Plymouth

Time to give Buckland Abbey’s apple trees a rude awakening

Grab pans, pots and other noisy objects as Buckland Abbey, Garden and Estate invite you to make as much noise as possible within the estate’s ancient orchard at their annual wassail.

On Saturday 10 January, from 6pm to 8pm, join staff and volunteers, the Buckland Food Growers and local Morris dancers to scare away the spirits surrounding the orchard and wake up all the trees to ensure...

Wicked

Venue: 
Theatre Royal, Plymouth
Event Date: 
Tuesday, January 20, 2015 - 19:30 to Saturday, February 14, 2015 - 19:30
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Tuesday 20 January-Saturday 14 February

Winner of 100 international awards, Wicked has been casting its magical spell over audiences across the world for a decade and continues to break records at London’s Apollo Victoria Theatre, where it is now the 10th longest-running show in the West End.

In a brilliantly witty re-imagining of the stories and characters created by L. Frank Baum in ‘The Wonderful Wizard of Oz’, Wicked tells the incredible untold story of an unlikely but profound friendship between two sorcery students. Their extraordinary adventures in Oz will ultimately...

An Evening with Jason Mraz and Raining Jane

Venue: 
Plymouth Pavilions
Event Date: 
Wednesday, February 4, 2015 - 19:00
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The YES! World Tour has so far seen Mraz and all female band Raining Jane visit iconic theatre venues across the globe, including a sold out show at London’s prestigious Royal Albert Hall, enabling them to play more intimate gigs for fans.

Jason Mraz’s fifth studio release, YES! sees the San Diego-based troubadour teaming up with his longtime friends and collaborators, Raining Jane, for a purely acoustic and more intimate sound than heard on his previous releases. YES! was produced by Mraz along with Mike Mogis (Bright Eyes, First Aid Kit, Rilo Kiley), was recorded in rural Omaha...

Monthly Food and Craft Market

Devonport Guildhall is working with LEAP Events to offer exciting new monthly Devonport Guildhall Food and Craft Markets.

Come down for plenty of seasonal, locally sourced food, alongside a wide selection of craft supplies, gifts, and activities for all the family.

The Guildhall’s onsite artisan bakery, Column Bakehouse, will be open throughout the day selling lunches, light refreshments, sweet treats and their famous signature loaves of fresh bread – everything is handmade on the premises using local and seasonal produce wherever possible!

Entry to the markets is...

Monthly Food and Craft Market

Devonport Guildhall is working with LEAP Events to offer exciting new monthly Devonport Guildhall Food and Craft Markets.

Come down for plenty of seasonal, locally sourced food, alongside a wide selection of craft supplies, gifts, and activities for all the family.

The Guildhall’s onsite artisan bakery, Column Bakehouse, will be open throughout the day selling lunches, light refreshments, sweet treats and their famous signature loaves of fresh bread – everything is handmade on the premises using local and seasonal produce wherever possible!

Entry to the markets is...

Monthly Food and Craft Market

Devonport Guildhall is working with LEAP Events to offer exciting new monthly Devonport Guildhall Food and Craft Markets.

Come down for plenty of seasonal, locally sourced food, alongside a wide selection of craft supplies, gifts, and activities for all the family.

The Guildhall’s onsite artisan bakery, Column Bakehouse, will be open throughout the day selling lunches, light refreshments, sweet treats and their famous signature loaves of fresh bread – everything is handmade on the premises using local and seasonal produce wherever possible!

Entry to the markets is...

Beauty and Power: Plymouth's Greatest Gift - The Cottonian Collection

Venue: 
Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery
Event Date: 
Saturday, January 24, 2015 - 10:00 to Saturday, May 9, 2015 - 18:00
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Celebrate the 100th anniversary of ‘Plymouth’s Greatest Gift’ - The Cottonian Collection’s arrival at the City Museum and Art Gallery.

This nationally important collection encompasses a 2,000 volume book library, several thousand prints, Old Master drawings, oil paintings, bronzes and sculptures.

It was compiled by Charles Rogers (1711- 1783) in mid-18th century London before being inherited by the Cotton family in 1783. It passed through three generations of Cottons, each of whom left their mark on it, before it was gifted to the people of Plymouth in 1853. It was...

Jack and the Beanstalk

Book now to climb into the best seats for Plymouth’s spectacular 2014/15 pantomime, Jack and the Beanstalk – the family pantomime you’ve bean waiting for!

With giant laughs, spectacular special effects, stunning costumes and lots of audience participation this magical family show will be everything you would expect from the South West’s biggest pantomime.

Panto star Bobby Davro returns along with John Challis, Chico and Jeffrey Holland to complete the superb cast!

Running Time: 2 hours 15 minutes, including a 20 minute interval

Perforamnce times and...

Twelfth Night - time to recycle!

As Twelfth Night approaches, and thoughts turn to ‘un-decking’ the halls and taking down the tree, the Woodland Trust is urging everyone to help protect the UK’s woodland by dropping their Christmas cards off at their local M&S store.

For every 1,000 cards recycled in store, M&S will fund the planting of one tree.

The UK is already 8,135 trees richer thanks to customers...

Kris Drever

Venue: 
Calstock Arts, The Old Chapel, Sand Lane, Calstock
Event Date: 
Thursday, February 26, 2015 - 20:00
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Kris Drever’s voice and guitar forms part of the backbone of today’s contemporary roots scene. Widely admired as a solo artist, collaborator, and member of folk superstars Lau, he is a phenomenal and prolific artist.

Lau scored a triple hit of ‘Best Group’ crowns at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards over consecutive years, whilst releasing more celebrated albums – most notably Arc Light, a powerful set which contained Kris’s stunning original, ‘Winter Moon’.

Back on the road to promote his latest album, there doesn’t appear to be any let up in Drever’s creative vision. It...

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