Saturday 20th April - Join us at 10am in the East Dart Hotel in Postbridge for coffee, cake, and historical presentations about prehistoric Dartmoor with archaeologists Emma Stockley and Dr Laura Basell. This will be followed by an optional walk, exploring this history within the local landscape and a group visit to the Postbridge Visitor Centre. This is all part of our 'What If...?' project, supported by The National Lottery Heritage Fund. E-mail to let us know if you're keen to join: abbystobart@medtheatre.co.uk
Saturday 4th - Monday 6th May: Save the date for this fabulous young people’s opportunity! This will mark the end of the 'What If...' project and get us all dreaming about ways that we can make a better future for ourselves by reflecting on what we have learnt from the past on this 3 night residential in the Teign Valley. Limited places: e-mail to book yours now! abbystobart@medtheatre.co.uk
Libraries Unlimited have booked MED Theatre to bring Devon's War Girls to 3 libraries across Devon ~ Wednesday 29th May, 3pm at Bideford Library: Saturday 1st June, 2.30pm at Ivybridge Library: Monday 10th June, 2.30pm at Colyton Library. This fast-paced, two-hander performance pulls inspiration from true local stories explored through the eyes of two young women and the wartime events that bring them together. Click here to find out what Devon's War Girls is all about and go the specific library's website for booking your ticket to a show now!
Next session's date TBC. Thank you to Folk musician and artist Holly Ebony, who lead a workshop for our last session on the process of songwriting for the Exeter Phoenix Archive, reflecting on narratives themes and ideas around community, social change, objectification, travel, colonialism, ecology and relationship to place arising from the footage. What a lovely session - thank you to all who attended also! Email abbystobart@medtheatre.co.uk for more info and to let us know if you're interested in coming along to a future session!
MED Theatre’s Wild Nights Young Company's ‘Dartmoor 2323: What Remains’ is about the moorland where these young people have grown up, 300 years from now, and what the consequences will be if the issues around climate change are not dealt with. Click to listen to it now!