Bring a picnic and enjoy the grounds of this country house and let us transport you to Ballybeg, County Donegal for the harvest time in 1936.
The Mundy sisters, trapped by poverty, escape the drudgery with banter and dancing to the Marconi wireless, hoping to find love and a continuing future together.
A warm and compelling play by Brian Friel, one of the greatest modern Irish writers.
Tickets available in advance from Cygnet Box Office
Call 01392 277189 or purchase on the door.
£10 Adult, £5 Child, £8 Friends of Politmore House and Cygnet ACT.
Plenty of live demonstrations with craft and food products for sale outside, in the Chapel and in the refurbished Project Centre Studio. Bring the whole family!
Refreshments will be available throughout the day.
This event is being held as part of the summer season of fundraising events for the restoration of historic Poltimore House.
Tickets £3, Friends of Poltimore House £2. £5 for 2 adults, children under 16 free.
The House will also be open to view from 12 noon - 4pm (£1 entry at the house door)
Proving that any space can be a theatre and anyone can tell a story, Ignite is a 6-day celebration of new live performance work from the South West and beyond that will host events in a number of venues across Exeter.
It is an affordable opportunity for artists, performers and companies to preview their Edinburgh shows or as a local, alternative, exciting festival experience, aiming to create a diverse and inspiring summer festival programme.
Over 50 performances are to take place across the city at venues including Exeter Phoenix, The Bike Shed Theatre and The Cygnet...
Amateur photographers will have a chance to learn how to take eye-catching portraits from Devon-based professional Guy Newman ( www.GuyNewman.co.uk ) who has photographed Prime Ministers, Royals and celebrities during his 25-year career.
The ‘Family Photography for Beginners’ workshop, which will help raise funds for Poltimore House, is for anyone who would like tips on how to take better photographs of family members, including children. It will be led by photographer Guy Newman who runs a corporate and commercial business from his professional studio at Broadclyst near Exeter....
On 9 June the University of Exeter will bring you its very own Glastonbury: A daylong performing arts festival at Poltimore House.
Featuring music from the University’s Soul Choir, comedy from leading Exeter stand-up Tim McNiven and a wide range of theatre, new writing, dance and film in the form of performances, exhibitions, workshops and stalls.
Arts on the Move seeks to merge the old with the newand in a single day, in a single place, it offers its audience the chance to get involved with a multitude of up and coming contemporary performance in an exciting historic venue...
Come and enjoy the Wardour Garrison's return to Poltimore House near Exeter and experience what it was like to live and fight during the English Civil War. Come and take a stroll in the Grounds or take a walk through time as you explore the House. In 1646 the end of Civil War in the south west was negotiated at Poltimore, and the Treaty of Exeter was signed in the Great Hall at Poltimore - in the fine east-facing room re-modelled in about 1740 as the Saloon.
Refreshments will be available in the Chapel.
Please note: Due to the nature of this event and noise, please leave...
Following on from the success of their annual Plant Sales, the 2013 Garden Fair at Poltimore House seeks to offer a diverse range of plants and other garden related products of the domestic garden.
Suitable for anyone interested in gardening. Refreshments will be available throughout the day.
Dogs on leads welcome.
Adults £3 (£2 Friends of Poltimore House), £5 for 2 adults, children under 16 free.
For more information email: events@poltimore.org or telephone: 01392 248938
Follow the clues and find the letterboxes in the grounds of Poltimore House.
On your return to the Chapel you will receive a chocolate prize if your quest is successful!
Noon-4pm, afternoon tea will be available in the Chapel. Activity charge of £2 per participant which includes one prize. The house and grounds open - admission charges apply, dogs on leads welcome.
Join Jo Hunter of West Country Creative for a one day workshop making gorgeous, tailor made buttons.
The event will take place in the warm surroundings of our studio and a light lunch and afternoon tea is included in the price.
Polymer clay is a fantastic material for making buttons. In its raw state, colours can be mixed to suit and shapes can be easily textured and moulded into a huge range of shapes and sizes. Once baked, it's machine washable and lightweight, so if you are a stitcher, carder, knitter or felter - or just enjoy learning a craft, this course is for you....
Join family history expert Mary Hyland of Plantagenesta for an informative 45 minute talk followed by an hour long workshop where you can start climbing your family tree.
There will be plenty of opportunities to ask questions and afternoon tea will be served (included in the price).
You should come with a little prior knowledge of your family, even if that's just who your parents or grandparents were.
Tickets £6 (£5 for FoPH), booking essential.
www.poltimore.org/
Plantagenesta is considered to be the only family history concession in the country....
