February 27th – March 11th

 Fairtrade Fortnight

Thursday 1st
Jane Eyre (PG) (121m)
Romantic Drama starring Michael Fassbender and Mia Wasikowska. A mousy governess who softens the heart of her employer soon discovers that he's hiding a terrible secret.  Silver Screen Spring Season. Presented in Digital Projection with 6-channel Digital sound. Tickets £3.25 including tea or coffee  10.30am. Regent Cinema

The Early Years of Photography
by John Marriage.  Lyme Regis Society 2.30pm Woodmead Hall

Friday 2nd        

Presentation by Richard Vale and judging of competition ‘ Kitchen’  Lyme Bay Photographic Club. 7.30pm Woodmead Hall

Saturday 3rd

Soup Kitchen
in aid of Amnesty International, Lyme Regis group. Everyone welcome.  Admission £5 12 - 2pm Woodmead small hall.

Lyme Regis v Ilminster Town Res
Kick-off 2.30pm, half-time teas, fully stocked bar, live ESPN football - new spectators always welcome.  Lyme Regis Football Club, The Davey Fort Ground, Charmouth Road, DT7 3DU
 

Thurs 8th

Carers free training
By St Johns Ambulance at Lyme Regis Medical Centre.  Info and to book 01305 751160

The Ides of March (15) (101m)
Political Drama starring George Clooney & Paul Giamatti. An idealistic staffer for a newbie presidential candidate gets a crash course on dirty politics during his stint on the campaign trail.   Silver Screen Spring Season. Presented in Digital Projection with 6-channel Digital sound. Tickets £3.25 including tea or coffee  10.30am. Regent Cinema

 Lyme Regis's Medical Provision
Public Meeting to discuss medical issues in Lyme Regis.

CAVALERI QUARTET
Concerts in the West: Marine Theatre

Friday 9th

Darwin, the man and his work.
David Croman will talk at the Woodmead Hall, Lyme Regis Coffee and tea at 10.00am and the talk at 11.00am.

Saturday 10th

'Bang!  Is This Your Vehicle, Sir?'
Boothby Graffoe & Nick Pynn: Marine Theatre

Monday 12^th
Workshop ‘Boats in Watercolour’
by Andrew Law.  Lyme Regis Art Group  Workshops £14 to visitors. 10am - 1pm Woodmead Hall
 

Thursday 15th
My Week With Marilyn (15) (99m)
Drama starring Michelle Williams. Colin Clark, an employee of Sir Laurence Olivier's, documents the tense interaction between Olivier and Marilyn Monroe during production of The Prince and the Showgirl.   Silver Screen Spring Season. Presented in Digital Projection with 6-channel Digital sound. Tickets £3.25 including tea or coffee  10.30am. Regent Cinema

Friday 16th       

 An Evening with Richard Edmonds
  Earth Sciences Manager for Dorset County Council. He will talk about recent changes along the Jurassic Coast accompanied by stunning images.  Tickets £5.00  Available from Martin Diplock 01297 445500, Serendip Bookshop 01297 442594, or at the door on the night.  Lyme Bay Photographic Club. 7.30pm Woodmead Hall, DT7 3PG 

Saturday 17th

Sublime Folk: 
STOMPIN' DAVE ALLEN, MAURICE DICKSON & CATHERINE ASHCROFT Marine Theatre

Sunday 18th  'Mothering Sunday'

 

Wednesday 20th   Vernal Equinox
Twice a year, around March 20 or 21 and September 22 or 23, the sun shines directly on the equator and the length of day and night are nearly equal in all parts of the world. These two days are known as the March (vernal or spring in the northern hemisphere) equinox and the September equinox.

Monday 19th
‘The Arab Spring’
A talk by Professor Robert Gleave.  Robert Gleave is Professor in the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies in the University of Exeter. He is a specialist in Iran and  Shi'a Islam, and his special interest is 'Legitimate and non- legitimate violence in Islam.'  Professor Gleave, who is a fluent Arabic and Persian speaker, has been a recent guest on Radio 4’s 'In Our Time' programme with Melvyn Bragg,  and is very conversant with the politics and society of contemporary Iran.  Amnesty International Lyme Regis Group.   5.30 pm  Hallett Court, Queens Walk, Lyme Regis DT7 3BL  Free admission - donations to Amnesty International welcome.
 

Tuesday 21st  Shrove Tuesday

Thursday 22nd

Sarahs Key (12A) (110m)
War Drama starring Kristin Scott Thomas. In modern-day Paris, a journalist finds her life becoming entwined with a young girl whose family was torn apart during the notorious Vel' d'Hiv Roundup in 1942.  Silver Screen Spring Season. Presented in Digital Projection with 6-channel Digital sound. Tickets £3.25 including tea or coffee  10.30am. Regent Cinema

Three Horseshoes Competition at Honiton, further details to be confirmed later
Lyme Bay Photographic Club. 7.30pm Woodmead Hall

Friday 23 March

'Aung San Suu Kyi: why she still matters.'
Talk by Peter Popham, Independent correspondent and author of the recent biography: 'The Lady and the Peacock: The Life of Aung San Suu Kyi.  Free Admission. Bar available  Sponsored by Amnesty International, Lyme Regis group.  Woodmead Halls, 7pm


Saturday 24th British Summer Time begins tomorrow morning Put your clock forward one hour before you go to bed

VAMP TIL READY
Fundraiser:  This ever-popular, all-singing, all-dancing Cabaret Group from West London perform a wide ranging repertoire from the world of musical comedy, musicals and operetta, including the works of Rodgers and Hammerstein, Leonard Bernstein, Jaques Offenbach, Cole Porter, Flanders and Swann, Gilbert and Sullivan and Sigmund Romberg, among many others. Elaborate but tasteful choreography, eye-catching sets, colourful costumes, and witty, sparkling repartee guarantee a sophisticated evening of fun, enjoyment and laughter, and you get a buffet supper included in the price of your ticket!  7.15 for 7.45pm  £10 (price includes a buffet supper)  Marine Theatre also http://www.vamptr.webs.com/

Sunday 25th  British Summer Time has begun - have you changed all your clocks? - it may be later than you think!

 

WOLF TALES
Pickled Image:  Marine Theatre

Tuesday 27th


History and Activities of the Shelterbox Trust. 
by David Guy. Lyme Regis Society 2.30pm Woodmead Hall

Wednesday 28th

AGM followed by Talk ‘Potatoes and Carrots’ 
with Nigel Ball. Uplyme and Lyme Regis Horticultural Society, Members free. Non-Members £2. 7.30pm Uplyme Village Hall.  Details 01297 444034

Thursday 29th
Tinker, Tailor Soldier Spy (15) (127m)
Thriller starring Gary Oldman & Colin Firth. In the bleak days of the Cold War, espionage veteran George Smiley is forced from semi-retirement to uncover a Soviet agent within MI6's echelons.  Silver Screen Spring Season. Presented in Digital Projection with 6-channel Digital sound. Tickets £3.25 including tea or coffee  10.30am. Regent Cinema


Friday 30th        End of Term    

                     

Phil Wells Trophy – viewed and judged by Jenny Wallis Lyme Bay Photographic Club. 7.30pm Woodmead Hall

Saturday 31st

3 BREWERIES BEER FESTIVAL
Lyme Regis Beer Festival Company:   Marine Theatre see Beer Festival

Patrik Fitzgerald & Pog
The original Punk Poet.  Long awaited Dorset gig from Patrik Fitzgerald, probably best known for punk love song 'Safety Pin Stuck in My Heart' (also covered by Chumbawamba and The Wonder Stuff). Patrik continued making music throughout the decades and is the subject of Dom Shaw's 2009 documentary, 'All The Years of Trying'.  Support comes from Brighton's multi-talented folk/punk singer Pog.  Woodmead Halls, Hill Rd Lyme Regis DT7 3PG  8pm. Tickets £7 from http://www.wegottickets.com/event/151424 and on the door.  www.pogband.co.uk   www.myspace.com/patrikfitzgerald

Just some of the many events which happened in March 2011

LOCAL BIRDS – THEIR MAGIC AND MYSTERY
David Cox talks about the birds of Lyme Regis and locality – with pictures. Organised by the Friends of Lyme Regis Museum.  2.30pm at Woodmead Hall

Women's World Day of Prayer Service
written by The Christian Women of Chile.  Worldwide interdenominational celebration to learn about the lives of Christian women in Chile.  Speaker Rev Jane Skinner followed by refreshments. 2pm St Michael's Church

 CROCUS WEEK at Forde Abbey  Enjoy the spectacular crocus display throughout the gardens.  Open 10am-4pm. Tearoom, shop and nursery open

Mary Anning Walk
Explore the paths and streets of Old Lyme as Mary knew them with expert guide Natalie Manifold.12.00 noon booking advisable for walks: telephone: 01297 443370 email info@lymeregismuseum.co.uk or call in at Lyme Regis Museum, Bridge Street, Lyme Regis DT7 3QA

Fossil Fantastic A family friendly weekend packed with activities that everyone can enjoy with lots and lots of fossil hunting. Charmouth Heritage Coast Centre

Glad Rags and Handbags Auction
Bags, clothes, jewellery, chocolates, cards, beauty products in aid of Uplyme pre school. Entry £3 7.30pm., auction 8pm.  Uplyme Village Hall  Enquiries, good quality donations Tel. 01297 444333

Opera
with a Delicious 3 course dinner and fantastic live opera from talented professional musicians.  Just £34.95 per person.  By the Bay

Line Dance Evening
Led by Marina of Western Spirit £8 to include Ploughman's Supper, In aid of Lyme Regis Operatic Society.  Entry by ticket only Tel 445257  7.30 Uplyme Village Hall

The Big Breakfast with a Table Top Sale
Proceeds to Charmouth School PTA.  Full English: Adults £6.50; Children  £3.50  9am - 2pm Charmouth Community Hall, Lower Sea Lane, Charmouth

FORDE ABBEY PLANT FAIR -  Open 10am-4pm. Free entry to Fair, Nursery, Kitchen Garden, Gift Shop and Tearoom. Entry to Gardens only £5.
 

The Story of Theatre Costume
Uplyme WI, Uplyme Village Hall

Social Morning with Coffee 10:00am-11:am  followed by  "INDIA and AROUND" 11:00am-12:00noon a talk by Ken MacDiarmid, Woodmead Hall


Hardy Summer Bulbs
by Christine Skelmersdale,  Kilmington Village Produce Association 7.30pm Kilmington Village Hall

RNLI Jumble Sale, 2pm Woodmead Halls


 

The Grizzly 2011 Valley Of The Bogs (Seaton)
Twentyish muddy, hilly, boggy, beachy miles of the multiest-terrain running experience you will find this side of the end of time. It's by no means the toughest race around (honestly!).  It is an experience.  There will be a lot more on at this year's Grizzly.  Some other local organisations are getting involved to help stage junior races on the Saturday and a Grizfest over the whole weekend, including entertainment for children and families. More info:  www.axevalleyrunners.org.uk/

Mark Hix’s Kitchen Table
Join Mark at his Charmouth home for an open cooking class where he will demonstrate dishes using the best British seasonal produce around. 11.30-3pm Cost: £175.00. 6 participants. For booking & further information: 01689 855390 or augusta@hixfoodetc.co.uk


HIX Oyster & Fish House, Lunch Hosted by Josceline Dimbleby
Each month Mark Hix invites names from the world of food and literature to host an event at his Lyme restaurant. This month he welcomes the celebrated food writer Josceline Dimbleby to talk about her new book Orchards in the Oasis: recipes, travel and memories. 12.30pm Cost: £40 pp (exc. beverage). For more information & booking, call Augusta on 01689 855390 or email augusta@hixfoodetc.co.uk


Theatre Friends AGM at 6.15pm FOLLOWED BY 
TheatreFriends Quiz night 7.30pm for 8pm ALL WELCOME  Venue Marine Theatre, Lyme Regis  £2pp members - £3pp non members

Coastal Forum Meeting:
Phase IV Coast Protection Scheme and  Coastal slope and beach monitoring.  7pm in the Marine Theatre.  Notes from the last meeting available now at  www.lymeregistowncouncil.gov.uk/pages/coastalforum.htm

Comic Relief Live Stand-Up Night
A night of live comedy from headliner and Edinburgh Fringe Festival regular Ashley Frieze, with up-and-coming acts Luke Honnoraty (South West New Act of the Year 2010), Matt Whistler, Anthony Ayton (shortlisted for London New Act of the Year 2010), James Alderson (Laughing Horse New Act of the Year quarter finalist), Graham Whistler (Tesco's Got Talent Finalist 2011), and compere for the night Tom Glover - a new local comedian from Bridport.  There will also be sponsored waxing of the footballers, a raffle, special cocktails and more - all in aid of Comic Relief.  7pm at Lyme Regis Football Club.  Tickets cost £10, including a buffet, and are available from Travis Perkins, Beviss & Beckingsale Solicitors in Axminster or from the football club.

Firefighters Charity Car Wash Day
Car Wash in aid of Firefighters charities  11am - 4pm The Fire Station, Bridge Road, Charmouth

Race Night
in support of Lyme Regis Operatic Society's next production,  “Me and My Girl” in May. The evening will consist of a series of filmed horse races, both flat and jumps.  Horses have been named after members of the Society, acting and supporting but, in particular, those involved in “Me and My Girl”.  Some of the horses will have been sold prior to the evening, but there will be others available to buy at auction on the night ~ syndicates of owners are, reportedly, intending to join us!  The Pilot Boat Inn, by kind permission of Bill Wiscombe.  Entry £3 on the night

Fossil Fantastic A family friendly weekend packed with activities that everyone can enjoy with lots and lots of fossil hunting. Charmouth Heritage Coast Centre

Charmouth Tai Chi Group celebrate the Vernal Equinox 7.15am on the beach at Charmouth

TheatreFriends Table Top Fundraiser Sale   
Entry 50p includes cup of tea or coffee  10.30am - 4pm Marine Theatre, Lyme Regis   Enquiries re tables 01297 444209 for details


Quiz Evening
in aid of The Hub (Formerly the Club for Young People)  Winners Prize and raffle 8pm at the Nag's Head

 
Charmouth Annual Parish Meeting with a talk by Sgt Bleasdale of the Lyme Safer Neighbourhood Team and a representative from the Parish Plan Committee

 The Super Soup Lunch:  Drink soup. Save lives.   Get involved in The Super Soup Lunch and help bowl over poverty. Christian Aid

A Musical Evening with The Axe Valley Community Choir, Woodroffe School Jazz Band  and invited performers. Proceeds to The Hub for young people.  Tickets £5 from TIC and Teddy Bear Shop.  7 for 7.30pm Woodmead Halls

Table Top and Art from the Attic Sale
In aid of the St Andrews Church Restoration Fund, 10.30 -4pm Community Hall, Lower Sea Lane, Charmouth

Jurassic Coast Challenge Runners arrive in Lyme Regis
at the end of their run along the coast from Studland.  A 26.2 mile marathon each day for 3 days running, jogging, walking or crawling along beautiful but brutal coastal terrain from Studland Bay to Lyme Regis
           

Wednesday March 27^th 2013

AGM  Followed by Talk ‘Amateur Greenhouse’
by Robert Allwood. Uplyme and Lyme Regis Horticultural Society  7.30pm Uplyme Village Hall Details 01297 444034