The Earth Talks Regular talks about people who work in harmony with the Earth Community Development - what is your role?

Tuesday 7 May 8.00pm Straw Bale Room Schumacher College Tickets £5 / Concessions £4 Are you interested in community action, autonomy and empowerment from the ground up? Jacques Boulet is the editor of New Community Development and Head of Oases College, Melbourne, Australia . Join him to hear about co-designing and facilitating community development activities, actions and long-term social change groups. Jacques will speak about the ‘relational’ aspect of community and what that means today in terms of re-establishment of our relationship with our ‘home’ (the ‘eco’ of ecology as well as economy).

The Fifth Sacred Thing - Starhawk

Wednesday 8 May 8pm The Old Craft Ed Building, Schumacher College Tickets £5 / Concessions £4 Join best-selling author, spiritual activist and permaculture specialist Starhawk as she explores the insights and lessons from her futuristic novel The Fifth Sacred Thing. Now in development as a film, this landmark book is set in a post-apocolyptic world where human creativity, diversity and ecological harmony are sacred. How can we create this positive future now?

The Bhutan experiment: Gross National Happiness (GNH) Utopia or the birth of a New Development Paradigm?

Monday 20 May 8pm The Old Craft Ed Building, Schumacher College Tickets £5 / Concessions £4 Join Ha Vinh Tho from the Gross National Happiness (GNH) Centre in Bhutan as he shows how GNH can offer an alternative paradigm to the one based on GDP, based on non-materialism and the well-being of all life.

Modern Zen Cookery

Traditional Japanese cookery and tasting evening with Toshio Tanahashi

Friday 24 May 8pm The Old Craft Ed Building, Schumacher College £6 (limited places) Join Toshio Tanahashi for this exclusive evening as he explores Shojin ryori, the practice of how to wed Buddhist spiritual practice and environmentally sensitive vegetarian cookery in the ancient Japanese tradition. Watch as he creates beautiful tasting and visually delicious dishes using the simplest of ingredients and then taste his wonderful food together. Toshio will be teaching at the College all week on the Modern Zen Cookery Course 20 – 24 May 2013 – see website for details. This event also celebrates the launch of the Dartington Food Fair weekend 26-27 May.

Writing from the Core of the Earth Chellis Glendinning

Wednesday 5 June 8pm The Old Craft Ed Building, Schumacher College Tickets £5 / Concessions £4 Chellis Glendinning, author and activist, joins us to talk about how the creativity of nature itself can be harnessed to write and act on behalf of the Earth. This is a must for all diarists, journalists, wordgardeners, novelists and activists, and all those about to put pen to paper.

Just Wild About Swimming

Thursday 13 June 8pm The Old Craft Ed Building, Schumacher College Tickets £5 / Concessions £4 We are delighted to be joined by Daniel Start, author of the new bumper edition of the original Wild Swimming book and his new Wild Guide to the South West - secret coves, canoe camping, wild swimming ancient forest, sunset hilltops, and local artisanal food. We also have three local wild swimmers sharing their passion, techniques and secret spots for swimming. Devon Wild Swimmers are organising a wild swim in the Dart after the event so if you are interested bring your trunks!

Celebrating 60 years of musical memories...

Local Offer Now Open! Book individual courses like Choir, Salsa and Orchestra, and family friendly workshops from £90 per course. Attend concerts – Emma Kirkby, Stile Antico, Dartington Festival Orchestra, plus free Tea Dance and Jazz on the Lawn. Performance programme out late May. See website for full details under Booking – Special Offers For more information

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Through an innovative approach to learning, with experts from around the world, Dartington’s Schumacher College has helped thousands to understand and find solutions for the most pressing ecological and social concerns of modern life. For more information about 2013 courses, see www.schumachercollege.org.uk Contact us: Schumacher College The Old Postern Dartington Totnes, Devon TQ9 6EA +44 (0)1803 865934 | Fax +44 (0)1803 866899 admin@schumachercollege.org.uk www. schumachercollege.org.uk

Short Courses

For your diary...

Postgraduate Courses

Zen and the Art of Cooking

A Wild Land Dreaming

Schumacher College offers a vibrant and lifechanging alternative to postgraduate education for those who aim to become leaders and agents of change for a more sustainable world.

With Toshio Tanahashi and contributions from Ha Vinh Tho and Satish Kumar

20 - 24 May Cooking, talking and meditating on the art of food with three Buddhist practitioners from Japan, Bhutan and India.

Writing from the Core of the Earth With Chellis Glendinning

3 – 7 June Plug into Nature’s creativity to write and act on behalf of the Earth - a chance to spend time with this best-selling author and activist.

Body and Earth Training

With Andrea Olsen and Caryn McHose

1 – 7 July With Martin Shaw and David Abram

Radical Ecopsychology

– a new psychology for our times

Holistic Science: MSc, PG Cert

Ecosocialism

Economics for Transition: MA, PG Cert

22 July – August 2 With Andy Fisher and Joel Kovel

– Visioning a New World 3 -7 August With Joel Kovel

Exploring the Wild Mind

5 – 9 August With Bill Plotkin and Geneen Marie Haugen

10 – 14 June Become physically attuned with your environment for more embodied and powerful verbal, written and physical communication.

Learning

Sustainability Courses at Schumacher College

Look beyond the limits of traditional science to solve our ecological and social issues.

Become a leader in the low-carbon, resilient and equitable economy of the future.

Sustainable Horticulture and Food Production: MSc, PG Cert, PG Dip

Join the growers and activists at the forefront of a revolution in food production.

Ecological Design – A Holistic Approach to Sustainability: PG Cert Design a different world.

Earth Pilgrim

Our postgraduate programmes are run in association with Plymouth University.

With Satish Kumar, Martin Shaw and Raoul Martinez

17 – 22 June Join these pilgrims for walking, talking and reflecting on the journeys of life.

Leading from the Future

With Martin Kaluga Banda, Jane Corbett and Otto Sharma

24 – 28 June Use Theory U to become more responsive to the emerging future – a must for all leaders and entrepreneurs.

Satish Kumar

www.schumachercollege.org.uk

Abundant Life: Tai Chi Qigong

Thursdays 11am - 12:15 pm Studio 6, Space £6 per session (on the door) or 6 Classes for £30 Join Tai Chi Nation Founder Matthew Rochford for weekly classes in this form of moving meditation which gently exercises the whole body.

Abundant Life: Community Garden

Every Wednesday, from 1pm Foxhole Community Garden £10 per annum Join a friendly team of community gardeners, and make friends while growing your own vegetables. Good for the body, good for the soul! Contact Joan Barlow on 01803 663688

Devon Mbira Community

Thursdays 9 & 23 May, Wednesdays 5 & 19 June 7.30pm - 9pm The Mbira Academy, DS029, Space £4 (£3 students) per session For beginners and improvers - come and learn to play exciting polyphonic melodies on this beautiful 25 key Zimbabwean instrument. The Mbira Academy has moved to downstairs from reception at Space: you can see us through the low window on the left side of the access ramp up to Space.

Food and drink Bookbinding and Printmaking Courses

Learn new skills at Dartington with unique equipment and expertise from teachers Mary Bartlett and Michael Honnor. Classes are held throughout the year - enrolment is for day or half-day classes over a ten-week term. For more information see: www.dartington.org/arts/craft-education

Dartington Community Gamelan Sessions Start No Sessions Last Session

Tuesday 21 May 28 May & 4 June Tuesday 9 July

Family Gamelan Course

Tuedays 4.30pm - 5.30pm, Studio 3, Space £3.50 / week, Siblings £2.50 A family activity with a difference! Learn the mystical Gamelan, suitable for a whole range of abilities, from those who have never played music before, to those who can already play or sing. A brilliant way to develop listening and rhythm skills and a fantastic activity to take up with your child. Children are welcome without a grown-up, if they prefer! (For ages 5 – 14 yrs)

Enjoy a selection of local, seasonal produce in the White Hart & Roundhouse Café Roundhouse Café

Open daily 10am - 8pm Come and relax in the Roundhouse Café, offering a wide array of fresh baguettes, focaccias and salads made on site by Dartington Hall’s catering team. As well as freshly ground coffee, from lattés to espressos.

Refresh of The White Hart

Special Offer on Tapas Menu To celebrate the launch of the refurbished White Hart Bar & Restaurant along with our new British Tapas menu, throughout May & June British Tapas is buy 2 dishes get the 3rd free (per person).

Food & Drink

Learning

Classes & Courses

To find out more visit: www.whitehartdartington.com

The White Hart

Open daily from 12 noon In the courtyard at Dartington Hall, relax and enjoy some of the finest locally sourced food in Devon. Bar Opens at 12 noon until 11pm, Monday to Saturday. 12 noon until 10:30pm on Sunday. Food is served from 12-2:30pm and 6-9pm, Monday to Friday and 12-9pm on Saturday and Sunday.

Adult Course (ages 15+)

Tuesdays 6.00pm - 8.00pm, Studio 3, Space £7 / £5 week Join expert gamelan tutor Saj Landey and learn to play Balinese gamelan - a beautiful collection of tuned metallic instruments. No experience required.

Contact Peter 01803 849040 or David 07774073172 For more info contact Jude Wright on 01803 847075

BASKETRYANDBEYOND

Festival

2013

FISHING FARMING AND FASHION

AN INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF BASKETRY

FRI 17 - SUN 19 MAY AT DARTINGTON, DEVON TQ9 6EL CELEBRATING TRADITIONS, CHALLENGING BOUNDARIES www.festival2013.basketryandbeyond.org.uk

For all enquiries

01803 847111 or

whitehart@dartingtonhall.com

Current Artists

Space | Hire

Hires

Immerse is our artists’ programme at Dartington designed to encompass, enliven, engage and stimulate a vibrant and diverse artist’s community.

Flux - New Music Residency

Dartington is home to Space, the largest collection of high quality arts spaces available for hire in the South West.

Guildhall School of Music & Drama

Immerse members have access to free Studio time via our standbySPACE scheme, professional development opportunities alongside exclusive access to events by other artists and companies working at Space. Look out for monthly artists talks and lunchtime meet and greets for local artists. “I honestly don’t think I would have achieved my objectives without the space and environment. The space is one with intention. It actively supports the work and artistic pursuit.” Melly Still, Theatre Director

Find out more: wwww.dartington.org/immerse

Find out more at: www.dartington.org/immerse If you are interested in events happening as part of Immerse, please email immerse@dartington.org

“Dartington Hall is a much needed and unique sanctuary for artists with excellent facilities and inspiring surroundings. The inspiring surroundings within which we found ourselves really gave us some much needed head-space to create new work” Dafydd James, Artist with Bristol Ferment

Monday 27 May to Friday 31 May

Growing a reputation for making music that is intricate, energising and beautiful, flux are a band made up of six incredibly versatile musicians playing instruments ranging from Piano to Bansuri, Double Bass to Cajon, and Violin to Synths. Fresh from the Southbank’s Alchemy Festival, Flux will be performing their new work at this year’s Tagore Festival.

Basketry and Beyond International Artists Residency

Residential Facilities

A range of residential options are available, from the superb medieval courtyard rooms to more basic single bedroom accommodation.

Monday 18 to Sunday 24 May

To support the Basketry and Beyond Festival, Immerse is supporting a 3 week residency at Space to provide a unique opportunity for makers from Canada, Spain, Japan and the UK to work together to produce light robust openwork forms, some on a large scale. Focussing on the relationship of the work to the landscape, the resulting work will be sited in the Gardens at Dartington Hall where it will be displayed over the festival weekend and during the summer months. For details of exclusive Immerse members events during all residencies, please email immerse@dartington.org

“A creative haven.” Natalie Abrahami, former Artistic Director of the Gate Theatre

Flux

Space includes eight large performing arts studios, a large multipurpose makers’ studio / workshop space, a gallery and two smaller rehearsal studios / meeting rooms. Live performances, film and sound recording can be accommodated - call us to discuss this further.

01803 847147 www.dartington.org/space

Excellent Conference Facilities

Hire

Residencies

Space | Immerse

– Innovative Conservatoire Conference The Innovative Conservatoire is an international collaboration bringing teachers from music conservatoires together to share and explore practice, reflect, research and innovate. The Innovative Conservatoire uses reflective practice and action research to address the challenges of development at the heart of conservatoire education, and to position creative and performing artists’ practice more centrally within the global knowledge economy. This year’s theme is the Craft of Collaboration. Why is collaboration important? How does it work and what tendencies do we see? What can we contribute ourselves? What kind of skills and knowledge do we want to develop further? This will be the topic of this seminar.

With our historic halls, conference rooms,seminar studios, performance places, private dining and splendid scenery, Dartington Hall is the ideal venue to host your event. • First-class meeting rooms for groups of 6 to 180 people • Well-appointed bedrooms • Multimedia equipment and internet connection in every room • Your personal conference team and full technical support • Award-winning food served in private dining rooms or in our restaurant • Choice of day delegate and residential packages 01803 847147 www.dartington.org/hire

ICON

26th - 27th May 1. Support our vision

Become a member and receive a range of benefits including: • Invitations to special member events • Concessions at the Barn Cinema and discount at the Shops at Dartington • Brochure mailings

4. Keep in touch

We post regular updates, competitions and news on Twitter and Facebook. You can also subscribe to our e-bulletin to get regular news updates on our work at www.dartington.org/signup

Find out more and sign up online at www.dartington.org/membership

Every quarter we discuss our plans and answer your questions at our free Community Conversation events www.dartington.org/community

2. Volunteer

5. Let us know what you think

We simply couldn’t manage without our wonderful volunteers so if you have time to give please get in touch. www.dartington.org/volunteer

Get Involved

Five Ways you can get involved with us

You can email us at feedback@dartingon.org

3. Debate the key issues of today at the ‘Great Debates’ series

With subjects ranging from nuclear weapons to the rehabilitation of offenders, if you are interested in our programmes then these regular events are for you. www.dartington.org/great-debates

Ways With Words Festival of Words and Ideas

Destination Dartington for a great family day out on Sun 26th and Monday 27th May at our third annual Food Fair! Over 40 local food producers in the main marquee, craft stalls in the courtyards as well as 10 different shops to explore. Live music throughout the event. For children we have live entertainment, clay pot throwing, face painting and bookable zip wire rides and activities with Dynamic Adventures.

The Shops at Dartington are located on the A385 just two miles from Totnes.

T 01803847500 www.dartington.org/food-fair

Speakers include

Melvyn Bragg Jonathan Dimbleby Carol Ann Duffy Antonia Fraser Steve Jones Jack Straw Sandi Toksvig

Dartington 5 – 15 July 2013

01803 867373 33 wayswithwords.co.uk

Access

How to book

Ticket Information

The Dartington Hall Estate is located 1 mile from Totnes in the heart of South Devon.

Please advise us in advance of your access requirements and any assistance needed. Our staff will be pleased to help you.

Box Office

Pre-show / In Person

By Train: Dartington is a 25 mins walk or a short taxi ride from Totnes Railway Station. By Bus: Nearby Totnes is served by the National Express and local services. Dartington is served by the Stagecoach service #165 from the main bus stop in Totnes (outside Morrisons). Info on 0870 6082608 or www.countrybusdevon.co.uk. By Bike: There are bike parks available at Dartington; if you plan to use these please bring your own lock. By Car: We are 30 minutes south of Exeter and north of Plymouth on the M5/A38. From the A38 follow signs to Totnes. On-site parking is available. Pay and Display parking on site is 30p per hour. £1 flat rate from 4pm applies on the main estate. On Foot: A level footpath runs from Totnes station along the river before turning right onto the Dartington Hall drive for the last (hilly) 3/4 mile.

Visitor Centre Call into our Visitor Centre (Open daily 9.00am - 5.00pm) for maps and information about The Dartington Hall Trust. Our visitor centre hosts will be happy to assist with any queries.

Wheelchair access is available at the Barn, Great Hall, Ship Studio and Studios 1, 2, 3, 6, 30 & 31. There are accessible toilet facilities adjacent to these venues. For patrons with a hearing impairment The Barn and Great Hall offer an infra-red system. Assistance Dogs are also welcome.

The Dartington Hall Trust Dartington Hall Totnes, Devon TQ9 6 EL 01803 847000 (9.00am - 5.30pm daily) feedback@dartington.org www.dartington.org

01803 847070 (follow instructions) boxoffice@dartington.org Book tickets online: www.dartington.org

Bookings Team

To book a room or meal offer please contact the bookings team.

Gardens Dartington’s beautiful Grade II* Listed gardens are open dawn to dusk, throughout the year for all to enjoy. With a rich sense of history and a host of delightful features – from a new bridge by artist Peter Randall Page to a sculpture by Henry Moore to 500 year old Spanish Chestnut trees – the gardens at Dartington are free to explore all year round. Please consider a voluntary donation of £5 per person to help us with the considerable costs of maintaining the gardens. Groups of 10 or more are asked to call 01803 847058 to make arrangements or email gardens@dartington.org. Please note that dogs are not allowed in the gardens except assistance dogs. A picnic area is available in front of the Roundhouse Café and next to the Visitor Centre and refreshments and outside seating are available at the White Hart.

Open daily 12.30pm - 7.00pm To book events, films, classes and courses please contact the box office unless otherwise stated.

Volunteering If you would like to support Dartington we have lots of new volunteer opportunities you can get involved with. To register your interest please contact volunteering@dartington.org or telephone the volunteer office on 01803 847207.

01803 847147 bookings@dartington.org Book rooms online: www.dartingtonhall.com

White Hart

Open daily from 12.00pm To book a table at the White Hart please use the details below. 01803 847111 whitehart@dartingtonhall.com www.whitehartdartington.com

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The Box Office opens one hour prior to an event or film for ’on the door’ sales.

Credit & debit cards We accept most cards.

Your Visit

Getting here

Concessions

Members; over 60s; full time students; U16s; unemployed; a disability benefit; DHT staff. Please provide proof of eligibility.

Reservations

Reserved tickets must be paid for 24 hours prior to the event. We will release tickets that have not been paid for by this time.

Group Bookings

Buy ten tickets and get the eleventh free.

Returns

Refunds are not available unless an event is not able to go ahead. Exchanges/credit may be offered at the discretion of the Box Office with 24 hours notice.

Film Certificates [U] [PG] [12A] [12] [15] [18]

Suitable for all ages Parental guidance suggested May be unsuitable for children under 12 (children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult) Suitable for ages 12 and over only Suitable for ages 15 and over only Suitable for ages 18 and over only

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1. Round House CafĂŠ 2. White Hart Bar & Restaurant 3. Great Hall 4. Box Office 5. Barn Theatre & Cinema

6. Gardens 7. Space 8. Higher Close 9. Park School 10. Chimmels 11. Blacklers

12. Devon Academy of Performing Arts 13. Warren House 14. The Granary 15. Guest Reception

The Dartington Hall Trust registered in England as a company limited by guarantee and a charity. The Dartington Hall Trust, Company No 1485560, Charity No 279756, VAT No 402196875. Registered office: The Elmhirst Centre, Dartington Hall, Totnes, Devon, TQ9 6EL Printed on 100% recycled material using eco-inks. Photography by Kim Aldis.

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