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APRIL 2008 DAILY EVENTS

Tues 1st
Antiques, Collectors, Textiles and Craft Fair
 in aid of the Lyme Arts community Trust (Marine Theatre) . Variety of stall holders selling Porcelain, Pottery, Linen, lace, Glass, Metalware, Antique and Costume Jewellery, Toys, Dolls, Decorative Arts, various Craft Wares. 9.00a.m. to 4.00 pm. Marine Theatre. Enquiries farmeradi@aol.com 442489

Weds 2nd
Landslips of the Local Coast
 
Stephen Locke  Easter 2008 Gallery Talks, Lyme Regis Museum, 11 am. Normal Museum admission charge only. Tel:01297 443370 e-mail: info@lymeregismuseum.co.uk

Thurs 3rd

KITE RUNNER (12A) Based on one of the most acclaimed novels in recent memory, The Kite Runner is a profoundly emotional tale of friendship, family, devastating mistakes and redeeming love.  'Silver Screen' open to all at the Regent Cinema 10.15am coffee or tea served in the foyer 10.45 film starts ….TICKETS £3.00 INC. COFFEE

The Monmouth Rebellion  led to one of the bloodiest episodes in English history, and it started right here in Lyme Regis when, in 1685, the Duke of Monmouth set out on his ill-fated attempt to seize the English throne. Learn more about the context of the Monmouth Rebellion at a talk to be given by Professor Ivan Roots. The occasion is the Annual General Meeting of the Friends of Lyme Regis Museum, but non-members are welcome and there is no charge for admission. Hear all about The Bloody Assizes and the notorious Judge Jeffreys – the Hanging Judge – who pursued Monmouth supporters with ruthless efficiency, and made sure that Monmouth himself – the illegitimate son of Charles II – was hanged for treason.  Not for the faint-hearted, perhaps, but refreshments will be available! Woodmead Hall 2.30pm

'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' Lyme Youth Theatre present their own interpretation of that great favourite ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’  April 3rd and 4th  The company have been enjoying a change of direction this term with Polly Agg-Manning leading them in exploring new skills, and the production will show another aspect of this versatile group of young actors.

LYT’s own Johnny Depp-a-like, Ben Hills, stars as Willie Wonka, with Celia Cruwys-Finnigan as Charlie Bucket, winner of the fifth Golden Ticket.  Other Golden Ticket Winners are Ian Gray as Augustus Gloop, Holly Henshaw as Veruca Salt, Charlie Souter-Philips and Elana Edwards as Violet and Lilac Beauregarde, and Dean Iyavoo as Mike Teavee.  The rest of the company all join in the hilarious, and at times disgusting, antics at Willie Wonka’s chocolate factory. ‘Charlie’ is a wonderful family show – as you enter the theatre you will find yourself in the world of Willie Wonka.  Seating will be cabaret-style with chocolate on the tables, and during the evening you will be invited to find your own Golden Tickets…Don’t miss this exciting showThursday 3rd and Friday 4th April at 7.30 at the Marine Theatre get your tickets now before they’re gone,  from the Box Office at Lyme Regis Tourist Information Centre – 01297 442138  Adults £6  U16s £3  Family £15.  Or from Monika on Saturday mornings…  or any other time!  YLYT Class Members (the cast of Robin Hood) – FREE.  LYT members £1
 

Fri 4th 
Mary Anning, Fossil Pioneer
 
Daphne Baker Easter 2008 Gallery Talks, Lyme Regis Museum, 11 am. Normal Museum admission charge only. Tel:  01297 443370 e-mail: info@lymeregismuseum.co.uk

Annual Town Meeting of Lyme Regis Electors. Residents whose names appear on the Register of Electors for Lyme Regis are entitled to attend the meeting and to raise for debate any issue concerning the town.  Priority will be given to those questions notified in advance. The Council Offices, Guildhall Cottage, Church Street Tel:445175   email:townclerk@lymeregistowncouncil.gov.uk

'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' Lyme Youth Theatre production: info see 3rd

Sat 5th
Karen Thyselius with Michael Brownlee Walker 'Glimpsing Behind the Classical Voice'  Heritage Coast U3A  Marine Theatre 7.30pm

Mon 7th Royal British Legion Womens' Section meeting, Uplyme Village Hall 2.30pm All welcome

Weds 9th - Sat 12th
'The Happiest Days of Your Life' By John Dighton   Lyme Regis Dramatic Society Spring Production, Marine Theatre 7.30pm

Weds 9th  
“Emergency Life Support”
 A talk and demonstration to be given by a representative of St John Ambulance,  . This is a joint initiative organised between Heritage Coast U3A and the Lyme Regis Society. It will cover Resuscitation (for which there are new guidelines), and will tell you what to do in the event of Heart Attacks, Strokes, Wounds and Bleeding, and Burns and Scalds. There will be a charge of £2 per person to cover the hire of the hall and a donation to St John Ambulance. Please ring  (01297 442148) if you are interested. 2.30-4.30 p.m. at the Woodmead Small Hall

'The Happiest Days of Your Life' By John Dighton   Lyme Regis Dramatic Society Spring Production, Marine Theatre 7.30pm

Planning Meeting LRTC The Guildhall

Thurs 10th

STARDUST (PG) “Stardust,” based on the best-selling graphic novel by Neil Gaiman and Charles Vess, takes audiences on an adventure that begins in a village in England and ends up in places that exist in an imaginary world. 'Silver Screen' open to all at the Regent Cinema 10.15am coffee or tea served in the foyer 10.45 film starts ….TICKETS £3.00 INC. COFFEE

'The Happiest Days of Your Life' By John Dighton   Lyme Regis Dramatic Society Spring Production, Marine Theatre 7.30pm

Fri 11th
'The Happiest Days of Your Life' By John Dighton   Lyme Regis Dramatic Society Spring Production, Marine Theatre 7.30pm

Photographic Contest with Bridport Camera Club
,
venue Woodmead Hall.  Lyme Bay Photographic Club All meetings are free to members. Visitors welcome. Entrance fee £1  The Club meets at the small Woodmead Hall from 7.30pm to 10pm

Sat 12th
Jumble Sale in aid of Lyme Regis Organ Appeal.  Bring your jumble on the day and stay to buy someone else's. 2 - 5pm Woodmead Hall.  Offers of help to 443360

'The Happiest Days of Your Life' By John Dighton   Lyme Regis Dramatic Society Spring Production, Marine Theatre 7pm

Tues 15th 
Consultation Day on Affordable Housing by Lyme Regis Development Trust Woodmead Halls 12.30 - 7pm

Antiques, Collectors, Textiles and Craft Fair
 in aid of the Lyme Arts community Trust (Marine Theatre) Variety of stalls selling Porcelain, Pottery, Linen, lace, Glass, Metalware, Antique and Costume Jewellery, Toys, Dolls, Decorative Arts, various Craft Wares. 9.00am. to 4.00 pm. Marine Theatre. Enquiries farmeradi@aol.com 442489

Weds 16th 
TheatreFriends
Quiz Night
Marine Theatre

Thurs 17th  

WHEN DID YOU LAST SEE YOUR FATHER? (12A)   Arthur Morrison (Jim Broadbent), and his wife Kim (Juliet Stevenson), are GPs in the same medical practice in the heart of the Yorkshire Dales. They have two children, Gillian (Claire Skinner), and her older brother Blake (Colin Firth), from whose perspective the story is told. 'Silver Screen' open to all at the Regent Cinema 10.15am coffee or tea served in the foyer 10.45 film starts ….TICKETS £3.00 INC. COFFEE

DYAD PERCUSSION DUO
TOBY KEARNEY and DAN JONES
 Concerts in the West  2008 A semi-finalist in the BBC Young Musicians competition, and a student of Evelyn Glennie team up for 'KaleiDUOscope',  an evening of percussion - marimbas, vibraphone and drums - with compositions ranging from the romantic Carl von Weber to the jazzy Chick Corea and modern Japanese.  For this evening only, under 18's can attend for half price. 7.30pm Marine Theatre

Fri 18th
Deeply Purple
Marine Theatre


Sat 19th

Coffee Morning
by the Community Players, The Pilot Boat

Fossil Hunting Walks, Charmouth Heritage Coast Centre 11am

Sale of local books, prints etc, Cricket Pavilion, Kilmington 11am - 3pm

John Kirkpatrick and Roy Bailey Marine Theatre

Sun 20th  
Annual Beach Clean: Lyme Regis  Meet by the Slipway  10am - 12 noon. Sturdy gloves and boots.

Annual Beach Clean: Charmouth  Meet Charmouth Heritage Coast Centre  10.30am - 12.30. Sturdy gloves and boots.

Annual Beach Clean: Seatown  Meet outside the Anchor Inn.  10am - 12 noon. Sturdy gloves and boots.

Fossil Hunting Walks, Charmouth Heritage Coast Centre 11.30am

A final look at the Napoli: East Devon Ramblers Walk from Salcombe. Tel 01395 513974

Car Treasure Hunt
by the Community Players, the Talbot, Uplyme 2pm

The Memory Lane Swing Band, Dorset based community big band. Marine Theatre 3pm

Mon 21st
'Flora Maestro Please'
by NAFAS Demonstrator, 2.15pm  Golden Cap Flower Club, Village Hall, Charmouth

Lyme Regis and Charmouth Lifeboat Guild AGM 7.30pm

Tues 22nd    Back to school for St Michaels School

Antiques, Collectors, Textiles and Craft Fair  in aid of the Lyme Arts community Trust (Marine Theatre) Variety of stalls selling Porcelain, Pottery, Linen, lace, Glass, Metalware, Antique and Costume Jewellery, Toys, Dolls, Decorative Arts, various Craft Wares. 9.00am. to 4.00 pm. Marine Theatre. Enquiries farmeradi@aol.com 442489

'Rope for Breakfast - Bridport's History' by Elizabeth Gale and Lyme Regis Society AGM  2.30pm Woodmead Hall

Weds 23rd
Full Council Meeting LRTC 7pm The Guildhall

Thurs 24th

P.S. I LOVE YOU (12A)  Academy Award winner Hilary Swank (Million Dollar Baby) and heart-throb Gerard Butler (The Phantom of the Opera, 300) star in this season’s most touching romantic comedy, based on the best selling novel by Cecelia Ahern. Swank is Holly Kennedy; beautiful, smart and married to the love of her life – a passionate, funny and impetuous Irishman named Gerry (Gerard Butler). So when Gerry’s life is taken by an illness, it takes the life out of Holly. Nobody knows Holly better than Gerry so it’s a good thing he planned ahead. 'Silver Screen' open to all at the Regent Cinema 10.15am coffee or tea served in the foyer 10.45 film starts ….TICKETS £3.00 INC. COFFEE

Fri 25th
Bird watching at Colyford Common with EDDC Education Ranger 9am -12 noonTel 01395 517557

Slide Show by Ken Ayres: Lyme Bay Photographic Club All meetings are free to members. Visitors welcome. Entrance fee £1  The Club meets at the small Woodmead Hall from 7.30pm to 10pm

'Barry Norman's Favourite Films' Clive Conway Celebrity Productions, The arrival of a fabulous digital projector at the Marine Theatre is just in time to show clips from Barry Norman’s favourite films. At this evening on Friday 25th April at 8.00 pm Barry Norman will show some of his favourite scenes while he talks about the stars of the silver screen, most of whom he has interviewed.  The evening includes an opportunity to chat with Britain's best loved reviewer. Tickets for this opportunity to see the new silver screen at the Marine Theatre are for sale from Lyme’s Tourist Information centre 01297 442138 at £13.50, £12.50 for concessions.  As presenter of the BBC's cinema review for 26 years, Barry Norman became a household name and this is a unique opportunity for the theatre-going film lover to meet the man who has so many great stories to tell and to ask him questions.

 

He tells riveting anecdotes about film stars such as Richard Burton and his wife, Elizabeth Taylor, Peter Sellers and John Wayne.  Bob Hoskins also features in his stories. Margie Barbour, the Artistic Director of the Marine Theatre worked with Bob Hoskins as the Assistant Stage Manager on a television series to help adults learn to read called “On the Move”  “I am particularly keen to hear Barry’s stories of working with Bob as he was such fun on the series “On the Move” where he played someone who couldn’t read; he made the filming a real fun experience, and then, of course, he was just breaking into the business, he hadn’t made “Pennies from Heaven” or “Who framed Roger Rabbit”.


The evening should be a great treat for all film lover, particularly the regulars at the silver screen showings at Lyme’s Regent Cinema.  With stories about Robert De Niro, Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, Michelle Pfeiffer, Ewan McGregor, Bruce Willis and Arnold Schwarzenegger and, as they say in the movie blurbs, a cast of hundreds. Marine Theatre 8pm Tickets £13.50 (£12.50 conc) Lyme TIC 01297 442138
 

Oliver Letwin MP hosts a questions and answers session at a public meeting of the local Conservative Party, Woodmead Hall, 7pm
 

Sat 26th  Rotary Stroke Awareness Day


Fossil Hunting Walks, Charmouth Heritage Coast Centre 2pm
 

Fashion Show in aid of Julia's Hospice: Lyme Regis Golf Club 7.30pm

Sun 27th Rogation Sunday

Fossil Hunting Walks
, Charmouth Heritage Coast Centre 2.30pm

Blessing of the Boats:  Rogation Sunday - when traditionally, the Lyme Regis Lifeboat holds a Blessing of the Boats family service outside the boathouse at The Cobb. Wreaths are blessed and taken out to sea by the lifeboat where they are laid to commemorate those lost at sea.
The (short) service starts at 15.00 (3.00pm) everyone is more than welcome to attend.

'The Lady of Burma' With Liana Mau Tan Gould as Aung San Suu Kyi 'She is my pin-up!  She inspires me with her gentle determination… Men, armed to the teeth, are running scared of her.  She has won, and they know they have lost.' Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu on Aung San Suu Kyi

Following sell out performances at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and London's Old Vic, Soho Theatre, and most recently Riverside Studios, the inspirational true story of Burmese leader Aung San Suu Kyi is touring the UK in Spring 2008.
  Politician, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, mother and grandmother, Aung San Suu Kyi is the leader of the democratically-elected government of Burma, yet has endured house arrest for over a decade.  Whatever you know or think about Burmese politics, THE LADY OF BURMA offers an intense and moving insight into the endurance of one woman's sacrifice and spirited-determination in the quest for the freedom of a nation.
Co-director and writer Richard Shannon wrote THE LADY OF BURMA for actress Liana Gould to perform at a fundraising gala for the Burma Campaign UK at the Old Vic in November 2006. The play's text draws upon a mixture of sources, from Suu Kyi's own words and interviews Shannon undertook with her close associates in Burma to written material about Burma and Suu Kyi's history.  Co-director Owen Lewis' credits include Johnson and Boswell: Late But Live by Stewart Lee (Traverse Theatre and forthcoming national tour) and What Would Judas Do and
Got To Be Happy (The Bush Theatre). The play enthralled audiences during Edinburgh Fringe
Festival in 2007 and a performance at Soho Theatre in October followed as part of an International Day of Action for Burma, just as Suu Kyi's home nation erupted in protest at the decades of civil rights abuse.  A performance recently took place at the House of Commons, and one is planned at the European Parliament in Brussels.  This is the first UK Tour and it is produced by James Seabright and Louise Chantal, in association with the Burma Campaign UK. Marine Theatre 7 pm Tickets: £10 - £12, 01297 442138 / www.marinetheatre.com

 

Mon 28th Lyme Regis Action Forum AGM., 2.15pm Masonic Hall

Tues 29th

Antiques, Collectors, Textiles and Craft Fair  in aid of the Lyme Arts community Trust (Marine Theatre) Variety of stalls selling Porcelain, Pottery, Linen, lace, Glass, Metalware, Antique and Costume Jewellery, Toys, Dolls, Decorative Arts, various Craft Wares. 9.00am. to 4.00 pm. Marine Theatre. Enquiries farmeradi@aol.com 442489

 

Weds 30th

Walk around Colyton to Shute: 10.30 am East Devon Ramblers Tel 01395 519002


'The Two Noble Kinsmen' Cygnet Theatre Company, Marine Theatre


 

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'Tangents'

by Alistair Mitchie FRWA

Curated by Vivienne Light

Town Mill Galleries
15th March - 13th April

 
'Seasonal Shimmer'
Art Exhibition
by Lucy Young

Blue Lias Gallery
Coombe Street

Until end of April

 

'The Happiest Days of Your Life'

 

By John Dighton  

Lyme Regis Dramatic Society
Spring Production

Cherine Hill is directing The Happiest Days of Your Life' - by John Dighton. It's a very funny school-day farce, based in the late 1940's, where a mistake by the Ministry of Education billets the pupils and staff of a snooty Girls' School into a very traditional Boys' School with disastrous consequences - it was made into a memorable film with Alastair Sim, Margaret Rutherford and Joyce Grenfell. The cast has Anne King as the formidable Girl's principal and Chris Knight as the crusty Headmaster; Nick Bogue, and newcomer Nigel Broome play school masters, whilst Hazel Cawte and newcomer Debbie Broome play schoolmistresses.

Mike Whatmore is the grumbling school caretaker, whilst Jim Pettifer with Pam Ladd play one set of terrifying parents, and Phil Street with Karen Hull play the other set. We welcome Phil's son Luke Street and Nick's daughter Bethany Bogue as two of the far-from-dim pupils.

Wednesday 9th to Saturday 12th April
at the Marine Theatre
7.30pm

and a short slot at the
Manor
Pavilion Theatre, Sidmouth
from Tuesday 15th to Wednesday 16th April
(Their production of 'Allo Allo* was a great success there last year.)


Tickets available from March 22nd
from the Tourist Information Centre.


Prices are £7.50 adults, £6.00 children under 16. Tickets
for groups of 8 or more are £6.00. TIC is open from 10:00 to 3:00 Monday to Saturday and 10:00 to 2:00 on Sundays.
Telephone bookings can be
made on 01297 442138 and all major credit cards are accepted.
Please apply to the Manor Pavilion box office (01395 514413) for Sidmouth tickets

 
'In a Piece'
Father- Daughter Exhibition

by Alice and Andrew Crane

Town Mill Galleries

19 April - 18 May

 

All local organisations and charities

are invited to have a stall at the
May Day Fete

Playing Field, Anning Road 4th May

Tel  01297 442220. email: info@lymeregiscarnival.co.uk

 

Farming in the Lim Valley

Exhibition on the agricultural history
 of the parishes of
Uplyme and Lyme Regis

 

 by Lyme Regis Museum
at
Uplyme Village Hall

May 29th - 31st

Help wanted with setting up please:
Tel 01297 443678

 

Walkers

Do take advice about safe tide times before setting off for more than fifteen minutes hike along our beautiful beaches - what appears to be an easy bit of ground to scramble over is more likely to be a treacherous mud slide - don't take a chance!

 

Tapestry Demonstration


Every Wednesday
in the Guildhall

 

Books to your Door


Unable to get to the Library? Housebound?

Tel 01205 2250000 or e-mail libraries@dorsetcc.gov.uk

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