Artful Dodging
A look at what you can see in and around Dartmouth
by Max Brandt (Opinions expressed are those of the writer –
quantitative easing of the mind.)
agree. Far from it, in fact. We have another cornucopia of artistic delights with something, hopefully, to please everyone. And if you can find nothing here to tickle your fancy, well, your fancy is far too picky! I have to confess to be being mildly and very pleasantly surprised that, despite it being very close to ‘that season’ (the one I refuse to mention by name until at least 1st December) there is nothing of any note in the artistic calendar that even hints at it being closer than we believe it to be. So that’s another reason to be cheerful – making four.
A MAKING AN EXHIBITION OF
YOURSELF In the first half of November, the Flavel have their 3rd Open Art Exhibition. It runs from 1st to 14th of the month and has the theme of ‘Fall’. I make the assumption that all those interested in entering one or two pieces for consideration for the first prize of £200 have already filled in the forms and put their muse to work. The private viewing of all the exhibits will be over by the time you read this but support all the local artists who will be showing by popping along and seeing how much talent is quietly creating in and around the town.
STAGING AN EVENT Lotsa luvverly live theatre this month: workshops,
Festival and a visiting company. The SHAC (South Hams Art Collective) have started their run of workshops for 6 year olds and up. First one of the month is 7th November (as far as I can gather) from 5pm - 6.30pm at The Flavel. They will be there every Monday evening thereafter (but check with the Flavel) giving the youngsters the chance to experience storytelling, acting, movement and generally having a whale of a time. Fanfare and drum-roll, if you please! The 5th Dart Drama Festival gets underway for four nights at The
ccording to Pushkin, November was ‘a tedious season’ – the quote is from ‘Eugene Onegin’ – but I’m afraid I can’t
Flavel, starting on 9th November until 12th. As you know, this is a non-competitive bringing together of local, non-professional theatre groups, just for the fun of entertaining an audience and showing them what a group of like-minded individuals can achieve in the field of theatre, when they put their minds to it! I did manage to grab a couple of minutes with Avril Dowding, one of the organisers, to see how things were going. The Festival has had a huge, uphill struggle this year, with companies dropping out because of illness and unforeseen complications, leaving the organisers with the sort of headache you can only imagine. “It’s
been...interesting,” Avril said when we met, “But
we have eight fabulous companies who are appearing and, believe it or not, three new participants, which is very gratifying.” The programme is spread, as ever, over four nights, with four of the companies appearing on the Wednesday and Friday and the remaining four on the Thursday and Saturday, so you can get a combination ticket that will allow you to see all eight shows on the nights of your
choice...and they are going fast! The first of the new groups at this year’s Festival are
Rewired, a local modern dance group, comprising girls aged 12 to 17. They have been sponsored by St. Petrox and Dartmouth United Charities and one of the criteria set for that sponsorship was that the group should perform for the local community in Dartmouth. The Festival are only too happy and proud to help them on their way. It’s exciting stuff. Ermington Players are the second new group to be at
the Festival and are, by all accounts, champing at the bit. They are presenting a home-spun comedy (no, neither do I!) called ‘Don’t Bank On It’. I think ‘home-spun’ actually means self-penned, but we shall see! The Snug Company, new group number three, are presenting another play written especially for them, called ‘Rose-Tinted Glasses’ that looks at the pitfalls and possibilities of internet dating. A bitter-sweet comedy, by all accounts. Other companies in the Wednesday and Friday group are Shiphay Amateur Dramatic Society and The Inn Theatre Company. Groups in the Thursday and Saturday section of the
programme include Salcombe Players and K.A.T.S. There’s a little something for all in this year’s get-together. Don’t miss it. The other piece of live theatre is at The Flavel on Saturday 26th November and comes courtesy of ‘Creative Cow’, who have been here before. They are presenting a special adaptation (by Stephen Jeffreys) of ‘Hard Times’ by Charles Dickens. I shall be more than interested to see how they manage to achieve this with only four or five cast members; in its book form, ‘Hard Times’
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