Events

Between 12th & 18th March Dartington will screen a series of five films especially programmed to explore and stimulate debate on older age. There will also be a panel discussion, following the screening of Mid-August Lunch on Tuesday 16 March, featuring Celia Atherton OBE, Dartington’s Director of Social Justice, and Clare Short MP.

Across the Deep Blue Sea features puppetry, physical comedy and just the odd squirt of water! Family theatre for everyone aged 3 and up. Please note: for unforeseen reasons the 11.30am show has unfortunately been cancelled however the 2pm show is going ahead as planned.

Exeter Chamber Choir and Devon Baroque, conducted by Andrew Daldorph and led by Margaret Faultless, perform J.S. Bach’s The Passion of St. John.

The first in a series of energetic and inspirational performances given by National Youth Jazz Collective’s regional members, led by professional jazz musicians singer/pianist Pete Churchill, saxophonist Mick Foster and baritone player Issie Barratt.

This collaborative performance is part of a national fortnight celebrating the country’s young, exceptionally talented musicians and dancers.

Schumacher College Course | One, two and three week options | Vandana Shiva, Malini Mehra, Richard Heinberg (via video link), Ian Christie, Clare Short MP, Rob Hopkins, Miriam Kennet, Nigel Topping | The teachers on this course will share their insights into what was achieved at the Copenhagen climate change summit and what the implications are for efforts to build a fairer and more sustainable global community.

A shadow play for adults and children… The Clockwork Moth presents Philip Pullman’s macabre and humorous fable of unravelling fortunes, where truth and fiction are woven together and the cogs of fate are winding.

Kingsbridge Peace Group’s annual lecture, this year with speaker Bruce Kent.

Schumacher College Course | One or two week course | Teachers in person and via video link include: Fritjof Capra, Stephan Harding, Philip Franses, Satish Kumar, Anne Miller, Oliver Greenfield | Transforming the way we live on the planet is vital, and to do that we need a whole new set of skills that enable us to act effectively in a complex world. This course brings together the key components of our established courses to offer a solid foundation to those wanting to make a real difference in their lives and work.

Headlining major international festivals from Day One, the Urban Folk Quartet won the Spanish International Folk Competition on only their fourth performance and are due to release their debut album in March 2010.

Schumacher College Course | One-week course | Jenny Mackewn and Toni Spencer | This practical skills based course will engage with questions of how to facilitate groups engaged in the challenges of creating a sustainable future. Key themes to be explored are: working with uncertainty, relational practice, creativity, and facilitation as leadership.

Visuals, music and movement cascade amidst raging physicality as the dancers explore degrees of twoness, creating exquisite tensions through cooperation and conflict.

Founded by Harry Blech in 1949 as the UK’s first chamber orchestra, the London Mozart Players is regarded as one of the finest ensembles, bringing together outstanding musicians from the UK and abroad to perform music of the highest quality.

Written in 1860 by Charles Dickens but reclaimed for a contemporary audience in this vibrant new stage adaptation.

One of the South West’s leading young dance companies presents their unique style of physical story telling.

Tilda Swinton is simply stunning as Emma, the Russian emigre matriarch of a wealthy Milanese family who lives in a carefully ordered world where her duty towards husband and children dominates. But a chance encounter ignites long repressed passions and sets her on a journey of sexual awakening.

Legendary trumpet player & jazz luminary Steve Waterman and award-winning singer/pianist Pete Churchill are joined by two of the nation’s most in demand rhythm section players, bassist Mark Hodgson and drummer Andrew Bain.

FREE family concert with award-winning singer/pianist Pete Churchill, bassist Mark Hodgson, drummer Andrew Bain and leading Devon-based members of the National Youth Jazz Collective.

Stan’s Cafe present a lo-fi sci-fi docu-drama set in a world where oil has run out and where the cast generate all the power the show requires live on stage using a range of ageing technologies.

Touching, comic and resolutely hopeful, this is a unique collection of three works by the ever-surprising international ensemble, Lone Twin Theatre: Alice Bell, Daniel Hit By A Train and The Festival.

Schumacher College Course | One-week course | Margaret Wheatley | Leadership has never been as difficult and perplexing as it is today. This course is an inquiry into how we, as leaders, can understand the deep and conflicting dynamics of our role and make choices about who we choose to be for this ahistoric and deeply troubled time.

Schumacher College Course | A two-week course | Fritjof Capra, Peter Adams | At the root of the major problems of our time lies a crisis of perception: basing our understanding of the world on reductionist science. The experience and understanding of human creativity — in art, design, and in the realm of ideas — will be a major focus of the course. With Iain McGilchrist as Guest Lecturer

Eliza Carthy visits Dartington with Barney Morse Brown (Imagined Village) and Phil Alexander (Salsa Celtica).

Schumacher College Course | Friday – Friday Course | Satish Kumar, Chris Lloyd and others | By popular demand, our Earth Pilgrim course is being both lengthened and deepened to enable participants to have more time to explore and experience a deep connection with the land. As well as days walking on Dartmoor, spending time in sacred sites and hidden beauty spots, there will also be visits to the South Devon coast and the varied and fascinating landscapes on the Dartington estate itself.

Schumacher College Course | One or two-week course | Sean Kelly, Rupert Sheldrake and Stephan Harding | This course will explore the scientific basis of Gaia theory and its implications for human consciousness. How does the fact that we can think of our planet as being a living entity in its own right affect our relationship to the natural world?

HOME is a one-day festival focusing on acoustic music, voices and song from around the world. Full artist line-up & ticket prices will be announced on 1st April…