WEDNESDAY 1 MAY
 SCREENING:
WILDE WEDNESDAYS: THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST
A ‘brilliantly funny’ (★★★★ Times) broadcast
of one of the funniest plays in English: Jack, Algy, Gwendolyn and
Cecily discover how unsmooth runs the course of true love, while Lady
Bracknell keeps a baleful eye on the mayhem of manners.
★★★★★
‘A masterpiece of sparkling wit’ ~ WhatsOnStage
Certificate PG. Duration 133
minutes including interval £5 under 18s advance or on the
door / £11 adults advance / £14 on the door Starts 7 P.M.
www.marinetheatre.com
THURSDAY 2 MAY
Friday May 3rd 2019
Coach Trip to Garden Festival, Powderham Castle
More
than 100 exhibitors will be offering quality plants from award-winning
nurseries; unique West C ountry crafts; artisan food and drink, along
with live music, talks and tips on growing and cooking fruit and
vegetables. This all takes place in the fabulous grounds and interior of Powderham Castle. This Friday trip is on the first of the Festival’s two
days, to see ensure we see everything at its best. Cost for members £16
for coach & admission; non-members £3 extra. Coach departs from Uplyme
Village Hall at 9.15am. Please ring Rose Mock 01297 34733 to
book.
Uplyme and Lyme Regis Horticultural Society
 TALK: ENVIRONMENTAL AND MARINE CURRENT ISSUES
Owen Day describes marine
protection in the Lyme Bay and the Caribbean, while Julia Hailes MBE
asks the question, have the public gone bonkers about plastics? £8
advance and on the door Bar opens 6 P.M. Starts 7 P.M.
www.marinetheatre.com
Saturday 4th - Sunday 5th May
Lyme Regis Fossil Festival 2019
SATURDAY 4 MAY
TALK:
THE PALAEONTOLOGICAL SOCIETY
Maria McNamara gives a
whirlwind tour of geological time and spectacular fossils, while
illustrating prehistoric animals is the topic for artist James McKay.
Starts 12 P.M. Free Entry
www.marinetheatre.com
TALK:
STORYTELLER WITH WOODROFFE STUDENT STORIES
Join Bridport-based Martin Maudsley to uncover the magical stories
behind Colpexies’ Fingers, Snakestones, and Fairy Loaves. 1:30
P.M. and 2:45 P.M. Free Entry
www.marinetheatre.com
TALK:
THE CAUSES OF THE BINDON LANDSLIP
Teachers Ian Wood, Julia Lamb Wilson, and John Haylock alongside
geologist Richard Edmonds and Woodroffe School students debate the
causes and effects of the 1839 event. Free Entry Starts 2
P.M. on 4 May and 12 noon
www.marinetheatre.com
TALK:
BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY
Huw Griffiths and Cath Waller discuss microplastics in Antarctica and
the Southern Ocean. Free Entry Starts 3:30 P.M.
www.marinetheatre.com
 MUSIC:
EVOLUTION ROCKS
Local young people from B Sharp, Woodroffe School, and Mrs Ethelston's
Primary Academy entertain with original music inspired by the theme of
evolution. £8 advance and on the door Starts 7 P.M
www.marinetheatre.com
Sunday 5th May
TALK:
THE CAUSES OF THE BINDON LANDSLIP
Teachers Ian Wood, Julia Lamb Wilson, and John Haylock alongside
geologist Richard Edmonds and Woodroffe School students debate the
causes and effects of the 1839 event. Free Entry Starts
12 noon on 5 May.
www.marinetheatre.com
TALK:
LAURA CHATTON AND HER HARRIS HAWK
This is a talk about how
birds have descended from dinosaurs, with a live harris hawk in
attendance. Free entry Starts 1 P.M.
www.marinetheatre.com
TALK: THE GREAT LANDSLIDE
Geologist Richard Edmonds
describes the formation of Goat Island and the Chasm. Free entry
Starts 2 P.M.
www.marinetheatre.com
TALK:
CLOSING FESTIVAL TALK
Sir Ghillean Prance, former
director of Kew and Richard Lane, former Director of Science at the
Natural History Museum host a discussion on ‘thinking like a scientist’.
Free Entry Starts 3 P.M.
www.marinetheatre.com
 Lyme Bay
Chorale Spring Concert
The concert will have a nautical theme, and the programme will include:
Herbert Sumsion's
anthem They That Go Down to the Sea in
Ships Andrew Millington's Give
Me My Scallop Shell (written for the Queen's visit
to Exeter Cathedral for her golden jubilee in 2002)
The Seafarer -
also by Andrew Millington as well as Louis Vierne's
Messe Solennelle. More info see right.
4pm St Michael's Church, Lyme Regis
Monday 6th May Day (Early May Bank Holiday)
TUESDAY 7 MAY
CINEMA:
TUESDAY NIGHT AT THE MOVIES: REBECCA
Joan Fontaine plays the second wife of Maxim de Winter, forever in the
shadows of the first – especially where Mrs Danvers, the housekeeper, is
concerned. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock, Rebecca won an Academy Award
for Best Film. Cert. U. Duration 130 minutes £6 advance /
£7.50 on the door Starts 7:30 P.M.
www.marinetheatre.com
Wednesday 8th
May
The
Festival of Britain
An illustrated
talk by Mathew Denney : 6 years after the end of the 2 nd
World War, and exactly
100 years since the famous Great Exhibition of 1851 – the Festival of
Britain was a display of might and fortitude on a national scale,
showcasing the best of British manufacturing. Mathew Denney will be
speaking about the Festival of Britain and its impact on the country.
Woodmead Halls, Hill Road, Lyme Regis DT7 3PG. Organised by U3A Heritage
Coast, Lyme Regis. Free to members, non-members £2 donation
suggested. Coffee served from 10 to 10.45 followed by talk at 11.00
until noon. To join U3A see website
www.lymeregisu3a.org
or telephone 01297 444566.
THURSDAY 9 MAY
MUSIC:
JO HARMAN
The Mirror called her the ‘UK’s finest female soul blues voice’ who,
according to Country Magazine, writes ‘lip-biting beautiful songs’. Lyme
Regis’s Joanna Cooke supports. £12.50 advance / £15 on the door
Starts 7:30 P.M.
www.marinetheatre.com
FRIDAY 10 MAY
MUSIC:
KRIS DREVER
This concert is from the Scottish folk guitarist from the band Lau, who
won Folk Singer of the year 2017 and Best Original Track 2017 at the BBC
Radio 2 Folk Awards. With support.
★★★★
‘Kris Drever has all the makings of a solo celebrity’ ~ The
Guardian
‘Immense yet ultra-supple sophistication, musicianship of the first
order.. a breath of fresh air’ ~ Songlines £12
advance / £14.50 on the door. Starts 8 P.M.
www.marinetheatre.com
Saturday May 11th 2019
Plant Sale & Coffee Morning
This
is a very popular and convivial event to raise funds to support
Horticultural Society events. Members bring donations of plants and home
produce (cakes, jam, veg.) to sell.
Donations of plants and
home produce will be sold to raise funds towards the society’s £500
donation to the Devon Air Ambulance night landing site at the King
George V Playing Fields. Entry £1. Get there early to get the
best! Contact Brian Tomsett on 01297 444962 for more details.
9.30am -11.30am, Uplyme Village Hall
Uplyme and Lyme Regis Horticultural Society
MUSIC:
ROBYN HITCHCOCK
Among alternative rock’s father figures, Hitchcock is the closest thing
the UK has to Bob Dylan. With support from Jess McAllister.
“A gifted melodist, Hitchcock nests engaging lyrics in some of the most
bracing, rainbow-hued pop this side of Revolver. He wrests inspiration
not from ordinary life but from extraordinary imaginings”
~ Rolling Stone
£16 advance / £18 on the door
Starts 8 P.M.
www.marinetheatre.com
Sunday 12th
May Fete
Fantastic Stalls, Hot Food, Ice-Cream, Fresh
Coffee, Homemade Cakes, Refreshments
Activities, stalls,
local
groups. 1- 4pm Anning
Road Recreation Ground, The Playing Field, Anning
Road
TUESDAY 14 MAY
Cole
Porter's Anything Goes, - by The Lyme Regis Musical Theatre
The S.S. American, sailing from New York
to England, carries an unusual group of passengers included among
them area gangster (Moonface Martin), a wealthy debutante and her
mother (Hope and Evangeline Harcourt), a night club singer (Reno
Sweeny), and a wealthy New York businessman and his stowaway
assistant Elisha J. Whitney and Billy Crocker). 7.30pm The Woodmead Halls
from Tuesday 14th May to Saturday 18th May 2019. Tickets - Tuesday
£10 adults, £8 for the under 16's Wednesday to Saturday £15 adults,
8 for the under 16's Tickets available at Lyme Regis Tourist
Information Centre - Can be booked over the phone by debit/credit
card Telephone 01297 442138
SCREENING:
NT LIVE: ALL MY SONS
Broadcast live from The Old Vic, Oscar-winner Sally Field and Bill
Pullman star in Arthur Miller’s blistering drama centred on the failings
of the American Dream. £5 under 18s advance or on the door / £11
adults advance / £14 on the door Starts 7 P.M.
www.marinetheatre.com
Wednesday 15th
 Charity Golf Day
An annual event held at the Lyme Regis Golf Club and organized in
conjunction with the Rotary Club of Axminster.
Teams of four, Stableford, two scores to count, full handicap (max men
24, ladies 30). Organised by the Rotary Clubs of Lyme
Regis and Axminster:
We can make up teams. For further
information contact
secretary@lymeregisrotary.org
Coach Trip to Buckland Abbey
With
700 years of history, Buckland Abbey is part museum, part house, filled
with treasures such as the legendary Drakes Drum. There are formal,
kitchen and wild gardens set in a 600-acre estate. The cider house
garden has borders full of seasonal blooms, lawns are carpeted with wild
flowers and there are winding paths through trees and shrubs in the wild
garden. You are welcome to walk around the estate. Restaurant.
Cost for members £14 if also a National Trust member, £21 if not. Guests
welcome at an additional cost of £3. Depart Uplyme Village Hall at
9.15am. Please ring Rose Mock 01297 34733 to book.
Uplyme and Lyme Regis Horticultural Society
Cole
Porter's Anything Goes, - by The Lyme Regis Musical Theatre
The S.S. American, sailing from New York
to England, carries an unusual group of passengers included among them
area gangster (Moonface Martin), a wealthy debutante and her mother
(Hope and Evangeline Harcourt), a night club singer (Reno Sweeny), and
a wealthy New York businessman and his stowaway assistant Elisha J.
Whitney and Billy Crocker). 7.30pm The Woodmead Halls from Tuesday 14th May
to Saturday 18th May 2019. Tickets - Tuesday £10 adults, £8 for the
under 16's Wednesday to Saturday £15 adults, 8 for the under 16's
Tickets available at Lyme Regis Tourist Information Centre - Can be
booked over the phone by debit/credit card Telephone 01297 442138
THURSDAY 16 MAY
 POETRY: HOLLIE MCNISH
A show of performance poetry
from the Ted Hughes Award winner, with support from Vanessa Kisuule.
‘I can’t take my ears off her’ ~ Benjamin
Zephaniah
‘Her rhymes have a driving quality, urgent words pinning down fleeting
feelings’
~ The Observer £12 advance / £15 on
the door Starts 7:30 P.M.
www.marinetheatre.com
Cole
Porter's Anything Goes, - by The Lyme Regis Musical Theatre
The S.S. American, sailing from New York
to England, carries an unusual group of passengers included among them
area gangster (Moonface Martin), a wealthy debutante and her mother
(Hope and Evangeline Harcourt), a night club singer (Reno Sweeny), and
a wealthy New York businessman and his stowaway assistant Elisha J.
Whitney and Billy Crocker). 7.30pm The Woodmead Halls from Tuesday 14th May
to Saturday 18th May 2019. Tickets - Tuesday £10 adults, £8 for the
under 16's Wednesday to Saturday £15 adults, 8 for the under 16's
Tickets available at Lyme Regis Tourist Information Centre - Can be
booked over the phone by debit/credit card Telephone 01297 442138
FRIDAY 17 MAY
Cole
Porter's Anything Goes, - by The Lyme Regis Musical Theatre
The S.S. American, sailing from New York
to England, carries an unusual group of passengers included among them
area gangster (Moonface Martin), a wealthy debutante and her mother
(Hope and Evangeline Harcourt), a night club singer (Reno Sweeny), and
a wealthy New York businessman and his stowaway assistant Elisha J.
Whitney and Billy Crocker). 7.30pm The Woodmead Halls. Tickets - Tuesday £10 adults, £8 for the
under 16's Wednesday to Saturday £15 adults, 8 for the under 16's
Tickets available at Lyme Regis Tourist Information Centre - Can be
booked over the phone by debit/credit card Telephone 01297 442138
CINEMA:
THE FAVOURITE
Olivia Colman won an Oscar
for her portrayal of Queen Anne in this extraordinary comedy drama.
★★★★★
‘A brilliantly acted film that's funny, clever and heartbreakingly sad’
~ The Daily Mail
Cert. PG. Duration 119
minutes 7:30 P.M. £6 advance / £7.50 on the door
www.marinetheatre.com
SATURDAY 18 MAY
THEATRE: THE AMAZING BUBBLE MAN
Louis Pearl has been
thrilling audiences of all ages for over 30 years with the art, magic,
and fun of bubbles. He is a family favourite at the Edinburgh Fringe
Festival, where he has enjoyed twelve years of sell-out success.
£10 children, £12 adults advance / £12 children, £14.50 adults on the
door There are two matinees that start at 11 A.M. and 2:30 P.M.
www.marinetheatre.com
Cole
Porter's Anything Goes - by The Lyme Regis Musical Theatre
The S.S. American, sailing from New York
to England, carries an unusual group of passengers included among them
area gangster (Moonface Martin), a wealthy debutante and her mother
(Hope and Evangeline Harcourt), a night club singer (Reno Sweeny), and
a wealthy New York businessman and his stowaway assistant Elisha J.
Whitney and Billy Crocker). 7.30pm The Woodmead Halls. Tickets - Tuesday £10 adults, £8 for the
under 16's Wednesday to Saturday £15 adults, 8 for the under 16's
Tickets available at Lyme Regis Tourist Information Centre - Can be
booked over the phone by debit/credit card Telephone 01297 442138
COMEDY: LYME REGIS COMEDY CLUB WITH MIKE BUBBINS
A legend on the UK comedy
circuit, this month’s headliner has supported Rich Hall on tour. Wayne
the Weird, Jon Pearson, and Tom Glover also perform.
‘If you want an outside bet for stardom, back Mike Bubbins’
~ The Guardian
£8 advance / £10 on the door
Starts 8 P.M.
www.marinetheatre.com
SUNDAY 19 MAY
MUSIC:
THE SUNDAY SESSIONS WITH JINDER
Jinder plays American roots
music and Delta blues. His music features in the recent film
‘Fisherman’s Friends’. He’s the headline act for May’s free-entry Sunday
Sessions, with Declan Duffy as host. Free entry, no tickets
Bar opens and starts 3 P.M.
www.marinetheatre.com
Wednesday May 22nd 2019
‘Shady Ladies & Damp Damsels’ by Sally Gregson of Mill Cottage Plants
Sally
will give suggestions for planting in those difficult spots from dry
shade under trees to heavy damp areas. Suggestions include some
epimediums and hydrangeas. There will be plants for sale. Sally
has been tutoring gardening courses at West Dean for over five years.
She trained professionally at Hadlow College, and runs Mill Cottage
Plants in Wookey, Somerset. Sally lectures widely here and abroad;
writes regularly for local and national magazines; and has published
‘Practical Propagation’ (2008), ‘Ornamental Vegetable Gardening’ (2009),
and ‘The Plant Lover’s Guide to Epimediums’ (Timber Press 2015).
Everyone is welcome. The talk starts at Uplyme Village Hall at 7.30pm.
Refreshments are available from 7.15pm. Members free; non-members £3.
Uplyme and Lyme Regis Horticultural Society
MONDAY 20 MAY
Talk: HOOKED: MARK HIX IN CONVERSATION WITH MARIELLA FROSTRUP
Our patron celebrates the
launch of his new book with an in-conversation fundraiser chaired by
Mariella Frostrup, the broadcaster known for BBC Radio 4’s Open Book.
Part of our anniversary celebrations. £6.50 advance / £8.50 on the
door. Bar opens 6 P.M., starts 7 P.M.
www.marinetheatre.com
TUESDAY 21 MAY
CINEMA:
TUESDAY NIGHT AT THE MOVIES: REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE
James Dean plays Jim, a
troublesome teenager at odds with his parents, in yet another new town
and school, and with new friends who are as troubled as he is.
Cert. PG. Duration 111 minutes £6 advance / £7.50 on the door
Starts 7:30 P.M.
www.marinetheatre.com
THURSDAY 23 MAY
SCREENING:
MATTHEW BOURNE’S SWAN LAKE
Tchaikovsky’s masterpiece is broadcast to the Marine from Sadler’s Wells
with a fresh look for the 21st century and is ‘as bold and beautiful
as ever’ ~
★★★★★
The Telegraph.
£5 under 18s advance or on
the door / £12.50 adults advance / £14 on the door Starts 7 P.M.
www.marinetheatre.com
Friday 24th - Monday 27th
Lyme’s festival of jazz
A
five-day festival incorporating the best of jazz, soul and funk in the
stunning seaside setting of Lyme Regis over the May Spring Bank Holiday
weekend. It features nationally acclaimed headline acts in the iconic
Marine theatre as well as a free music festival (Sunday 27 and Monday
28) on the seafront showcasing emerging local talent. Check out:
www.jazzjurassica.co.uk for more details and tickets.
Friday 24th
Half Term
MUSIC:
JAZZ JURASSICA: KICK ASS BRASS
Part of Lyme Regis’s jazz festival: funky and full on, with steaming
horns and soulful vocals from Eleisha Milverton, this is the best brass
band on the scene right now. £15 advance / £18 on the door
Starts 8:30 P.M.
www.marinetheatre.com
Saturday 25th May – 11am till 5pm
B
Sharp Busking Festival 2019
Come along and join in the musical takeover of
Lyme Regis! Busk as a solo artist or bring your whole band. Bring
your own instruments or have a go on our play-me-piano or
play-me-drums. Coinciding with the Jazz
Jurassica Festival Lyme Regis will be filled with music, with
performances by young people as well as older musicians and groups.
There will be workshops and activities for all ages including
ukuleles, beach-hut jamming, drumming, crafts and a pop-up choir.
Email today to book your busking slot, and put the date in your
diary!
B Sharp’s team will be there to greet and guide you. We
would love you to take part!
Book your time and pitch
If you would like to take part in any or all of the
busking opportunities or make your own, please contact us. Booking
is advised to secure your preferred time and place but you can turn
up on the day and sign in at the Welcome Desk on the seafront in the
Marine Parade Shelters.
Please support us
If you would like to sponsor us or make a donation: £100
would pay for the piano installation; £75 would pay for the drum
installation and a £25 donation would contribute towards the costs
of transporting young buskers to Lyme. With your support we can help
more young people to take part in life changing musical experiences
towards building a sound future. Contact: busking@bsharp.org.uk or
call 07947 334138.
Saturday 25th May
MUSIC:
JAZZ JURASSICA: EQUINOR BIG BAND
A hugely entertaining and joyous tribute to Duke Ellington from an
international big band at the top of its game. £10 advance / £12
on the door Starts 5 P.M.
www.marinetheatre.com
MUSIC:
JAZZ JURASSICA: LAURENCE JONES
The blues guitar wizard
headlines Saturday night at Jazz Jurassica, with the Adam Sweet Trio
warming up. ‘A star in the making’ ~ BBC Radio 2 £18 seated
/ £15 standing advance / £20 on the door Starts 8:30 P.M. www.marinetheatre.com
Sunday 26th May 2019 Rogation
Sunday
Blessing of the
Boats and Open Day:
 This
year Lyme Regis Lifeboat Station is offering a chance to meet the crew
and some family entertainment prior to the Blessing of the Boats,
from 9am - 2pm.
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
Royal British Legion standard and a poppy wreath will be laid as part of this
Ceremony at Lyme Regis Slipway.
The
short service, with the Lyme Regis Town Band, starts at 15.00 (3.00pm) everyone
is welcome
MUSIC:
JAZZ JURASSICA: MATT CARTER & LEIGH COLEMAN
Signed, sealed and delivered! Stevie Wonder gets the funky
finger-clicking treatment. £10 advance / £12 on the door.
Starts 5 P.M.
www.marinetheatre.com
MUSIC:
JAZZ JURASSICA: POWERHOUSE GOSPEL CHOIR
Red hot gospel raises the roof for the final show of Lyme Regis’s jazz
festival.
‘You brought the house down with your Joy to the World – we feel
blessed’
~ London Symphony Orchestra
£18 advance / £22 on the door
Starts 8:30 P.M. www.marinetheatre.com
Monday 27th Spring Bank Holiday
NEIL MAYA'S BRUBECK BRUNCH
As expected, tickets to the 2-course brunch on Bank Holiday Monday at
the Royal Lion Hotel are proving very popular and selling fast. Because
places are limited don't leave it too long before you grab your tickets
as they'll soon vanish into thin air - we kid you not!
For many, Dave Brubeck's music is the sound of
cool. This popular American pianist and composer brought jazz into the
popular mainstream. Now, saxophonist Neil Maya, brings together a group
of the south west's finest musicians for this special event. This
Brubeck Brunch will include all the best known Brubeck tunes and, of
course, ‘Take 5’. The band includes Neil Maya (sax), Nick
Carter (drums), Kevin Sanders (bass) and Matt
Carter, one of the most exciting piano players around.
Tickets include a two-course lunch. £25
- must be booked in advance
Royal Lion Hotel, 12.30pm, Doors: 12pm
More information:
www.jazzjurassica.co.uk
TUESDAY 28 MAY
WEDNESDAY 29 MAY
THEATRE: MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
The HandleBards pedal from venue to venue to perform sustainable
Shakespeare. Join them for an outside performance with riotous amounts
of energy, a fair old whack of chaos, and a great deal of laughter.
★★★★★
–
‘Explodes with energy and is a genuine treat from start to finish.’
~ The Stage
£12.50 early bird, £16.50
adult, £10.50 under 18s, £5.50 under 10s advance / £18.50 adult, £10.50
under 18s, £5.50 under 10s on the door Starts 6:30 P.M.
www.marinetheatre.com
THURSDAY 30 MAY
CINEMA:
RALPH BREAKS THE INTERNET
Ralph and Vanellope discover a wifi router in their arcade, leading them
into a new animated adventure. £4.50 advance and on the door
Starts 2 P.M.
www.marinetheatre.com
CINEMA:MARY
QUEEN OF SCOTS
Starring Saoirse Ronan: Mary
Stuart's attempt to overthrow her cousin Elizabeth I, Queen of England,
finds her condemned to years of imprisonment before facing execution.
£6 advance / £7.50 on the door Starts 7:30 P.M.
www.marinetheatre.com
Friday 31st
2018 Events which may be repeated in 2019
MillFest:
National Mills
Weekend is the annual festival of our milling heritage, providing
visitors with a fantastic opportunity
to celebrate working watermills.
 Mary Anning day
Emerald Ant in the museum playing Anning and the scientists characters
(all day)
Jurassic CSI (12.00pm to 4.00pm) - an activity based around a criminal
investigation in the Learning Centre. Our visitors will be able to look
at fossil remains, and help work out who the killer, the predator was!
10.00 to 4.00 Lyme Regis Museum
Boat Building Academy Boat Launch
Just eight months ago this Class was learning how to
sharpen chisels and make dovetail joints. Now they’re making boats as part
of their training
on our intensive 38 week ‘Boat Building, Maintenance and Support’ course.
You can read what brought each student to the Academy on the
class page
and follow the progress of the boat builds
here.
At 9.30am(ish) the boats will be
led from the Academy’s workshops on Monmouth Beach to Lyme Regis Harbour.
Champagne corks will pop and each boat will be launched into the
water for the first time. The launch will celebrate the achievements of the
class, the end of their training at the Academy and the start of their new
lives as boat builders. the slipway -
This is an approximate time due to the scale of the event.
more info.. see right
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