See a historic watermill in action and visit DWT's headquarters. Watch as volunteer millers grind wheat for flour in the traditional way. Our stone-ground wholemeal flour will also be available to buy on the day.
10am-noon.
Admission is free and there is no need to book in advance except for groups and schools.
To enquire please call 01392 279244 or visit www.devonwildlifetrust.org
An overdue fifth visit for this wonderful Canadian musician and multiple JUNO award-winner. Stephen's distinctive folk/roots sound has long made him one of our most popular acts and one of the foremost performing singer/songwriters in his home country. This respected musician has worked with Lucinda Wiliams, Emmylou Harris and Shawn Colvin, and has recently released his 8th solo album Between Hurricanes. Mixing powerful lyrics, creative arrangements, brilliant guitar playing and onstage charm, Stephen has won a loyal international fan-base.
An overdue fifth visit for this wonderful Canadian musician and multiple JUNO award-winner. Stephen's distinctive folk/roots sound has long made him one of our most popular acts and one of the foremost performing singer/songwriters in his home country. This respected musician has worked with Lucinda Wiliams, Emmylou Harris and Shawn Colvin, and has recently released his 8th solo album Between Hurricanes. Mixing powerful lyrics, creative arrangements, brilliant guitar playing and onstage charm, Stephen has won a loyal international fan-base.
Carol Day, a nurse at Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital organised a week-long bake-off to raise awareness of a little known a genetic condition and help raise money for Jeans for Genes.
Carol’s son Tobey was born with Smith Lemli Opitz syndrome 15 months ago and has had numerous appointments to help his physical and mental development.
The bake-off has raised £279, thanks to all the staff – doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals – who made and bought the cakes.
Carol, who works at Surgical and ENT Outpatients, said that, thanks to the wonders of social...
A welcome return for Mill favourites Rag Mama Rag. Husband and wife duo, Ashley and Deborah, deliver a barnstorming mix of 20's and 30's Mississippi Blues and ragtime, alongside original compositions. Playing everything from lapsteel and bottleneck guitar, to dobro, ukulele, washboard, harmonica, spoons and African drum, they'll have your feet tapping and a smile on your face from start to finish!
To visit Rag Mama Rag's website, click here.
Tickets: £13.75 (price covers the music only).
To book, please call 01395 568521 or visit the Mill Shop in the Mill building...
Another first Mill visit, this time from London bluesman Papa George, whose 30 year career has earned him a well-deserved reputation on the blues circuit as one of its top guitarists and vocalists. In February 2013, he was inducted into the American Blues Hall of Fame - praise indeed! This internationally respected musician plays in the deep blues tradition on steel and acoustic guitars. The gritty passion of his vocals, finesse on the blues frets, and skills as a master entertainer combine to deliver a captivating performance full of heart and soul.
An evening of comedy by the well-loved Anton Chekhov. Directed by Barbara Pentecost.
Chekhov was a great theatre man and besides writing his world-famous full length plays such as “Uncle Vanya”, “Three Sisters” and “The Cherry Orchard”, he wrote a number of one act comedies which he called jests. They make timeless fun of well-known situations proving, once again, that things don’t change!
“The Dangers of Tobacco” in a new translation by Paul Schmidt. There may be a no smoking policy within the Blackmore but there can be no harm in considering “the harmful effects which can...
The Cygnet Company showcase their stage combat skills in rapier and dagger, broad sword, quarter staff and fists as well as some gloriously theatrical deaths.
Vote for your favourite fight.
An hour of swashbuckling fun, an evening of mindless violence!
It's 1899 and the 24-year old Winston is approaching the twentieth-century with little to his name but a shambolically unsuccessful election campaign. Neglected by his parents and a failure at school, Winston takes a job as a war correspondent and finds himself posted in South Africa, embroiled in the Boer War. Less than a month later, he is an escaped prisoner-of-war, on the run in the vast South African savannah, taking cover at the bottom of a deep mineshaft. With nothing but rats for company, the young Winston’s mind quickly sinks into paranoia and despair. As the moment for a fresh...
‘This is the minute I imagine most of all. I imagine it because though I know it happened I can’t actually remember it. Why would I? I’m five weeks old and wrapped in yellow wool.’
Kate’s not exactly sure how long she’s been talking to you. Maybe it’s a second. Maybe it’s a minute. Maybe it’s ten. What she does know – and what you need to remember – is that this moment is the most important moment in the universe. It’s the moment before Kate dies.
Presented as a work in progress in Blueprint WBN explore what might happen when you give a writer, a director and a group of...
