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Featured Event
DCC: The Creation
Dartington Community Choir is delighted to present Haydn´s Creation conducted by Simon Dunbavand. They will be joined by Dartington Sinfonietta and 3 wonderful soloists to tell the inspiring story of the Creation of the Earth as it emerges from Chaos.
Featured Event
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Rose of Nevada [15]
Q&A on Saturday 9 May with Director Mark Jenkin (Bait, Enys Men). 30 years ago, the Rose of Nevada was lost at sea with all hands. When it suddenly reappears in the harbour of a rundown Cornish fishing village, it feels like a sign: if the Rose sets sail again, perhaps the village’s luck will turn.
'A Cornish modern classic. Eerie, heart-breaking, wonderful.’ - Mark Kermode.
Featured Event
Antiques Roadshow, Dartington Estate
Fiona Bruce and the Antiques Roadshow team will be back on the road this spring and summer filming series 49 which includes a visit to the beautiful and historic Dartington Estate, near Totnes.
Admission is strictly by ticket only, and applications are now open for free tickets with limited places - click below.
The team are hunting for a wide range of antiques, family heirlooms and vintage treasures. The Roadshow will feature specialists in the fields of jewellery, silver, ceramics and glass, pictures, rare books, clocks and watches, and militaria, as well as a team of experts with knowledge of all things collectable–from vintage fashion to furniture, from music and film memorabilia to collectable toys, from Art Deco to ancient antiquities.
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Mother's Pride [12A]
Martin Clunes (Doc Martin), Mark Addy (The Full Monty) and James Buckley (The Inbetweeners) star in new comedy drama Mother’s Pride, a love letter to the nation’s pubs.
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The Tasters [15]
Based on a story almost too compelling to be true, and on the award-winning, bestselling book At the Wolf’s Table by Rosella Postorino, The Tasters reconstructs the fascinating tale of the women coerced into testing Adolf Hitler’s food during World War II.
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The Bride! [15]
A lonely Frankenstein (Bale) travels to 1930s Chicago to ask groundbreaking scientist Dr. Euphronious (five-time Oscar nominee Annette Bening) to create a companion for him. The two revive a murdered young woman and The Bride (Buckley) is born.
Dartington Gardens and Tours
Buy day tickets to Dartington's stunning formal Grade II Listed gardens, open every day. Guided Tours also available on Fridays which include fascinating insights into the heritage, beauty and history of this special place. Free with your Gardens tickets.
Elmhirst Heritage Centre Tour
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.
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Hoppers [U]
Haven’t you ever wanted to talk to animals and understand what they're saying? In Disney and Pixar's all-new animation Hoppers, scientists have discovered how to "hop" human consciousness into lifelike robotic animals, allowing people to communicate with animals as animals!
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The Love That Remains [15]
Filled with spectacular Icelandic landscapes, The Love That Remains brings humour and fantasy to a tender, inventive and surprising account of the end of a marriage and its effects within a family: artist Anna, fisherman Magnus, their three children and a scene-stealing family dog.
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Project Hail Mary [12A]
Based on Andy Weir’s 2021 sci-fi endurance thriller, The Martian.
Science teacher Ryland Grace (Ryan Gosling) wakes up on a spaceship light-years from home with no recollection of who he is or how he got there. As his memory returns, he begins to uncover his mission: solve the riddle of the mysterious substance causing the sun to die out.
Farmers Market - Cider Press Centre
11am - 4pm, first Saturday of every month.
Clash/Crop are hosting a regular local market inspired by visits to the likes of London's Spitalfields market and Bristol's Tobacco Factory, where visitors can buy great produce, clothes, music and hang out with friends enjoying food, drinks and browsing through what’s on offer. 2 hours free parking.
Exhibition: Dorothy's Gardens
The Elmhirst Heritage Centre’s spring exhibition, Dorothy’s Gardens, will open on Saturday 14th March. Featuring photographs from the archive and extracts from Dorothy Elmhirst’s own garden diaries, this display will bring to life the rapid development of the formal Victorian grounds into a thriving environment for horticulture, performance, and reflection.
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EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert [12A]
Elvis Presley sings and tells his own story like never before in this extraordinary cinematic experience from visionary filmmaker Baz Luhrmann (Elvis, Romeo + Juliet, Moulin Rouge) – the next best thing to seeing the King of Rock and Roll live on stage!
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Hamnet [12A]
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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Dartington 100: All Things To All People Part 1 [U]
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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James Acaster: Cinemagoers Welcome [15]
Three shows – three audiences – one James! James Acaster unleashes his infectious energy across the nation as he explores his love/hate relationship with stand-up - while welcoming a heckle or two. Filmed in Truro, Dublin and Northampton, we see how this experiment panned out in front of three very different audiences.
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DJ Ahmet [PG]
Sheep hit the dancefloor in Georgi M. Unkovski’s crowd-pleasing feature debut, a touching, comic and radiantly colourful coming-of-age story about the unifying power of music.
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Breaking Social [15]
Breaking Social explores how corruption and political violence are becoming increasingly common, and how kleptocracy has undermined the fundamental tenets of political democracy as it caters to the wealthy few.
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NT Live: All My Sons [cert TBC]
Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad) and Marianne Jean-Baptiste (Hard Truths) feature in a five-star, triumphantly acclaimed new production of Arthur Miller’s classic play, from visionary director Ivo Van Hove (A View from the Bridge).
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Father Mother Sister Brother [15]
Blending remarkable performances with Jim Jarmusch’s wry, idiosyncratic observations of everyday life, Father Mother Sister Brother serves as a timely reminder that you can choose your friends and your lovers, but you can’t choose your family. Starring Cate Blanchett, Adam Driver and Charlotte Rampling.
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The Drama [15]
Zendaya (Euphoria, Dune, Challengers) and Robert Pattinson (Twilight series, High Life, Mickey 17) play a happily engaged couple whose bond is tested when an unexpected turn sends their wedding week off the rails.
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Two Prosecutors [12A]
Soviet Union, 1937. Thousands of letters from detainees falsely accused by the regime are burned in a prison cell. Against all odds, one of them reaches its destination, upon the desk of the newly
appointed local prosecutor, Alexander Kornyev.
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The Magic Faraway Tree [U]
The much-anticipated adaptation of Famous Five author Enid Blyton’s whimsical The Magic Faraway Tree book series, bringing the stories into a modern setting.
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Everybody to Kenmure Street [12A]
Winner of the Special Jury Award at this year's Sundance Film Festival, this gripping, tremendously energising documentary takes us inside an extraordinary act of community resistance.
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Royal Opera Live: The Magic Flute [cert TBC]
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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How to Make a Killing [15]
Glen Powell and Margaret Qualley lead an all-star cast in this razor sharp, blackly comic thriller. Based on Robert Hamer’s Ealing comedy classic Kind Hearts and Coronets, it transposes the action to modern-day America.
Makers Market in the Great Hall
10.30am - 3pm | 3 May | 7 June | 6 September | 11 October | 8 November. Come along to this free, family-friendly event and have a leisurely browse around over 25 stalls - from artists to ceramicists, print-makers to glassblowers, artisan food, drink producers, to authors and more. This event runs on the first Sunday of each month.
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Met Opera: Eugene Onegin [cert TBC]
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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EOS: Frida Kahlo [12A]
Frida Kahlo is a phenomenon. She is arguably the world’s favourite female artist – beloved by young and old. Exhibition on Screen’s award-winning film – first released during covid to a restricted audience - is back by popular demand with an exciting new addition from the blockbuster transatlantic exhibition from Tate Britain and MFA Houston 'Frida Kahlo: the Making of an Icon'. Back in the cinemas in May 2026, one month before the Tate exhibition opens, allowing audiences to watch both the film and see the show.
The English Music Festival
A major international classical music festival with world-class artists comes to Dartington Hall! The English Music Festival presents four days of recitals, concerts and talks, including The London Mozart Players, University of Exeter Chapel Choir, award-winning and immersive early music group The Telling, tenor James Gilchrist and cellist Raphael Wallfisch.
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NT Live: The Playboy of the Western World [cert TBC]
Pegeen Flaherty’s life is turned upside down when a young man walks into her pub claiming that he’s killed his father. Instead of being shunned, the killer becomes a local hero and begins to win hearts, that is until a second man unexpectedly arrives on the scene…
Filmed live on stage at the National Theatre, Caitríona McLaughlin directs this darkly funny tale full to the brim with secrets.
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NT Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses [cert TBC]
BAFTA Award-winner Lesley Manville (Phantom Thread) joins Aidan Turner (Rivals) in a striking new staging of Christopher Hampton’s celebrated adaptation of the classic novel, where among the glittering salons of the super-rich, one misstep can mean ruin.
Othello - The Lord Chamberlain’s Men
Join The Lord Chamberlain’s Men this summer for Othello, one of the most captivating and thrilling plays ever written. See it performed how William Shakespeare first saw it, as The Lord Chamberlain’s Men – with a history stretching back to Shakespeare’s original company – present this play in the open air, with an all male cast and Elizabethan costumes, music and dance.