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The Mastermind [12A]

The Mastermind [12A]

Date: Friday, November 14, 2025

Time: 5:00 PM

Location: Barn Cinema

Running: 14 November-20 November

Josh O’Connor (La Chimera, The Crown) pairs up with celebrated filmmaker Kelly Reichardt (Certain Women, First Cow) for a heist movie like no other.
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Bugonia [15]

Bugonia [15]

Date: Friday, November 14, 2025

Time: 8:00 PM

Location: Barn Cinema

Running: 14 November-20 November

Oscar-winner Emma Stone reunites with her Poor Things director Yorgos Lanthimos (The Favourite) for this gripping, darkly funny environmental comedy-thriller.
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Dartington Gardens

Dartington Gardens

Date: Wednesday, November 19, 2025

Time: Various

Location: Gardens

Running: 19 November-31 December

Buy a day ticket to Dartington's stunning formal Grade II Listed gardens.
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Elmhirst Heritage Centre Tour

Elmhirst Heritage Centre Tour

Date: Thursday, November 20, 2025

Time: Various

Location: Elmhirst Heritage Centre

Running: 20 November-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.
Time for Tea at the White Hart

Time for Tea at the White Hart

Date: Friday, November 21, 2025

Time: Various

Location: The White Hart Pub

Running: 21 November-29 November

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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The Choral [12A]

The Choral [12A]

Date: Friday, November 21, 2025

Time: 2:00 PM

Location: Barn Cinema

Running: 21 November-4 December

Ralph Fiennes (Conclave) leads a terrific ensemble cast in this funny and moving First World War drama from director Nicholas Hytner and writer Alan Bennett, marking their fourth writer-director collaboration following The Madness of King George, The History Boys, and The Lady in The Van.
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Exhibition: Dancing in Utopia

Exhibition: Dancing in Utopia

Date: Saturday, November 22, 2025

Time: Various

Location: Elmhirst Heritage Centre

Running: 22 November-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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Princess Mononoke [12A]

Princess Mononoke [12A]

Date: Saturday, November 22, 2025

Time: 2:00 PM

Location: Barn Cinema

Running: 22 November-23 November

Oscar-winning director and Studio Ghibli co-founder Hayao Miyazaki’s (Spirited Away) epic fantasy returns in a brand new 4K restoration.
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DCC: Psalms and Sacrifice

DCC: Psalms and Sacrifice

Date: Sunday, November 23, 2025

Time: 7:30 PM

Location: Great Hall

Dartington Community Choir’s Autumn concert brings together the works of 3 composers in a programme to inspire and celebrate. Conducted by Simon Dunbavand with soloists Catherine Hamilton and Harriet Oakley.
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Power Station [12A]

Power Station [12A]

Date: Sunday, November 23, 2025

Time: 8:00 PM

Location: Barn Cinema

Running: 23 November-26 November

Two artists in Walthamstow set out to take their street off the grid, kickstarting a solar-powered energy revolution. By turns funny and heartwarming, Powell and Edelstyn’s film is a vibrant portrait of their local neighbourhood, and a charming testament to the power of art in changing minds about what could be possible.
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Royal Ballet Live: Cinderella [12A]

Royal Ballet Live: Cinderella [12A]

Date: Tuesday, November 25, 2025

Time: 7:15 PM

Location: Barn Cinema

Royal Ballet & Opera Season 25-26. This enchanting ballet by The Royal Ballet’s Founding Choreographer Frederick Ashton is a theatrical experience for all the family and will transport you into an ethereal world where a sprinkling of fairy dust makes dreams come true.
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NT Live: The Fifth Step [12A]

NT Live: The Fifth Step [12A]

Date: Thursday, November 27, 2025

Time: 7:00 PM

Location: Barn Cinema

Running: 27 November-30 November

Olivier Award-winner Jack Lowden (Slow Horses, Dunkirk) is joined by Emmy and BAFTA-winner Martin Freeman (The Hobbit, The Responder) in the critically acclaimed and subversively funny new play by David Ireland.
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Die My Love [15]

Die My Love [15]

Date: Friday, November 28, 2025

Time: 8:00 PM

Location: Barn Cinema

Running: 28 November-4 December

Based on Ariana Harwicz’s novel and co-starring Sissy Spacek, LaKeith Stanfield and Nick Nolte, director Lynne Ramsay marks her eagerly-awaited return to the screen with this fierce, raw, intensely sensuous vision that charts the complexity of love.
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The Thing With Feathers [15]

The Thing With Feathers [15]

Date: Friday, December 5, 2025

Time: 8:00 PM

Location: Barn Cinema

Running: 5 December-9 December

A young father's hold on reality crumbles following his wife’s death as a strange presence begins to stalk him from the shadowy recesses of the apartment he shares with his two young sons.
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Royal Ballet Live: The Nutcracker [U]

Royal Ballet Live: The Nutcracker [U]

Date: Wednesday, December 10, 2025

Time: 7:15 PM

Location: Barn Cinema

Royal Ballet & Opera Season 25-26. Featuring Tchaikovsky’s most familiar melodies and brought to life by Julia Trevelyan Oman’s exquisite designs, The Nutcracker is sure to be a festive firecracker for all ages.
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The Marbles [12A]

The Marbles [12A]

Date: Thursday, December 11, 2025

Time: 2:00 PM

Location: Barn Cinema

Running: 11 December-12 December

In this fascinating, thoughtful and very personal documentary, director David Wilkinson examines one of history’s most controversial cultural disputes – the removal of the Parthenon (or Elgin) Marbles – and the ongoing global campaign to return them to Greece.
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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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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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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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Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery [12A]

Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery [12A]

Date: Friday, December 19, 2025

Time: 5:00 PM

Location: Barn Cinema

Running: 19 December-28 December

Daniel Craig returns as cinema’s favourite detective Benoit Blanc in another star-studded Knives Out story – and devilishly playful reinvention of the classic whodunit – from director Rian Johnson.
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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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Festive Baroque for Christmas

Festive Baroque for Christmas

Date: Saturday, December 20, 2025

Time: 6:00 PM

Location: Great Hall

The perfect prelude to Christmas. A magical evening of brilliance, beauty and joy. The programme includes Trumpet Concertos by Purcell and Handel, and 'Winter' from Vivaldi's Four Seasons.
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Zootropolis 2 [cert TBC]

Zootropolis 2 [cert TBC]

Date: Saturday, December 27, 2025

Time: 2:00 PM

Location: Barn Cinema

Running: 27 December-1 January

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

Eternity [15]

Date: Sunday, December 28, 2025

Time: 8:00 PM

Location: Barn Cinema

Running: 28 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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