Villages in Action EAST DEVON - MID SOUTH HAMS TEIGNBRIDGE WEST Performance Programme January to June 2018 1 theatre, comedy, music and puppetry. There is ViA – An Update: something for everyone and everybody is made Villages in Action went through a major welcome both from the village and far beyond. change in 2017, when in March we had to Events DO sell out, so please put those dates suspend our rural touring activity and make in your diary and book your tickets now. This redundancies due to cuts in public funding. also assists volunteer promoters in planning their event and assessing audience size! Ticket Information Welcome to our Spring 2018 Tickets can be booked by calling the contact programme – and we’re thrilled to be number given in each event listing in this back to present another vibrant season brochure; this information is also listed on our Our rural touring colleagues in Cornwall at of exceptional arts events across our website www.villagesinaction.co.uk. Please Carn to Cove stepped in to help us to arrange glorious county. book early to ensure your places. Ticket prices this Spring season in order to make certain vary according to the type of event, but will that our volunteer network was maintained usually be between £8 and £12 for adults and and a great offer was made to villages and Villages in Action (ViA) is the rural touring between £6 and £9 for children (concessions performers in rural Devon, underpinned by scheme that brings top quality professional and family tickets sometimes available – support from Teignbridge, East Devon and arts events to communities across Devon. please check when booking). If you have any West Devon District Councils. Also, in the We work with local volunteer promoters to particular requirements of access or parking spirit of co-operation, for this season there are select and present an exciting programme of or similar, please mention these when you call additional events (shown as ‘independent’) events for performance right in the heart of - most matters can be accommodated with where regular performers on the scheme have our communities. some prior notice. We do try to ensure that been included in the programme. the information contained in this brochure is You will find a host of events listed in this accurate, but sometimes changes are made And we now have even more good news… programme, taking place in 33 of our most rural after going to press, so please check details Carn to Cove has recently been successful Devon communities. There are lots of fantastic with the venue well in advance of the event or in a bid for Arts Council England funding shows to choose from – including dance, check for news on-line. to further support Villages in Action. The Cover photo: Dance Leviathan – James Wilton 2 ‘Locomotor’ project will give ViA breathing team of playwright Lucy Bell, actors Charlie “Unearth was such a rewarding project! space until mid-2020 to develop, with existing Coldfield and Kirsty Cox, visual artists Peter The research process was fascinating and and new partners, a sustainable model to Margerum and Kate Green, plus folk musician the performance, enjoyed by over 90 inter- present Great Art For Everyone in rural Devon. Jim Causley, then took these stories and generational villagers and friends, was a So if your village, parish or community has wove them into four fabulous and unique delightful mixture of drama, art, song and been involved in the past or you would like to performances in each community. music, delivered with great style, humour and be involved in presenting events and working pathos. Thank you ViA - a unique and truly together in 2018, please get in touch with Each show was a rich mixture of stories, memorable experience.” Tim Smithies and Claire Marshall at tim@ images, songs, sound recordings and artwork carntocove.org.uk or phone 01209 312500. all relating to the intriguing local tales. Lots of local people, including school children, A Big Thank You! Rural touring couldn’t work without our local The ViA Unearth Project became involved in the process to create the Year one of the ViA Unearth project (supported performance, joining in with photo scanning, volunteers. We are delighted to work in by the Heritage Lottery Fund) has now the recording of oral history and shadow partnership with them, developing a rich menu concluded in the Devon communities of and silhouette making workshops. Audience of live entertainment for all Whimple, Starcross, Rattery and Cheriton numbers surpassed our expectations and on your doorstep. And finally a big thank you Fitzpaine. all who came along thoroughly enjoyed the to those stalwart funding partners Arts Council evening and were able to reminisce as well as of England, East Devon, West Devon and learn new things about where they live. Teignbridge District councils who ‘prime the pump’ for the engine that is Villages in Action Kate is now beginning work with the next four and Locomotor’s amazing performances! rural communities who will work towards their own Unearth performance in the Summer Villages in Action and Carn to Cove are of 2018. The participating communities are charities, we work together to enliven our Volunteers in each village undertook research Brentor, Chagford, Buckfastleigh and Crediton. villages with laughter, tears and drama. We into their local history, ‘unearthing’ fascinating We anticipate exciting tales to emerge and we believe that collectively people can work stories of old customs, characters, events, will keep you up to date with when the shows effectively to enrich life with the arts. If you and significant happenings. The performance will be happening. Watch this space! share these values and want to help there are 3 CRYSTAL ZILLWOOD a number of ways you can do so: Spirals/House of Strays Spirals is a triple bill of dance solos looking at l Be an audience member and invite your friends, family and how we sleep and the neighbours to attend. dance inherent in our sleepy selves - starting by l Become a promoter for your community - join or set-up a celebrating the everyday group of like-minded people and call 01209 312500. with ‘These Hands’, using l Volunteer with your local village promoter to assist in hosting the voices of those that performers, organising and presenting events, etc. work on a dairy farm in Devon, and ending with l Talk to your local county, district and parish councillors about ‘Evolutio’, a piece which how much you value the work of Villages in Action in looks at how we came your community. to be and where we possibly might be heading as a species. Then a short interval after which we head into a performance of House l Follow us on Facebook @villagesinactiond Of Strays with ‘Everything in Between’. Using dance, text and live or Twitter @@VillagesIAction music, Everything in Between is an investigation into existence and the nature of ‘a lifetime’; the rules we make for ourselves as l Make a Gift Aid donation – for further details please individuals and as a society and how each generation bestows contact 01209 312500. fictions to those coming next. l Sign up for our newsletter at www.villagesinaction.co.uk www.crystalzillwood.com key to the Access symbols AWLISCOMBE VILLAGE HALL TALATON PARISH HALL 7 Accessible Parking F Accessible WC SAT 7TH APRIL 7.00PM FRI 13TH APRIL 7 FOR 7.30PM Wheelchair Accessible Hearing Loop S E 01404 45145 7SF 07979 876211 7SFE 4 LITTLE SOLDIER PRODUCTIONS PANTA REI DANSETEATER Journey to the Impossible Promise of Departure Following the This is a unique event – the only opportunity to see Panta Rei critically-acclaimed perform in Devon this Spring! Having been privileged to host this ‘The Ingenious supremely talented international dance company before, we know Gentleman Don that their incredible talent, accessible theatrical style and ability to Quixote of La create an intimate dance experience for the audience will ensure an Mancha’ (The Stage unforgettable evening! Award), ‘Journey To Promise of The Impossible’ is Departure looks at Little Soldier’s latest rambunctious adventure for all the family, a three how vulnerability and hander inspired by Jules Verne’s novels and eighties classic sci-fi strength come to play films. Written by poet and our very own ViA patron, Matt Harvey, and in the relationships designed by Sophia Clist, the show is adaptable from studio venues we have, and the to smaller spaces. struggles we are Led by award-winning performers Patricia Rodriguez & Mercè forced to overcome. It Ribot, Little Soldier uses physical theatre and improvisation to make explores the promise work that is entertaining, emotionally rich and slyly humorous. Their of connection and the departure from our critically-acclaimed work has toured across the UK and internationally comfort zone, and challenges the dancers to share personal stories (US, Mexico, Spain, and Poland). The show is fast paced, quick and push their physicality over and over again. witted and universally comic; funny and engaging with some audience “Strong, physical, fast, beautiful, precise storytelling, thought-provoking and very interaction, Sci-fi and live music. The production recently had a highly- beautiful.” Camilla Eklöf, artistic director and choreographer acclaimed run at The Bike Shed Theatre in Exeter. www.pantareidanseteater.com www.littlesoldierproductions.co.uk STICKLEPATH VILLAGE HALL RATTERY VILLAGE HALL SAT 17TH FEB 6.45 FOR 7.30PM SAT 12TH MAY 7.30PM 07854 062407 SF 01364 643741 7SFE 5 ANGEL HEART THEATRE JAMES WILTON DANCE Snow White – The Return of the Little Things Leviathan Far, far away there lies LEVIATHAN is the critically a curiously mechanical acclaimed work by award kingdom in which winning Cornish choreographer everything ticks but James Wilton.