Local Events Diary A guide to what's on in the Bay
| There's always lots to do in the Bay! Please scroll down to view whats on offer. This Events and What's on Diary is listed in date order. If you would like your event listed here please email us at gotorbayteam@english-riviera.co.uk Don't forget to check out:
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Summer Ghost Show Kents Cavern 1 July–31 August
Torbay Carnival 26th July - 2nd August
Torbay Steam Fair 31st July-2nd August
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Paignton Regatta Aug 8 - 16th
Brixham Childrens Week 17th 21st August
Torbay Sailing Regatta August 21- 26th
Darmouth Regatta 27, 28 and 29th August
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The Babbacombe Theatre has always been renowned for keeping its ‘finger on the pulse’ as well as keeping one step ahead. 2009 will be no exception as the all-new show ‘Alive With Laughter’ opened at the venue on Tuesday 10th February and will run weekly until October 21st . . . . . BOX OFFICE: 01803 328385 .. Click to email Babbacombe Theatre for further info |
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Don’t miss top live entertainment shows everyday of the Devon school holidays. Spectacular festivals, big events, car rallies and Jazz Band sessions. Exciting Falconry Displays daily throughout the summer. Roary the Racing Car from Silver Hatch will be at Woodlands on August 12th. Remember only the best entertainers perform at Woodlands . . . . . . 01803 712598 . . Click to email Woodlands Leisure Park for further info |
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Step back in time and enjoy a Medieval themed evening or weekend, with dancing and music throughout the weekend, in a 14th Century Saxon Manor with original oak beams, Armoury and open log fires! Dine in Medieval costume! . . . . . 01803 842186 .. click to enquire |
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*Applies certain times/nights - please check. Friday Nights
FREE BAR ALL NIGHT ONLY £8!!! COME OUT TO PLAY! Your first choice for a night out in Torquay. We run incredible nights throughout the week including ladies night and an Under 18's Night. Best in Live acts and DJs with performances from some of the biggest names . . . . . 01803 20 11 37 .. click to enquire |
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Join us for one of our famous Murder Mystery evenings, with the Candlelight Theatre Company. Arrival 7.00pm, three course dinner with coffee. Or why not make a weekend of it and stay over in one of our Superior Four Poster rooms. Murder Mystery dinner on the Friday night, full English in the morning, candlelit dinner on the Saturday night . . . . . 01803 842186 .. click to enquire |
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The Valbonne Loyalty card - incredible discounts. The Valbonne nightclub is Torquay's exclusive night out, open every Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights. Click on the Events link on our page and you can find weekly night information & the latest club news. You can also pre-book your nights out with us, and view the latest photos in the online club gallery. . . . . . 01803 290 458 .. click to enquire |
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The Spinning Wheel on Paignton Seafront has a long established reputation for being the No.1 entertainment venue in Torbay, providing an exciting program of nightly entertainment, including live music, dance music with resident dj and weekly karaoke. There are also large Plasma TV screens and satellite TV . . . . . 01803 555 000 .. click for NIGHTLY GIG LIST |
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| New Release JULY |
Apollo Cinema • Seafront Paignton |
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Cert: 12A - 1 hour 31 mins
Am I Black Enough For You tells the story of legendary Philadelphia soul artist Billy Paul, his life long companionship with his wife Blanche, and of how the oppression of Afro-Americans and the civil rights movement gave rise to the birth of Soul music. . . . . . BOX OFFICE: 0871 220 6000 .. apollocinemas.co.uk |
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was one of the great folk entertainers of the 70's along with Billy Connolly and Jasper Carrott. His evergreen career has been acknowledged through numerous awards within both the music and entertainment industries, from a BAFTA Nomination as a television entertainer to a Gold Award from The British Academy . . . . . BOX OFFICE: 01803 328385 .. Click to email Babbacombe Theatre for further info |
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Coombeshead College, Newton Abbot is joining forces with Charles Garland Productions and Matthews Productions to present the first performance of a new musical. Written by Chris Hamel-Cooke and Charles Garland the show is called ‘Five, Six, Seven, Eight!’ It will be performed in the Community Arts Theatre at Coombeshead College . . . . . Details: 01803 328385 or 01626 201800 .. Click to email Babbacombe Theatre for further info |
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This year celebrates '14 years on the road'. In that time the band has worked in many areas of music including a spot on tour with American soulster Edwin Starr and performances on BBC1 featuring a medley performed with Atomic Kitten & Martine McCutcheon for Children in Need in 2000 . . . . . BOX OFFICE: 01803 328385 .. Click to email Babbacombe Theatre for further info |
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Sets include The TIGHT FIT HITS 'The Lion Sleeps Tonight' No 1 in 1982 'Fantasy Island' No 5 in 1982 'I'm Undecided' & 'Secret Heart' plus non stop memories such as 'Billie Jean' 'Don’t You Want Me' 'Sister’s Are Doin' It For Themselves' . . . . . BOX OFFICE: 01803 328385 .. Click to email Babbacombe Theatre for further info |
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| 21st JULY 19.30 |
Princess Theatre • Torquay TQ2 5EZ |
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Abba Mania has been delighting audiences and selling out UK theatres since it’s formation in 1999. If you’re looking for an excuse to party, reminisce or simply be entertained by the best music there has ever been, then Abba Mania is for you! Join in and enjoy all of your favourites including: ‘Mamma Mia’, ‘Voulez Vous’, ‘Dancing Queen’, ‘Winner Takes It All’, ‘Super Trouper’ and many more. . . . . . TEL ADMIN: 01803 290 288 .. |
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| 24th JULY 7.30pm |
The Palace Theatre • Palace Avenue Paignton |
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Quite simply the most concise musical theatre production encompassing Elvis' incredible musical journey from his humble beginnings at the Sun Studio's Memphis Tennessee, to the iconic world superstar of Las Vegas. Every aspect of Elvis' career is performed to perfection including - Elvis Early Years . . . . . . BOX OFFICE: 01803 66 58 00 .. |
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The Cornish Legend Returns! Jethro has only appeared on TV 9 times in his life, but he has played live to over 3 million people. He has never won a comedy award, but he did once win the Fathers Egg and Spoon Race at St Just Primary School sports day . . . . . BOX OFFICE: 01803 328385 .. Click to email Babbacombe Theatre for further info |
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| 28th JULY 19.30 |
Princess Theatre • Torquay TQ2 5EZ |
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Abba Mania has been delighting audiences and selling out UK theatres since it’s formation in 1999. If you’re looking for an excuse to party, reminisce or simply be entertained by the best music there has ever been, then Abba Mania is for you! Join in and enjoy all of your favourites including: ‘Mamma Mia’, ‘Voulez Vous’, ‘Dancing Queen’, ‘Winner Takes It All’, ‘Super Trouper’ and many more. . . . . . TEL ADMIN: 01803 290 288 .. |
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known affectionately as 'Tarby' is one of Britain's favourite comics and has a television career spanning over forty years. Today, he can often be found either on the golf course or entertaining corporate audiences at gala dinners and award ceremonies with his quick wit and charismatic personality . . . . . BOX OFFICE: 01803 328385 .. Click to email Babbacombe Theatre for further info |
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| 4th - 5th AUG |
Princess Theatre • Torquay TQ2 5EZ |
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Enjoy and evening or matinee performance at the Princess Theatre in Torquay. The Princess Theatre runs a wide and varied program of shows,musicals and events througout the year. Don't miss the spectacular ice shows, ballets and high profile entertainers at the Princess Theatre . . . . . TEL ADMIN: 01803 290 288 .. |
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| 8th AUG 19.30 |
Princess Theatre • Torquay TQ2 5EZ |
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Abba Mania has been delighting audiences and selling out UK theatres since it’s formation in 1999. If you’re looking for an excuse to party, reminisce or simply be entertained by the best music there has ever been, then Abba Mania is for you! Join in and enjoy all of your favourites including: ‘Mamma Mia’, ‘Voulez Vous’, ‘Dancing Queen’, ‘Winner Takes It All’, ‘Super Trouper’ and many more. . . . . . TEL ADMIN: 01803 290 288 .. |
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The legend that is FREDDIE STARR is often described as outrageous, madcap and crazy. He is all these things as well as a great ballad singer, a brilliant impressionist and an accomplished actor - look out for the next explosion of madcap mayhem! . . . . . BOX OFFICE: 01803 328385 .. Click to email Babbacombe Theatre for further info |
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| 18 & 25 AUG 19.30 |
Princess Theatre • Torquay TQ2 5EZ |
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Abba Mania has been delighting audiences and selling out UK theatres since it’s formation in 1999. If you’re looking for an excuse to party, reminisce or simply be entertained by the best music there has ever been, then Abba Mania is for you! Join in and enjoy all of your favourites including: ‘Mamma Mia’, ‘Voulez Vous’, ‘Dancing Queen’, ‘Winner Takes It All’, ‘Super Trouper’ and many more. . . . . . TEL ADMIN: 01803 290 288 .. |
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Two Amazing Jazz Musicians and their bands together in one place on the same night! What an event for jazz fans worldwide! Acker Bilk gained worldwide fame with his hit single Stranger on the Shore in 1962, the first record to hit the number one spot in the UK and USA simultaneously . . . . . BOX OFFICE: 01803 328385 .. Click to email Babbacombe Theatre for further info |
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| MON 7 - 19 SEP 7.30pm |
The Little Theatre • Torquay TQ1 2EL |
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Directed by Cora Gant. A Classic Whodunnit By Agatha Christie. A sensational murder... a rich widow ... a famous barrister... and a plot to keep you guessing to the very end! Little Theatre, Torquay, Devon - winner of the best night out in Torbay award - 2005 and 2006! . . . . . TEL: 01803 299 330 .. |
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Derek Acorah is undoubtedly the UK’s No. 1 Spirit Medium. He achieved his current status by becoming the resident medium for Living TV’s – ‘MOST HAUNTED’, in which he was seen investigating haunted properties. The programme proved to be a huge success achieving phenomenal audience figures . . . . . . BOX OFFICE: 01803 328385 .. Click to email Babbacombe Theatre for further info |
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| 13th - 19th Sep '09 |
Torbay Cultural Partnership • Torquay |
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2009 sees a welcome return for the fifth annual Agatha Christie Week. Coinciding with the birthday of Mrs Christie, the week, co-ordinated by the Torbay Cultural partnership, will run from 13th - 19th September 2009. The week will be part of a nation-wide celebration of the life and works of the most published novelist of all time. Torquay is the birthplace of the undisputed 'Queen of Crime' and the festival grows bigger each year. . . .. Click to email for further info |
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| Tuesday 15 Sep '09 7.30 |
Torbay Film Club • at Torquay Museum, Torquay |
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This Oscar-nominated black comedy starring Colin Farrell and Ralph Fiennes is set to become a cult classic. Two foul-mouthed Irish hitmen lie low in the stunning Belgian town of Bruges after a botched job back home. While awaiting instructions from their furious boss, they brace themselves for the worst . . .. Click to email Torbay Film Club for further info |
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Hot off the back of his Filipino tour Matt Monro Jnr. has over the last five years, firmly established himself as a great international showman and artist in his own right. Intimately Yours… offers a real insight into the life and music of the late Matt Monro . . . . . . BOX OFFICE: 01803 328385 .. Click to email Babbacombe Theatre for further info |
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| Tuesday 6 Oct '09 7.30 |
Torbay Film Club • at Torquay Museum, Torquay |
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Winner of the Palme d'Or at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival, master French director Laurent Cantet's The Class is an absorbing journey into a multicultural high school in Paris over the course of a school year. Partially improvised, using a real (ex)teacher and real school kids in note-perfect . . .. Click to email Torbay Film Club for further info |
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| Tuesday 3 Nov '09 7.30 |
Torbay Film Club • at Torquay Museum, Torquay |
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A moving biography of the dancer Isadora Duncan, the 1920s dancer who had a child by Paris Singer, heir to the sewing machine magnate who owned Oldway Mansion in Paignton. Isadora forever changed people's ideas of ballet, and her attitudes on free love, dress, and lifestyle shocked the public of her time . . .. Click to email Torbay Film Club for further info |
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Des O’Connor is today established as one of the world’s most popular and best loved entertainers. Since landing his first television series in the UK in 1963 he has starred in his own mainstream television show every year since then – longer than anyone anywhere in the world. . . . . . . BOX OFFICE: 01803 328385 .. Click to email Babbacombe Theatre for further info |
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This is a charity show for a superb local cause. A host of superb entertainers will come along and perform. There will be something for everyone and the show gurantees, lots of laughs with some great comedy and vocalists, speciality acts to astound you as well as some gorgeous dancers . . . . . . BOX OFFICE: 01803 328385 .. Click to email Babbacombe Theatre for further info |
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| Tuesday 1 Dec '09 7.30 |
Torbay Film Club • at Torquay Museum, Torquay |
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Germany/Mongolia 87 mins Subtitled. Effortlessly blending drama, nature documentary, and ethnographic film, The Story of the Weeping Camel weaves a magical tale about a nomadic Mongolian family who reunite a rejected baby camel with its mother . . .. Click to email Torbay Film Club for further info |
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| Tuesday 5 Jan '10 7.30 |
Torbay Film Club • at Torquay Museum, Torquay |
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Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodovar's latest ode to women-in-peril is as brilliant as anything he's done. Penelope Cruz shines as the heroine confronted with an abusive husband, the madness of a patricidal daughter, the death of a senile aunt, and the return of Cruz' mother from the 'grave'. . . .. Click to email Torbay Film Club for further info |
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| Tuesday 2 March '10 7.30 |
Torbay Film Club • at Torquay Museum, Torquay |
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Israel/Germany/France 106 mins Subtitled. Palestinian widow Salma (Hiam Abbass) takes on the Israeli Defense Minister when he moves to the house opposite her lemon grove and threatens to cut it down. An understated, thought-provoking yet positive view of the Palestinian-Israeli troubles . . .. Click to email Torbay Film Club for further info |
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| Tuesday 13 April '10 7.30 |
Torbay Film Club • at Torquay Museum, Torquay |
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Somerset Maugham’s classic 1920s tale of infidelity, revenge and redemption in the Orient is brought to life in a terrifically acted and exquisitely beautiful drama starring Edward Norton and Naomi Watts. Norton is especially good, finding humanity in a stern scientist who inflicts cruel and unusual punishment on his cheating wife . . .. Click to email Torbay Film Club for further info |
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| Tuesday 4 May '10 7.30 |
Torbay Film Club • at Torquay Museum, Torquay |
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British director Danny Boyle takes another intriguing career turn with this heartfelt, rags to riches yarn about street kid Jamal (Dev Patel). The film cuts between Jamal’s appearance on ‘Who Wants to be a Millionaire’ and his tough, brutal childhood in the slums of Mumbai, and delivers a gritty . . .. Click to email Torbay Film Club for further info |
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