Dorset Loves Arts Month - Launch

Saturday 4th September.

 10:00 am - 4.00pm.

Admission: Free.

A full day of Arts Workshops and information on arts events in Dorset this September.

To celebrate the Launch of Dorset Loves Arts Month,  a taster day is taking place to show you just how creative and fun Dorset is. See the Giant Dinosaur Sculpture, listen to some live music and try your hand at some belly dancing. With activities and information for all ages it’s a chance to experience all the different arts on your doorstep. Watch some short films and pick up loads of information about the up and coming festivals and events being held in Dorset this September. Ever wondered if you could be a town crier, well come along in the afternoon and give it a try. Bring some scrap metal with you and see it become part of a new sculpture,  bake a cake at home, decorate it in the style of great art and enter it into our cake competition.  STOP what you’re doing, LOOK and LISTEN to the creative world around Dorset.

http://www.dorsetlovesarts.org/event.php?eventID=166

http://www.dorsetlovesarts.org/event_results.php

Weymouth Stitch 'n' Bitch

Tuesday 17th August, 7 – 10pm

It’s another Stitch ‘n’ Bitch. same time, same place! Last time we had Bryony with her spinning wheel, and hopefully this time she’ll bring it along again so there may be a possibility to have a go on it yourselves! I’ve also been promised a box of buttons!

There’s cake and refreshments on offer with a donation, and we’re still asking for £1 on the door to go towards the renovation of the Old Town Hall.

Please don’t hesitate to bring along anything that you think other’s will be interested in and come along even if you have nothing to craft together youself.  See you there!

CARNIVAL ARTS WORKSHOP

2nd-6th August & 9th-13th August

11am-2pm

*Tie-dye*face painting*installation construction*drumming & dance*.
Families welcome.

Unaccompanied children must be over 8 years old.

PROCESSION: Wednesday 18th August

DETAILS: 07920 818775

ANOTHER STITCH 'N' BITCH

Tuesday 3rd August, 7pm till 10pm.

Entry £1, refreshments available (towards renovation funds). Don’t worry if you think you’ll have nothing to do/be no good at the crafts, because there will be plenty of extra bits and bobs on offer and everyone will be there to help you out.

Weymouth Through Time

HISTORY EXHIBITION, TOURS and EVENTS.

Tudors, Plague, Armada, Civil War, Maritime.

(Guardians of the Old Town Hall with Pike And Shot Tour and Event Co)


DETAILS & PRICES

MAIN HISTORY EXHIBITION (upstairs)

5th – 15th July, 11.00am – 4.30pm

Free entry

(donations go towards the renovation of this Grade II Listed Building)

BATTLE OF WEYMOUTH TOUR

July 5th,6th, 8th, 9th, 12th, 13th, 15th, 16th, 2pm & 4pm

Adult: £5, Child: (under 16) £2 (not suitable for under 5′s)

Discover the long forgotten battlefield around Weymouth and Melcombe Regis. We visit the scene of blood thirsty fighting, naval beach assaults,battles, and forts and retrace the route taken by the Royalist and Parliamentarian soldiers during the 17 days of fighting in 1645. So come and experience the forgotten English Civil War Battle that cost the King his Harbour, his War, and his head!

Starts & finishes at Weymouth Old Town Hall.

SHANTY THEATRE COMPANY PRESENTS

‘A RATS TALE’

3rd-16th July

7.30pm (not Sundays) plus 2.30pm matinee on Saturdays.

Adults – £9.50
Concs. – £8.50
Family Ticket (2 Adults 2 Concs.) – £34
Play-in-a-Day Workshops (Sundays 10am-5pm : £15)

Action packed family-ukulele-comedy-play about the Black Death!This hysterically historical tale of plague, pestilence and puns features Shanty’s trademark mix of inventive theatre, original live music, and stories that spring from the myths and history we uncover everywhere we go.

Never has the Black Death been so funny.
A Rat’s Tale; Warning! It’s contagious!