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Dartington Gardens

Dartington Gardens

Date: Friday, December 12, 2025

Time: Various

Location: Gardens

Running: 12 December-31 January

Buy a day ticket to Dartington's stunning formal Grade II Listed gardens. See if the kids can find Santa's reindeers hiding in the Gardens! Free with children's garden tickets until Christmas Eve - pick up a trail map in the Welcome Centre.
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Reindeer Trail

Reindeer Trail

Date: Friday, December 12, 2025

Time: Various

Location: Dartington Gardens

Running: 12 December-24 December

Find Santa's reindeers dashing through the garden! Free with children's garden tickets - pick up a trail map in the Welcome Centre.
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Time for Tea at the White Hart

Time for Tea at the White Hart

Date: Friday, December 12, 2025

Time: Various

Location: The White Hart Pub

Running: 12 December-27 December

Delicious Afternoon Tea Experiences at the White Hart Pub, with a choice of packages. Plus a free entry ticket for the Grade II listed gardens to top the afternoon off. Teas available anytime between 12-4pm on Fridays and Saturdays.
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Palestine 36 [12A]

Palestine 36 [12A]

Date: Friday, December 12, 2025

Time: 2:00 PM

Location: Barn Cinema

Running: 12 December-16 December

Palestine’s 2026 Oscars entry for Best International Feature, Annemarie Jacir’s vital drama explores the events leading up to the Arab Revolt of 1936, performed by a stellar ensemble cast.
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Blue Moon [15]

Blue Moon [15]

Date: Friday, December 12, 2025

Time: 8:00 PM

Location: Barn Cinema

Running: 12 December-18 December

A really beautiful, funny performance from Ethan Hawke – directed by his great collaborator, Richard Linklater (Before trilogy, Boyhood) – anchors this witty and affecting study of a gifted artist on a downhill slide that feels like a backstage pass to a bygone era of old New York.
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Elmhirst Heritage Centre Tour

Elmhirst Heritage Centre Tour

Date: Saturday, December 13, 2025

Time: Various

Location: Elmhirst Heritage Centre

Running: 13 December-28 March

Welcome to the Elmhirst Heritage Centre, our new indoor visitor destination at Dartington Hall. The Heritage Centre was once the private residence of Dorothy and Leonard Elmhirst, and you can book a guided heritage tour to get a sense of how the building looked in its 1960s heyday.
Exhibition: Dancing in Utopia

Exhibition: Dancing in Utopia

Date: Saturday, December 13, 2025

Time: Various

Location: Elmhirst Heritage Centre

Running: 13 December-31 January

1930s Dance at Dartington. Our exhibition space is in the new Elmhirst Heritage Centre, which will host a series of changing temporary exhibitions inspired by our wider art collection and archive.
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The Muppet Christmas Carol [U]

The Muppet Christmas Carol [U]

Date: Saturday, December 13, 2025

Time: 2:00 PM

Location: Barn Cinema

Running: 13 December-21 December

Bah, humbug! The Muppets take on Charles Dickens’s evergreen story of festive redemption. Michael Caine is old miser Scrooge, with Kermit playing his long-suffering but ever-hopeful employee Bob Cratchit, Miss Piggy Cratchit's wife, and a host of other Muppets taking on roles throughout Brian Henson’s merry, magical adaptation.
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Pillion [18]

Pillion [18]

Date: Saturday, December 13, 2025

Time: 8:00 PM

Location: Barn Cinema

Running: 13 December-18 December

Wallflower Colin (Harry Melling) leads a humdrum existence until he meets the impossibly handsome Ray (Alexander Skarsgård), a mysterious biker who introduces him to an exciting new world of desire.
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Dartington Christmas Cracker

Dartington Christmas Cracker

Date: Monday, December 15, 2025

Time: 7:30 PM

Location: Great Hall

Limited extra tickets released! Dartington Community Choir together with Dartington Playgoers present a joyful celebration of Christmas with music and tales of the season and an opportunity for audience participation. Conducted by Simon Dunbavand.
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Silent Sherlock: Three Classic Cases [PG]

Silent Sherlock: Three Classic Cases [PG]

Date: Thursday, December 18, 2025

Time: 8:00 PM

Location: Barn Cinema

Running: 18 December-29 December

For decades, Sherlock Holmes fans worldwide have been waiting for the restoration of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes series. Produced by Stoll Pictures between 1921 and 1923, this collection is the last significant work in the Sherlock silent film canon to be restored.
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Folktales [12A]

Folktales [12A]

Date: Friday, December 19, 2025

Time: 2:00 PM

Location: Barn Cinema

Running: 19 December-1 January

Through intimate verité storytelling and exhilarating cinematography, this magical, atmospheric documentary sees young people on the cusp of adulthood find themselves at the edge of the world.
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Merrily We Roll Along [15]

Merrily We Roll Along [15]

Date: Friday, December 19, 2025

Time: 8:00 PM

Location: Barn Cinema

Running: 19 December-21 December

Spanning three decades, Merrily We Roll Along charts the turbulent relationship between composer Franklin Shepard and his two lifelong friends — writer Mary and lyricist & playwright Charley.
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Zootropolis 2 [PG]

Zootropolis 2 [PG]

Date: Saturday, December 27, 2025

Time: 2:00 PM

Location: Barn Cinema

Running: 27 December-11 January

Here is the much anticipated sequel - the wildest mystery in Zootropolis hisssstory!
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Eternity [15]

Eternity [15]

Date: Saturday, December 27, 2025

Time: 5:00 PM

Location: Barn Cinema

Running: 27 December-30 December

In eternity, death is not the end. Elizabeth Olsen (Martha Marcy May Marlene), Miles Teller (Whiplash) and Callum Turner (Emma) star in David Freyne’s witty, glossy high concept romantic comedy.
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Dartington 100: All Things To All People Part 1 [U]

Dartington 100: All Things To All People Part 1 [U]

Date: Tuesday, December 30, 2025

Time: 5:00 PM

Location: Barn Cinema

With unique, never before seen film archive from the 1930s & 40s Dartington Film Unit which has been restored and digitised, this tells the story of Dartington not through a guide or narration but through the words, voices and ideas of those who made Dartington what it was, what it is and what we hope it can be.
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The Tale of Silyan [12A]

The Tale of Silyan [12A]

Date: Friday, January 9, 2026

Time: 2:00 PM

Location: Barn Cinema

Running: 9 January-15 January

From the Oscar-nominated director of ‘Honeyland’ comes a poignant and visually arresting story set in the heart of rural Macedonia. A down-on-his luck farmer grappling with the harsh reality of new economic policies, develops a unique bond with a wounded white stork as he nurses the bird back to health.
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Nuremberg [15]

Nuremberg [15]

Date: Friday, January 9, 2026

Time: 5:00 PM

Location: Barn Cinema

Running: 9 January-15 January

In the immediate aftermath of the Second World War, as the world grapples with the unveiled horrors of the Holocaust, U.S. Army psychiatrist Lt. Col. Douglas Kelley is assigned the extraordinary task of assessing the mental state of Hermann Göring the notorious former Reichsmarschall and Hitler’s second in command, along with other high-ranking Nazi officials.
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The Ice Tower [15]

The Ice Tower [15]

Date: Friday, January 9, 2026

Time: 8:00 PM

Location: Barn Cinema

Running: 9 January-13 January

Colder than ice, her kiss pierces the heart… Oscar winner Marion Cotillard (La Vie En Rose) brings a thrilling magnetism to the screen for this snowbound tale of obsession and wish fulfilment between an actress and a young runaway.
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Becoming Victoria Wood [cert TBC]

Becoming Victoria Wood [cert TBC]

Date: Wednesday, January 14, 2026

Time: 2:00 PM

Location: Barn Cinema

Running: 14 January-19 January

Victoria Wood remains one of Britain’s most cherished entertainers, a comic genius whose gentle, yet biting style reshaped the landscape of British humour. But behind the joyous persona – the singer, the satirist, the sharp-witted writer – lay a young woman navigating insecurity, anger and self-doubt.
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Royal Opera Live: La Traviata [cert TBC]

Royal Opera Live: La Traviata [cert TBC]

Date: Wednesday, January 14, 2026

Time: 6:45 PM

Location: Barn Cinema

Royal Ballet & Opera Season 25-26. Heart-rending arias meet harsh realities in this captivating story. Experience the devastating beauty of Verdi’s music in some of opera’s most famous tunes.
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Sentimental Value [15]

Sentimental Value [15]

Date: Friday, January 16, 2026

Time: 5:00 PM

Location: Barn Cinema

Running: 16 January-22 January

Anchored by astonishing performances across the board Sentimental Value is a rewarding and profoundly moving experience that intimately explores sisterhood, father-daughter relationships and the evocative power of childhood memories.
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Eleanor the Great [12A]

Eleanor the Great [12A]

Date: Friday, January 16, 2026

Time: 8:00 PM

Location: Barn Cinema

Running: 16 January-21 January

Oscar nominee June Squibb’s (Nebraska, Thelma) wit and charm get a wonderful showcase in Scarlett Johansson’s funny, poignant directorial debut, a story about grief, loss and compassion.
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The Spongebob Movie: Search for Sqarepants [PG]

The Spongebob Movie: Search for Sqarepants [PG]

Date: Saturday, January 17, 2026

Time: 2:00 PM

Location: Barn Cinema

Running: 17 January-25 January

SpongeBob and his Bikini Bottom friends return to set sail in their biggest, all-new, can’t miss cinematic event yet!
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NT Live: Hamlet [cert TBC]

NT Live: Hamlet [cert TBC]

Date: Thursday, January 22, 2026

Time: 7:00 PM

Location: Barn Cinema

Olivier Award-winner Hiran Abeysekera (Life of Pi) is Hamlet in this fearless, contemporary take on Shakespeare’s famous tragedy.
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Hamnet [12A]

Hamnet [12A]

Date: Friday, January 23, 2026

Time: 2:00 PM

Location: Barn Cinema

Running: 23 January-29 January

Based on Maggie O’Farrell’s acclaimed novel about William Shakespeare and his family, Hamnet is a wildly sensitive, magnificently crafted story of love, grief and the restorative power of art.
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Royal Ballet Live: Woolf Works [cert TBC]

Royal Ballet Live: Woolf Works [cert TBC]

Date: Monday, February 9, 2026

Time: 7:15 PM

Location: Barn Cinema

Royal Ballet & Opera Season 25-26. Resident Choreographer Wayne McGregor’s experimental ballet triptych inspired by the genre-defying works and writings of Virginia Woolf, set to an original score by Max Richter.
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Royal Ballet Live: Giselle [cert TBC]

Royal Ballet Live: Giselle [cert TBC]

Date: Tuesday, March 3, 2026

Time: 7:15 PM

Location: Barn Cinema

Royal Ballet & Opera Season 25-26. Experience the quintessential Romantic ballet Giselle in Peter Wright’s atmospheric and bewitching production.
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Royal Opera Live: Siegfried [cert TBC]

Royal Opera Live: Siegfried [cert TBC]

Date: Tuesday, March 31, 2026

Time: 5:15 PM

Location: Barn Cinema

Royal Ballet & Opera Season 25-26. Raised by a scheming dwarf and unaware of his true family origins, a young man embarks on an epic journey. Soon, destiny brings him face-to-face with a shattered sword, a fearsome dragon and the cursed ring it guards, and a Valkyrie forced into enchanted slumber...
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Royal Opera Live: The Magic Flute [cert TBC]

Royal Opera Live: The Magic Flute [cert TBC]

Date: Tuesday, April 21, 2026

Time: 6:45 PM

Location: Barn Cinema

Royal Ballet & Opera Season 25-26. Mozart’s fantastical opera glitters in David McVicar’s enchanting production, conducted by French conductor Marie Jacquot in her Covent Garden debut, and Finnegan Downie Dear.
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Met Opera: Eugene Onegin [cert TBC]

Met Opera: Eugene Onegin [cert TBC]

Date: Tuesday, May 5, 2026

Time: 6:00 PM

Location: Barn Cinema

Royal Ballet & Opera Season 25-26. The Met’s evocative production, directed by Tony Award–winner Deborah Warner, 'offers a beautifully detailed reading of… Tchaikovsky’s lyrical romance' (The Telegraph).
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