May

Events And Courses

Seaton Garden Club an outing to Athelhampton House For full details ring 01297 792710.

15 May

Hawkchurch History Society Spring Talk The History of Old Shute House (or Shute Barton) Speaker – Stuart Blaylock Hawkchurch Village Hall 6.30pm for 7pm talk. Refreshments available 6.30pm for 7pm, at the Village Hall. Members free entry, visitors £4. All Welcome.

Newlyn Artists: A Cornish community of painters 2pm-3.30pm a 6 wk art course for May in Bridport, it will also include aspects of the Newlyn Crafts and some photography. Newlyn a small fishing port about a mile and a half from Penzance, on the south coast of Cornwall’s Penwith peninsula. The scenery and the quality of the light attracted artists, in the 1880s more painters discovered Newlyn because of a direct rail link to London. Some artists made their home in Cornwall, the course explores a number of these artists. There is one bank holiday at the end of May which will interrupt the course by one wk, the course will finish 26th June on Mondays

Fee £65 Mondays and £60 on line. Drop in lectures £13 per lecture, if you cannot attend the full course.

Venue: the United hall, rear of the United church on East Street. The same course can be joined on line via Zoom from Friday 19th May, 2pm, course finishes 30th June on Fridays. The course tutor is Pam Simpson MA, an Art Historian, who has been running courses in Bridport for some years and works part time at University of the Arts in London. Contact Pam to reserve a place on the course, chris.pamsimpson@btinternet.com.

Bridport Museum talk by Bruce Upton on “How Bridport Began - what we know about Bridport up to the Middle Ages”, at Bridport Museum, South Street, at 5pm for 5.30. £5 from museum shop.

Scottish Dancing in Chardstock An evening of Scottish Dancing in Chardstock Village Hall 7.30 - 10.00 p.m. Tea and coffee provided but please bring your own mug. No partner required. Cost £2.00. For more information contact David on 01460 65981 www.chardscottishdancingclub.org

Bridport Folk Dance Club If you like exercise, socialising and maybe learning something new, then come along to our dance sessions in the W.I.Hall on Monday evenings from 7.15-9.30pm. All Welcome, especially beginners. No partner required. Children welcome with their parent.. Occasional live music and always a caller. Angela and Tim Laycock will lead the evening’s dancing. Musicians welcome. Tel 863552 or 459001 for more

16 May

South Wessex Organ Society presents a Recital by Sam Bristow. Described as “an artist to watch” Sam is a versatile young musician based in Salisbury and London. He is organist of St. Matthew’s Church, Westminster and Choral Leader at St. Matthew’s Primary School. He is also the co-ordinator for PipeUp Salisbury, overseeing the scheme to encourage young people to study the organ in the diocese. 19.30. St.Michael’s Church, Lyme Regis. Admission £10 at the door.

Scottish Country Dancing at Ashill villlage hall Nr Ilminster TA19 9LX every Tuesday evening 7.30 to 9.30 pm with break for refreshments. Please wear soft, flat comfy shoes if possible. £3.00 per evening. For further info contact Anita on 01460 929383, email anitaandjim22@gmail.com or visit our website ashillscd.wordpress. com

Barrington & District Gardening Society ‘Reach for the Stars’ –Climbing Plants with Jenny Short, 7.30pm Barrington Village Hall, Nr. Ilminster. Members free, Visitors £2 – includes re-freshments. New members always welcome – Join on the night £10 per annum

17 May

East Devon Ramblers. 10.00am. 6 mile leisurely walk. ‘The Golf Club and the River’. Phone 07977-544749

Scottish Country Dancing at 7.30 at Church House, South Street, Bridport, DT6 3NN. All welcome, no partner required but please wear soft shoes. We will be holding our AGM during the refreshments interval but there will be dancing before and after this. First evening free, thereafter £2.00, which includes soft drinks, tea, coffee and biscuits. Contact: Malcolm on 07790 323343. Check out bridportscottishdancers for more information.

Coffee Morning including cakes, scones & pastries, and bacon/ egg rolls (made to order), 10.30am – noon; all welcome. Clapton & Wayford Village Hall. More details from Julia (01460 72769)

18 May

National Theatre Live: ‘Best of Enemies’ (15) Screening –Gateway Theatre, Seaton, doors 6.30pm, screening 7pm, tickets Adults £14.50, under 16s £7.50. David Harewood (Homeland) and Zachary Quinto (Star Trek) play feuding political rivals in James Graham’s (Sherwood) multiple award-winning new drama. Tickets from 01297 625699, www.thegatewayseaton.co.uk or in person Tue - Thur 10am - 1pm.

The Arts Society “Seals, Sedition and Sacheverell” Speaker: Professor William Gibson Visitors Welcome: £7.50. 2.00pm for 2.30pm Bridport Town Hall www.taswestdorset.org.uk

West Dorset Ramblers Millhayes & Stockland in the Blackdown Hills, 10:00, 8 miles, contact Ian, 07826 150114.

National Theatre Live: Best Enemies (15) 7pm - David Harewood and Zachary Quinto play feuding political rivals in James Graham’s multiple award-winning new drama. www.beehivehoniton. co.uk Box office: 01404 384050

Dance Connection, restorative movement £12, 7:15pm, Bridport St Mary’s CHH DT6 3NN, 07787752201, danceconnectionwessex@gmail.com

Folk dancing at Combe St Nicholas village hall (TA20 3LT) at 1930 hrs. Caller Olive Mitchell will be providing the moves and David & Graham will the music. It’s £4.00 per person which includes a cuppa and cake, all welcome and it is a lot of fun! Further details from Elaine on 01460 65909

Bridport & District Gardening Club monthly meeting is on at 7.30pm at the W I Hall North Street Bridport when Amy Ralph will talk about British Cut Flowers. Amy along with her business partner Emma Hughes runs a Pick Your Own Flower Farm in Abbotsbury offering seasonal, sustainably grown flowers. Her horticultural career began with the Avon Wildlife Trust, creating wildlife gardens in schools and she has worked in various garden settings including several years as Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s gardener. She started growing flowers for cutting a few years ago and with lots of changes brought on by the Covid lockdown decided to give it a go on a larger scale. Her gardening interests include cutting and arranging flowers, growing vegetables and wild flowers, biodiversity and sustainability. Non members are welcome to join us at our meetings for a fee of £2.00 and more information about the club is available on the club website www.bridportgardeningclub.co.uk

19 May

East Devon Ramblers. 10.00am. 5 mile moderate walk. Coffee amongst the bluebells? Phone 01297-552313.

The Son (15) 7:30pm - A cautionary tale that follows a family as it struggles to reunite after falling apart. www.beehivehoniton.co.uk Box office: 01404 384050.

Charmouth Movie Night Everything, Everywhere, All at Once St Andrew’s Community Hall, Charmouth 19:30 £6 advance, £7 on the door.

Lyme Eats Boutique an evening street food market on the sea wall, looking out over the Jurassic coast. 4pm-9pm Gun Cliff Walk w3w: curving.garlic.shed. www.uniqueboutiqueevents.co.uk 07970 857696.

The Burton Bradstock Festival Spring Concert will be held on Friday 19 May 2023 at 7pm in St Mary’s Church. David Juritz (violin), Craig Ogden (guitar) and Adrian Bradbury (cello) will perform Baroque Variations - A path towards the Goldbergs. J S Bach The Goldberg Variations BWV 988* *Arr. for violin, guitar and cello. With music by Purcell, Rameau, Charpentier, Marais, Couperin, Falconieri, Byrd, von Westhoff, Matteis, Oswald, Aranés,

Caccini and Marcello. Spring Concert Tickets from the Bridport Tourist Information Centre 01308 424901. More information www. burtonbradstockfestival.com

South Somerset RSPB Local Group Farming on the Blackdown Hills – An illustrated talk presented by Jonathan Farey, who farms 34 acres with conservation being the main focus including tree planting, orchard and pond restoration – all to benefit the wildlife. Visitors are welcome on the farm for educational access and health and wellbeing purposes. 7.30pm The Millennium Hall, Seavington St. Mary, Ilminster, TA19 0QH. Entry: Group members £4, nongroup members £5, under 18’s £1. Tea/coffee & biscuits included – Wheelchair access. Further details from Denise Chamings on 01460240740 or www.rspb.org.uk/groups/southsomerset. Everyone welcome.

The Lost King 7.30pm. In 2012, after having been lost for over 500 years, the remains of King Richard III were discovered beneath a carpark in Leicester. The search had been orchestrated by an amateur historian, Philippa Langley, whose unrelenting research had been met with incomprehension by her friends and family and with skepticism by experts and academics. The Lost King is the life-affirming true story of a woman who refused to be ignored and who took on the country’s most eminent historians, forcing them to think again about one of the most controversial kings in England’s history. Written by Steve Coogan and featuring Steve himself alongside his Sally Hawkins. One critic states “Sally Hawkins shines in the incredible true story of an indomitable woman who achieved an extraordinary feat. The Lost King reminds experts aren’t infallible. A regular person with guts, intellect, and willpower can prove them wrong.” Village Hall, The Causeway, Milborne St Andrew DT11 0JX. Doors and bar open 7.00. Tickets cost £6,