Reflect on what the images tell us about our changing world and the rural issues we face today.

For more information about Halsdon nature reserve click here

To view the Beaford Archive click here

Please book a free ticket in advance, as places are limited. Contact Devon Wildlife Trust, 01392 279244

Ashwell Farm, Ashwell, Dolton, 1977. Photograph by James Ravilious © Beaford Arts digitally scanned from a Beaford Archive negative

Chris Goode combines intimate storytelling and music into a comic-book, super-hero story about growing up and getting braver.  One of the big word-of-mouth successes of the Edinburgh Fringe 2011, on a strictly limited national tour which we’re thrilled to be bringing to rural north Devon.

"… possibly my favourite thing full stop. It is very funny in parts, but also lovely, tingle inducing, moving, nostalgic, hopeful, unique and brave. Bloody great.”  Daniel Kitson - comedian, actor and playwright

Further Details and How to Book

Age Range/Suitability Everyone 12+

Lee Village Hall: Tickets £10(ad)/£7(ch)/£28(fam) – Tel Bryony on 01271 862906. There will be an optional "pot luck" supper for £5 at the Grampus from 7pm. Booking essential.
Fund-raising for Friends of North Devon Families.

Saturday 16th June, 8pm, Lee

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A unique concert featuring an atmospheric mix of folk music, medieval music, fragments of improvisation and commissioned new music combined played at dusk in St Matthews Church, Lee.

Grammy-nominated Trio Mediaeval and internationally-renowned trumpet player and jazz and electronic musician Arve Henriksen began their collaboration in 2007. Their blend of fixed parts, transitions, a light touch of electronic sounds, and improvisations inspired by folk music elements from different parts of the world will offer a journey to remember in this unique setting.

“The repertoire may be ancient but nothing […] had the slightest whiff of the curatorial; the trio's coolly radiant singing has a way of short-circuiting the centuries." Boston Globe, on Trio Mediaeval

“a brilliant, versatile improviser whose language spans electronica, jazz and contemporary classical … transport[s] the listener to a land beyond borders of country or genre” The Guardian, on Arve Henriksen

Further Details and How to Book

Lee Church: Tickets £9.50 - Tel 01271 862906/01805 603201 (online sales not available). Advance booking essential to secure your place. Optional 'pot luck' supper for £5 at the Grampus from 7pm. Please pre-book. There will be a folk session for ticket-holders after the event in the pub. Fundraising for St Matthew's Church.

Wednesday 23rd May, 8pm, St Matthew's Church, Lee

Love democracy but prefer power, golden statues and tons of loot?

Channel 4 presenter and award-winning author Tim Clare can help. In six easy steps, Tim maps out the path to power taken by everyone from suicide cult leader Jim Jones to former Democratic Republic of Congo president Mobutu Sese Seko, who claimed to walk with a cane twice the density of the earth’s core.

With examples ranging from Willy Wonka to Margaret Thatcher, Tim analyses successful leadership techniques including nonsensical corporate speak, international politics, and magical hypno-crowns. One of the comic successes of the 2011 Edinburgh Fringe.

Supported by Liv Torc - stand-up comic poetry with a knowing wink.

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Welcombe Village Hall: Tickets £8 - Tel 01288 331427. Bar and snacks available. Fundraising for Village Hall

Saturday 19^th May, 7.30pm, Welcombe

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The Beaford Archive includes more than 70,000 photographs of life in rural North Devon, the majority taken by Ravilious during the 1970s and 80s, and is internationally famous for its documentary and aesthetic qualities.

This new exhibition curated by Liz Nicol and Martyn Warren (University of Plymouth) combines their individual perspectives – photographer and agriculturalist respectively – to create a small but perfectly formed selection from Ravilious’s “endless tapestry”.  Familiar photographs will share space with others rarely seen before, and will be put in a new context by research exploring present-day responses to Ravilious’ work.  

We have recently digitised negatives of all the photographs classified by Ravilious as ‘best’ and ‘good’, and the resulting online archive makes a wonderful complement to the exhibition. www.beafordarchive.org.uk

Supported by Exeter’s Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery, Peninsula Arts, and the Seale-Hayne Educational Trust

Open Tuesday to Sunday 10am to 5pm, except bank holidays

Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery, Exeter, 19^th May – 29^th July. To find out more click here

Love democracy but prefer power, golden statues and tons of loot?

Channel 4 presenter and award-winning author Tim Clare can help. In six easy steps, Tim maps out the path to power taken by everyone from suicide cult leader Jim Jones to former Democratic Republic of Congo president Mobutu Sese Seko, who claimed to walk with a cane twice the density of the earth’s core.

With examples ranging from Willy Wonka to Margaret Thatcher, Tim analyses successful leadership techniques including nonsensical corporate speak, international politics, and magical hypno-crowns. One of the comic successes of the 2011 Edinburgh Fringe.

Supported by Liv Torc - stand-up comic poetry with a knowing wink.

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Swimbridge Jubilee Hall: Tickets £8 - Available from Swimbridge PO or tel 07807 127901. Raising funds for the hall. Bar.

Friday 18^th May, 8pm, Swimbridge

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Love democracy but prefer power, golden statues and tons of loot?

Channel 4 presenter and award-winning author Tim Clare can help. In six easy steps, Tim maps out the path to power taken by everyone from suicide cult leader Jim Jones to former Democratic Republic of Congo president Mobutu Sese Seko, who claimed to walk with a cane twice the density of the earth’s core.

With examples ranging from Willy Wonka to Margaret Thatcher, Tim analyses successful leadership techniques including nonsensical corporate speak, international politics, and magical hypno-crowns. One of the comic successes of the 2011 Edinburgh Fringe.

Supported by Liv Torc - stand-up comic poetry with a knowing wink.

Further Details and How to Book

Age Range/Suitability Adults 18+

The Aggi, Braunton: Tickets £8 – Tel 01271 817980. Bar open, food available from 5.30pm - full menu and snacks, table reservations available.

Thursday 17th May, 8pm, Braunton

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Come along for fifty minutes of fun with Bunny and Beano. Little ones might even learn something  about healthy living along the way!

Prom-Prom specialises in developing British popular entertainment.  Artistic Director Tony Liddington is a well-known theatre director, performer and broadcaster for Radio 4. Prom-Prom was a 2011 participant in Beaford Arts’ Breathing Space programme.

“They performed for a mixed audience of children, mums and dads, and grannies and granddads. It was good to see everyone – both performers and audience – having fun together” Eddie Upton, Folk South West (at Sidmouth Folk Week)

“I liked the bit when Bunny went in the bin because it was funny”. Oliver, aged 8

Further Details

Age Range/Suitability 3 – 9 year olds

Fremington Quay Cafe: Tickets £3(ad)/£2(ch)/£10(fam) - Tel 01271 268720. Cover provided in bad weather. Refreshments available in cafe.

Saturday 12th May, 3:30pm, Fremington Quay

For tickets please call 07900 212 747

Come along for fifty minutes of fun with Bunny and Beano. Little ones might even learn something  about healthy living along the way!

Prom-Prom specialises in developing British popular entertainment.  Artistic Director Tony Liddington is a well-known theatre director, performer and broadcaster for Radio 4. Prom-Prom was a 2011 participant in Beaford Arts’ Breathing Space programme.

“They performed for a mixed audience of children, mums and dads, and grannies and granddads. It was good to see everyone – both performers and audience – having fun together” Eddie Upton, Folk South West (at Sidmouth Folk Week)

“I liked the bit when Bunny went in the bin because it was funny”. Oliver, aged 8

Further Details

Age Range/Suitability 3 – 9 year olds

Fremington Quay Cafe: Tickets £3(ad)/£2(ch)/£10(fam) - Tel 01271 268720. Cover provided in bad weather. Refreshments available in cafe.

Saturday 12th May, 2pm, Fremington Quay

For tickets please call 07900 212 747

Come along for fifty minutes of fun with Bunny and Beano. Little ones might even learn something  about healthy living along the way!

Prom-Prom specialises in developing British popular entertainment.  Artistic Director Tony Liddington is a well-known theatre director, performer and broadcaster for Radio 4. Prom-Prom was a 2011 participant in Beaford Arts’ Breathing Space programme.

“They performed for a mixed audience of children, mums and dads, and grannies and granddads. It was good to see everyone – both performers and audience – having fun together” Eddie Upton, Folk South West (at Sidmouth Folk Week)

“I liked the bit when Bunny went in the bin because it was funny”. Oliver, aged 8

Further Details

Age Range/Suitability 3 – 9 year olds

Fremington Quay Cafe: Tickets £3(ad)/£2(ch)/£10(fam) - Tel 01271 268720. Cover provided in bad weather. Refreshments available in cafe.

Saturday 12th May, 12:30pm, Fremington Quay

For tickets please call 07900 212 747

Take in the motley crew of village characters: their highs and lows, hopes and heartbreaks and the bizarre rituals and minutiae of everyday life. This promenade performance uses the village as its stage – the pub, the church, the village green…

In a series of dance and comic physical theatre sketches held together by a preposterous storyline, PeopleJuice offers a not to be missed chance to see dance and the villages of High Bickington and Berrynarbor like you’ve never seen them before.

And the best bit? Anyone who wants to be in it – can be in it! In the week leading up to each performance, come and join in village workshops and land yourself a part in the show. To get involved see your local village contact.

"Their inventive style, humour and commitment is impressive. I am a fan." – John Struthers, Institute of Contemporary Interdisciplinary Arts, Bath

“I laughed out loud and then felt really moved and then laughed out loud again” – audience member

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Age Range/Suitability All ages

These events are free and no tickets are required.

For more details contact - John and Fenella Boxall, 01271 882675

Sunday 29^th April, 3pm, Berrynarbor

Take in the motley crew of village characters: their highs and lows, hopes and heartbreaks and the bizarre rituals and minutiae of everyday life. This promenade performance uses the village as its stage – the pub, the church, the village green…

In a series of dance and comic physical theatre sketches held together by a preposterous storyline, PeopleJuice offers a not to be missed chance to see dance and the villages of High Bickington and Berrynarbor like you’ve never seen them before.

And the best bit? Anyone who wants to be in it – can be in it! In the week leading up to each performance, come and join in village workshops and land yourself a part in the show. To get involved see your local village contact.

"Their inventive style, humour and commitment is impressive. I am a fan." – John Struthers, Institute of Contemporary Interdisciplinary Arts, Bath

“I laughed out loud and then felt really moved and then laughed out loud again” – audience member

More information

Age Range/Suitability All ages

These events are free and no tickets are required.

For more details contact - Dion Sears, 01769 560161, dion.mantell(at)highbickington.org www.highbickington.org

Sunday 22^nd April, 3pm, High Bickington

Uninvited Guests are in town. We call on the people of your village to gather with us, to read the day's newspapers together, to speak and to listen.

We will give voice to the concerns of the hour!
We will question the powers that be!

We will make things better!

This is a town hall meeting, a public protest and the news of your world. In these times of crisis, possessed by the spirits of corporate fat cats, cabinet ministers and media tycoons, we invoke the demons of the day in order to banish them forever.

Each show will draw on the day's news and will be about whatever matters to you; in it we'll be whoever you want us to be. We'll speak the unspeakable. We will make things better.

Produced by Fuel, Make Better Please is a collaboration with Lewis Gibson. Commissioned and developed by Theatre Bristol, Bristol Old Vic and BAC it was first performed at the Bristol Old Vic.

"The most powerful theatrical event I saw." Financial Times on previous show Love Letters Straight From Your Heart

Further Details and How to Book

Age Range/Suitability 16+

Saturday, 24th March, 8pm at Beaford Village Hall. Tickets £8 available from Beaford Arts tel 01805 603201

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We will give voice to the concerns of the hour!
We will question the powers that be!

We will make things better!

This is a town hall meeting, a public protest and the news of your world. In these times of crisis, possessed by the spirits of corporate fat cats, cabinet ministers and media tycoons, we invoke the demons of the day in order to banish them forever.

Each show will draw on the day's news and will be about whatever matters to you; in it we'll be whoever you want us to be. We'll speak the unspeakable. We will make things better.

Produced by Fuel, Make Better Please is a collaboration with Lewis Gibson. Commissioned and developed by Theatre Bristol, Bristol Old Vic and BAC it was first performed at the Bristol Old Vic.

"The most powerful theatrical event I saw." Financial Times on previous show Love Letters Straight From Your Heart

Further Details and How to Book

Age Range/Suitability 14+

Manor Hall, Berrynarbor – Tickets £9.50 – Tel Berrynarbor Community Shop 01271 883215 or 882675 cash only.  BYOB for the reception afterwards.

Friday 23^rd March, 8pm, Berrynarbor

Combining songs by the likes of Jaques Brel, Leonard Cohen, Tom Waits and Bertolt Brecht with their own original material, Moscow Drug Club provide an intoxicating and intimate musical experience.

You are cordially invited to share a wry smile with us as you enter the darkly comic world of Moscow Drug Club… this way please and mind the stairs!

“It happens every now and then that a brand new band emerges that seem to have been almost artfully designed for success….Moscow Drug Club is one of those bands!”

“Moscow Drug Club….brilliantly rendered, crowd pleasing cabaret tuneage raised to the level of magnificence by virtuosic playing!”

“Moscow Drug Club is one of those ideas whose time has definitely come….”                                                                                                            

Further Details and How to Book

Age Range/Suitability - All ages

West Anstey Village Hall: Tickets £10.50(ad)/£7(ch)/£33(fam) including 2 course supper (vegetarian options available, please state when booking) – Tel 01398 341615. Pay bar.

Sunday 11^th March, 7pm (8pm performance), West Anstey

Tickets SOLD OUT - to go on the waiting list call 01398 341 615.

Combining songs by the likes of Jaques Brel, Leonard Cohen, Tom Waits and Bertolt Brecht with their own original material, Moscow Drug Club provide an intoxicating and intimate musical experience.

You are cordially invited to share a wry smile with us as you enter the darkly comic world of Moscow Drug Club… this way please and mind the stairs!

“It happens every now and then that a brand new band emerges that seem to have been almost artfully designed for success….Moscow Drug Club is one of those bands!”

“Moscow Drug Club….brilliantly rendered, crowd pleasing cabaret tuneage raised to the level of magnificence by virtuosic playing!”

“Moscow Drug Club is one of those ideas whose time has definitely come….”                                                                                                           

Further Details and How to Book

Age Range/Suitability - All ages

West Buckland Village Hall: Tickets £8(ad)/£5(ch)/£22(fam) – Tel 01598 760437. In aid of the village hall kitchen funds. Disabled access. Non alcoholic drinks and snacks on sale. BYOB.

Combining songs by the likes of Jaques Brel, Leonard Cohen, Tom Waits and Bertolt Brecht with their own original material, Moscow Drug Club provide an intoxicating and intimate musical experience.

You are cordially invited to share a wry smile with us as you enter the darkly comic world of Moscow Drug Club… this way please and mind the stairs!

“It happens every now and then that a brand new band emerges that seem to have been almost artfully designed for success….Moscow Drug Club is one of those bands!”

“Moscow Drug Club….brilliantly rendered, crowd pleasing cabaret tuneage raised to the level of magnificence by virtuosic playing!” 

“Moscow Drug Club is one of those ideas whose time has definitely come….”                                                                                                            

Further Details and How to Book

Age Range/Suitability - All ages

Woolacombe Village Hall: Tickets £8(ad)/£5(ch)/£22(fam)- Tel 01271 870510. Bar and Tea/Coffee.  Bring your own buffet/supper. Fundraising for Village Hall.

Friday 9^th March, 7.30pm, Woolacombe

A new rock and roll musical for kids, featuring 12 hit songs, theatre, animation, dance and plastic toys. 

Follow four animals as they make friends, play games, need to go to the toilet, contemplate the world and finally rock out at a grand dance contest.  Using some very lo-fi technological wizardry, the show turns ordinary everyday toys into magical superstars with the aid of a video camera, comedy and punk rock.

Kid Carpet has been recording and performing his electro pop punk songs internationally since 2003 and since starting a family has turned his attention to making songs for children. 

The Kid Carpet & the Noisy Animals tour is produced by Theatre Bristol

'I would say it was really good. And funny.' Charlie, 8

Further Details and How to Book

Age Range/Suitability 3-8 year olds plus their families

Swimbridge Jubilee Hall: Tickets £6(ad)/£4(ch) – Available from Swimbridge PO or tel 07807 127901. Raising funds for the hall. Refreshments available.

Saturday 25^th February, 7pm, Swimbridge

A new rock and roll musical for kids, featuring 12 hit songs, theatre, animation, dance and plastic toys. 

Follow four animals as they make friends, play games, need to go to the toilet, contemplate the world and finally rock out at a grand dance contest.  Using some very lo-fi technological wizardry, the show turns ordinary everyday toys into magical superstars with the aid of a video camera, comedy and punk rock.

Kid Carpet has been recording and performing his electro pop punk songs internationally since 2003 and since starting a family has turned his attention to making songs for children. 

The Kid Carpet & the Noisy Animals tour is produced by Theatre Bristol

'I would say it was really good. And funny.' Charlie, 8

Further Details and How to Book

Age Range/Suitability 3-8 year olds plus their families

Burrington Village Hall: Tickets £6(ad)/£4(ch) – Tel 01769 520241

Friday 24^th February, 7pm, Burrington

The Beaford Archive is a testament to the work of the late artist and photographer James Ravilious, who was commissioned by Beaford Arts in 1972 to document the people and landscape of rural north Devon.

Ravilious's own work for the Beaford Archive covers the 1970s and 1980s. In addition, he copied over 7,000 old photographs of the same area spanning the period 1880-1920. On his death in 1999, both collections became the property of Beaford Arts.

The archive now holds more than seventy thousand images with a selection of seventeen hundred now available to view online. This archive has become what the Royal Photographic Society calls a ‘unique body of work, unparalleled at least in this country for its scale and quality’.

To view the images please click the links below, or to find images of other locations across north Devon, click here.

To view the episode of BBCs Flog It, click here.

Red Devon Cow

Village Sports

Wilfie Spiers’s bedroom

Nurse Mary Woods weighing a new baby

Woman taking photograph, Royal Wedding Day

Floral Dance

Iddesleigh Friendly Society parade

Running for the school bus

Early morning mist on the River Torridge

Jean Pickard leading her flock

Archie Parkhouse with ivy for sheep

Wilfred Pengelly setting up stooks

Hatherleigh Silver Band leading the Club Day procession

View of West Park farm and Iddesleigh village

Hoisting the Jubilee flag, Harepath

Snowy landscape at Berry

Early morning, Roborough

Olive Bennett with her Red Devon cows, Cupper's Piece

This year we’ve teamed up with Bideford Folk Club to bring you maritime songs and stories, humour and harmony with “Shake a Leg”.  The group brings together eight great singers and musicians from across the West Country who share a love both of songs-of-the-sea  and of a good night out. 

Entertainment and variety are guaranteed with contemporary and musical-hall songs rubbing alongside the more traditional material. If you fancy some of that, and want to know where their name comes from – you’ll just have to hear them to find out!

“You’re different from the other groups. You make the hairs on the back of my neck stand up!"  audience member, Falmouth Shanty Festival

Further Details and How to Book

Age Range/Suitability All ages

Winkleigh Village Hall: Tickets £8(ad)/£5(ch) – Tel 01837 83366 (daytime) or 83407. There will be a pay bar and light snacks. Promoted by Winkleigh Drama Group.

Saturday 28th January, 7:30pm, Winkleigh

This year we’ve teamed up with Bideford Folk Club to bring you maritime songs and stories, humour and harmony with “Shake a Leg”.  The group brings together eight great singers and musicians from across the West Country who share a love both of songs-of-the-sea  and of a good night out. 

Entertainment and variety are guaranteed with contemporary and musical-hall songs rubbing alongside the more traditional material. If you fancy some of that, and want to know where their name comes from – you’ll just have to hear them to find out!

“You’re different from the other groups. You make the hairs on the back of my neck stand up!"  audience member, Falmouth Shanty Festival

Further Details and How to Book

Age Range/Suitability All ages

Welcombe Village Hall: Standard tickets £6(ad)/£4(ch) / “Shanty Supper” tickets £12(ad)/£8(ad), includes 2 course meal. – Tel 01288 331416.  Supper tickets must be pre-booked (fish or veggie option). Licensed Bar. Fundraising for Welcombe Village Hall

Friday 27th January, 7:30pm, Welcombe

War Horse, written by award-winning author Michael Morpurgo, who moved to Iddesleigh, Devon in 1975, tells an epic adventure moving through rural England and Europe during the First World War. The story begins in Iddesleigh with a remarkable friendship between a horse named Joey and a young man called Albert.

The Beaford Old Archive holds approximately eight thousand images taken in Iddesleigh and the surrounding areas between the years of 1880 and the beginning of the Second World War.

The images were collected by photographer James Ravilious, who was commissioned by Beaford Arts in 1972 to photograph rural life in north Devon. He collected these images from his own subjects by re-photographing them and adding them to his archive.

The images he collected not only reflect the setting of the tale, but also the community where the story was written. Many of the faces seen in the photos hold the haunting realisation that they could be faces of those who were sent to fight in the First World War.

James himself also photographed the area of Iddesleigh and a selection of his images were chosen for the National Theatre's interpretation material in 2007 when War Horse was first adapted into a theatre production which sold-out for two seasons.

Albert’s homeland, the countryside he and Joey fight to defend is the very land where photographer James Ravilious spent much of his time. When Ravilious discovered it in the 1970’s it was still relatively old-fashioned and unspoilt (though major changes were on their way).  

He also borrowed and copied a large number of turn-of-the-century photographs of the same subjects. Both collections are in the Beaford Archive, making it probably the most detailed portrait of any rural area in Britain.

Commenting on the Ravilious images chosen for the National Theatre's interpretation material, Michael Morpurgo said ‘Nothing else has chronicled farming life and rural communities and the changing countryside itself as intensely sympathetically as the photographs of James Ravilious.

He continued ‘his constant search to collect and preserve photographs of a past era, has ensured we will always have an understanding and appreciation of English rural life ‘down the deep lanes’ of Devon.’    

To view the War Horse Gallery simply click here or you can visit the James Ravilious archive here . For more information contact Beaford Arts on 01805 603201 or email info@beaford-arts.org.uk  

The courses will be held at the Beaford Arts residential centre in February 2012 and will give children the opportunity to develop their arts and crafts skills in a unique learning environment.

The Art and Design residential course is open to Year 6 students – The two day course takes place on February 21^st-22^nd and 23^rd-24^th. The Audible Sculpture course is open to Year 7-9 students and will be held on the 15^th-17^th of February 2012.

For more information and to download a brochure go here

Extraordinary events in unexpected places

The Beaford Arts Spring 2012 Brochure is currently being put together by the team and will be ready for mail out by the end of December. If you want to be added to the Beaford Arts mailing list to receive your copy call 01805 603 201 or email

The Beaford Archive

James Ravilious’s stunning photography of rural life in north Devon is still available to view on the new Beaford Archive website. High quality prints of these images are available to order online and are currently at the pre-Christmas special offer price of £39.95 (+£3.50 p&p). This will change to £49.95 from the 20^th December 2011.

The Second Edition (June 2008) of Down the Deep Lanes by James Ravilious is also available from the Beaford Archive website. This book using James Ravilious’s photography and Peter Beacham’s wonderfully perceptive text describes, illustrates and celebrates the stuff of everyday existence in the rural south west.

Order your copy here

"Easy." says Fidge. "Bonkers!" says Melby

"Ooooooh!" says Alice.

But when Melby disappears down a black hole the adventure really begins. Join Alice and Fidge as they search for Melby and make new friends along the way. With another wonderful soundtrack created by Rachel Miller, shadow puppetry and some cosmic surprises, put on your space helmet, buckle up and prepare for countdown!

‘Magical tale woven by the puppet masters’ - The Herald Express

Suitable for everyone 4+

West Anstey: Tickets £7(ad)/£5.50(ch)/£23(fam) Post show tea included in ticket price – Tel 01398 341615 or email ansteyarts(at)tiscali.co.uk

"Easy." says Fidge. "Bonkers!" says Melby

"Ooooooh!" says Alice.

But when Melby disappears down a black hole the adventure really begins. Join Alice and Fidge as they search for Melby and make new friends along the way. With another wonderful soundtrack created by Rachel Miller, shadow puppetry and some cosmic surprises, put on your space helmet, buckle up and prepare for countdown!

‘Magical tale woven by the puppet masters’ - The Herald Express

Suitable for everyone 4+

Welcombe: Tickets £6(ad)/£5(ch)/£20(fam) – Tel 01288 331389. Refreshments available in aid of the Village Hall.

Following rave reviews across the UK and in New York, Barb Jungr brings her collection of classic popular songs on the theme of love to north Devon. Including songs by Bob Dylan, Neil Diamond, Leonard Cohen and more, Jungr brings her unique vocal vision to this well-known and well-loved material.

With an approach encompassing torch songs, swinging jazz, candlelit nightclubs and all points in between, this award-winning singer has been called "a superlative interpreter of the great Song Books" by The Independent and "Sensational" by The New York Times. The Village Voice said "miss her artistry at your peril". Barb has recently returned from a sell-out tour of Australia, a run at The Edinburgh Festival, and three seasons in New York (Cafe Carlyle and The Metropolitan Room).

“Jungr needs no added ingredients to improve her communication of these great songs” BBC Review - John Eyles – April 2010

Suitable for adults

West Buckland Village Hall: Tickets £8 – 01598 760437. In aid of the Village Hall funds. Refreshments available BYOB. Disabled access.

Following rave reviews across the UK and in New York, Barb Jungr brings her collection of classic popular songs on the theme of love to north Devon. Including songs by Bob Dylan, Neil Diamond, Leonard Cohen and more, Jungr brings her unique vocal vision to this well-known and well-loved material.

With an approach encompassing torch songs, swinging jazz, candlelit nightclubs and all points in between, this award-winning singer has been called "a superlative interpreter of the great Song Books" by The Independent and "Sensational" by The New York Times. The Village Voice said "miss her artistry at your peril". Barb has recently returned from a sell-out tour of Australia, a run at The Edinburgh Festival, and three seasons in New York (Cafe Carlyle and The Metropolitan Room).

“Jungr needs no added ingredients to improve her communication of these great songs” BBC Review - John Eyles – April 2010

Suitable for adults

Croyde Hall: Tickets £8 – Tel 01271 890936. email david.tebbutt1@gmail.com, or from Croyde PO. Ticket price inc. light refreshments. In aid of Croyde Hall improvement fund

Following rave reviews across the UK and in New York, Barb Jungr brings her collection of classic popular songs on the theme of love to north Devon. Including songs by Bob Dylan, Neil Diamond, Leonard Cohen and more, Jungr brings her unique vocal vision to this well-known and well-loved material.

With an approach encompassing torch songs, swinging jazz, candlelit nightclubs and all points in between, this award-winning singer has been called "a superlative interpreter of the great Song Books" by The Independent and "Sensational" by The New York Times. The Village Voice said "miss her artistry at your peril". Barb has recently returned from a sell-out tour of Australia, a run at The Edinburgh Festival, and three seasons in New York (Cafe Carlyle and The Metropolitan Room).

“Jungr needs no added ingredients to improve her communication of these great songs” BBC Review - John Eyles – April 2010

Suitable for adults

Winkleigh Village Hall: Tickets £8(ad)/£6(ch) – Tel D&S Supplies (daytime) 01837 83366 or 01837 83407. There will be a pay bar and light snacks. Promoted by Winkleigh Drama Group

Following rave reviews across the UK and in New York, Barb Jungr brings her collection of classic popular songs on the theme of love to north Devon. Including songs by Bob Dylan, Neil Diamond, Leonard Cohen and more, Jungr brings her unique vocal vision to this well-known and well-loved material.

With an approach encompassing torch songs, swinging jazz, candlelit nightclubs and all points in between, this award-winning singer has been called "a superlative interpreter of the great Song Books" by The Independent and "Sensational" by The New York Times. The Village Voice said "miss her artistry at your peril". Barb has recently returned from a sell-out tour of Australia, a run at The Edinburgh Festival, and three seasons in New York (Cafe Carlyle and The Metropolitan Room).

“Jungr needs no added ingredients to improve her communication of these great songs” BBC Review - John Eyles – April 2010

Suitable for adults

Manor Hall Berrynarbor: Tickets £12 including dinner, BYO drink – Available form Berrynarbor Community Shop 01271 883215, cash only, or by card via Beaford Art’s booking facilities

The Wagon Tales are a favourite act of the booming Magpie’s Nest collective (along with our spring season barnstormers Kidnap Alice) which is building a national reputation for promoting new ideas of traditional and roots music at festivals across the country.

“Best band in the world!” - Audience member

Suitable for all ages

Swimbridge Jubilee Hall: Tickets £8 – Available from Swimbridge PO or Tel 01271 831009. Pay bar. Fund raising for Swimbridge Village Hall

The Wagon Tales are a favourite act of the booming Magpie’s Nest collective (along with our spring season barnstormers Kidnap Alice) which is building a national reputation for promoting new ideas of traditional and roots music at festivals across the country.

“Best band in the world!” - Audience member

Suitable for all ages

Lee Village Hall: Tickets £8(ad)/£5(ch)/£22(fam) – Tel 01271 862906. Optional £5 ‘pot luck’ pre-show supper at the Grampus from 6.30pm. Licensed bar at hall. There will be a folk session for ticket holders at the Grampus Inn after the event. Event fundraising for St Matthew’s Church

The Wagon Tales are a favourite act of the booming Magpie’s Nest collective (along with our spring season barnstormers Kidnap Alice) which is building a national reputation for promoting new ideas of traditional and roots music at festivals across the country.

“Best band in the world!” - Audience member

Suitable for all ages

Burrington Village Hall: Tickets £8(ad)/£4(U21)/£20(fam). Pay bar. – Tel 01769 520241

Created and performed by Tom and his dad, ‘Frankland and Sons’ maps a true story of fathers and sons on to the events of the 20th century. Both playful and moving, it’s a heartwarming tale of love won, love lost, and wholly inappropriate girlfriends.

“Like all the best true stories, there's a totally sensational plot twist near the end which had us literally gasping with amazement”. Chris Goode, August 2010

Tom’s recent collaborations with Laura Mugridge and The Frequency D'ici both won of Edinburgh Fringe First Awards. John is a retired Cornish drama teacher and multi-award winning director and performer. Frankland and Sons is a new work devised at Forest Fringe, Beaford Arts, and BAC and shows with us as it develops towards a full tour in 2012.

Suitable for adult audiences and young people aged 12+

West Anstey Village Hall: Tickets £10(ad)/£8(ch)/£34(fam) Ticket price includes pre-show Halloween supper.

Pay bar – Tel 01398 341615 or email ansteyarts@tiscali.co.uk

Four piece band Minima have built a reputation for their exciting performances, bringing silent film to unexpected places. This October they’ll be screening and playing the soundtrack to the film Nosferatu (Germany, 1922), an iconic version of the Dracula story and a chilling crowd pleaser.

With musical styles ranging from ambient to quasi-classical to rock, Minima are renowned for their spine-tingling take on the best traditions of silent film accompaniment. After a run of midnight performances at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe, they’ll be bringing their special brand of atmospheric spookiness to north Devon just in time for your Halloween warm-up.

"One of the Spring’s coolest events… they capture the film’s disturbing mood perfectly." The Daily Telegraph, 2010

"Acclaimed soundscapers Minima provide a superlative sound track… Recommended." Time Out London, 2007

Age Range/Suitability: Film PG

Fremington Quay Café: Tickets £8(ad)/£6(ch) – Tel 01271 268720

Sold out - contact venue for reserve list

Four piece band Minima have built a reputation for their exciting performances, bringing silent film to unexpected places. This October they’ll be screening and playing the soundtrack to the film Nosferatu (Germany, 1922), an iconic version of the Dracula story and a chilling crowd pleaser.

With musical styles ranging from ambient to quasi-classical to rock, Minima are renowned for their spine-tingling take on the best traditions of silent film accompaniment. After a run of midnight performances at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe, they’ll be bringing their special brand of atmospheric spookiness to north Devon just in time for your Halloween warm-up.

"One of the Spring’s coolest events… they capture the film’s disturbing mood perfectly." The Daily Telegraph, 2010

"Acclaimed soundscapers Minima provide a superlative sound track… Recommended." Time Out London, 2007

Age Range/Suitability Film PG

Croyde Hall, Doors 7.30pm, film 8pm: Tickets £8(ad)/£6(ch) – Tel 07583 204601. Fully licensed bar. Event held in Croyde’s Deckchair Cinema – Halloween fancy dress encouraged.

Sold out - contact venue for reserve list 

CountryBoy’s Struggle integrates music, poetry, MCing, and physical comedy. This oneman show perfectly captures how it feels to grow up feeling like you just don’t quite fit – a ‘fish out of water’ story with equal measures of street-smart cool, pathos and warm wit.

“Maxwell Golden delivers a searing monologue to music … An excellent piece that does a lot with a little.” **** British Theatre Guide, on Everything Must Go monologue

Suitable for everyone 12+

Ilfracombe College: Tickets £7(ad)/£5(U21) – Tel: 01271 863427. Fundraising for the drama studio. Refreshments available. 

With Shanty’s mix of mystery, mayhem and musical mirth, stories come to life, adventures become history and socks become legend. The mysterious and fantastical wartime tale of the “Salty Socks” of Dunkirk is stinking out a laundry basket in a village near you!

A show for adults and children 6+ who aren’t afraid of the dark.

"One can only look out for the next production with eager anticipation" The Stage

Suitable for family audiences, aged 6+

Woolacombe Village Hall: Tickets £8(ad)/£5(ch)/£22(fam) – Tel 01271 870510

CountryBoy’s Struggle integrates music, poetry, MCing, and physical comedy. This oneman show perfectly captures how it feels to grow up feeling like you just don’t quite fit – a ‘fish out of water’ story with equal measures of street-smart cool, pathos and warm wit.

“Maxwell Golden delivers a searing monologue to music … An excellent piece that does a lot with a little.” **** British Theatre Guide, on Everything Must Go monologue

Suitable for everyone 12+

Petroc Brannams Campus, Barnstaple: Tickets £7(ad)/£5(U21) – Tel 01271 338091

With Shanty’s mix of mystery, mayhem and musical mirth, stories come to life, adventures become history and socks become legend. The mysterious and fantastical wartime tale of the “Salty Socks” of Dunkirk is stinking out a laundry basket in a village near you!

A show for adults and children 6+ who aren’t afraid of the dark.

"One can only look out for the next production with eager anticipation" The Stage

Suitable for family audiences, aged 6+

Buckland Brewer Village Hall: Tickets £7.50(ad)/£5(ch)/£22(fam) – Tel 01237 451193. Event in aid of new parish community hall. Refreshments: non alcoholic drinks and light snacks on sale at interval. BBQ following event