Dartington What's On Mar-Apr 2012

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What’s on: March / April 2012

News In Brief

Welcome to our March/April What's On guide which is packed with films, events, courses, exhibitions, festivals and more at Dartington.

With spring in the air we are once again celebrating the influence of Rabindranath Tagore with the return of the Tagore Festival, which this year features artists including Arun Ghosh and Puppet State Theatre Company - see pages 22-23 for more.

Schumacher College explores issues from The Future of Food and Farming to What's the Point of School? in its short course programme (pages 26-27) - why not come along to an open evening if you're intrigued by what the college has to offer? Meanwhile artists Sound and Fury and Will Adamsdale begin residencies at Dartington Space (page 30). Spring is of course a spectacular time to visit the gardens at Dartington - see page 34 for more information.

If you have any feedback about this guide or Dartington please email feedback@dartington.org Vaughan Lindsay, Chief Executive Officer

About Dartington Based near Totnes in South Devon, we occupy a 1,200 acre estate which was bought in the 1920s by Dorothy and Leonard Elmhirst as the base for their experiment in rural regeneration. Today we remain true to their ethos, committed to addressing important issues through experimentation, collaboration and new ideas.

We welcome visitors all year round. Whilst you're here, explore our grounds and gardens, have lunch in the White Hart and drop into the Shops at Dartington on your way home. You'll be helping to support our work.

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Awards for Ethical Trading Dartington has been the recipient of numerous accolades for its work as an ethical enterprise in recent months. We’re thrilled to have been given the national award for Sustainable Hospitality and Corporate Social Responsibility at the Johansens Condé Nast Awards in December, in February we received the ‘Social Enterprise Mark’, an accolade that is given to businesses that work to help society and protect the environment, and we became a certified member of Business in the Community.

Eliza Carthy leads Olympics Project for Dartington Dartington has been commissioned to lead on a community arts project for the Cultural Olympiad.

Entitled Welcome Songs, the project is designed to highlight the UK’s modern and ancient Olympic heritage, and give communities around the UK a creative way to get involved in the Games. Folk superstar Eliza Carthy and award-winning vocal ensemble I Fagiolini will bring communities across the country together for a celebration in song of our Olympic legacy, including a live performance in Weymouth before the London 2012 opening ceremony. www.dartington.org/welcomesongs

High Cross House High Cross House re-opens to the public on 7th March 2012 under a new partnership between the National Trust and The Dartington Hall Trust.

Following an initial period of showing the house as a ‘blank canvas’, there will be a rotating programme of exhibitions and installations by nationally recognised and emerging local artists.

There will be simple organic catering on-site, and an Art, Craft and Design led shop.

For more information please call 01803 842382 or email highcrosshouse@nationaltrust.org.uk

To read the latest news about Dartington, our work and the people we work with please visit www.dartington.org 2

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Barn Cinema

A Dangerous Method [15]

Introduction

Friday 2 March / 5pm Saturday 3 March / 8pm Sunday 4 March / 3pm Monday 5 & Tuesday 6 March / 8pm Wednesday 7 March / 5pm Thursday 8 March / 8pm

It’s not often that a film like The Artist comes around so we’ve extended the run just to give more of you a chance to see it where it needs to be seen in classic format on the big screen. On that subject we will be revisiting the magic of silent movies with our Bristol Slapstick Festival screening of Buster Keaton’s classic, The General on March 21 with live musical accompaniment from the wonderful Stephen Horne.

We’ll also catch up on some of the other Oscar contenders and revisit a few that played with us last year including Woody Allen’s magical Midnight in Paris. A special mention also to our SHOOT Festival award winning short film Ray: A Life Underwater which plays with the hugely entertaining Red Dog Australia’s film of the year.

Finally a bevy of great British actors enliven what is sure to be the March highlight in The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel. This introduction to India is picked up in our Tagore season of films where Michael Winterbottom’s beautifully judged retelling of Tess of the d’Urbervilles, Trishna, takes central stage.

Colin Orr, Film Programmer

DIRECTOR David Cronenberg CAST Viggo Mortensen, Michael Fassbender, Keira Knightly, Vincent Cassel Fr/Ire/UK/Ger/Can 2011 / Colour / 1hr 40m

The Artist [PG]

Based on Christoper Hampton’s play The Talking Cure this is the intense story of the birth of psychoanalysis as told through the intertwined relationships of Freud, Jung and a beautiful yet disturbed female patient Sabina Spielrein.

Michael Fassbinder’s Jung is a confident young psychoanalyst when he encounters an exemplary test patient for his experimental techniques. As he develops in practice his mentor, Sigmund Freud’s theories, fractures begin to form in their relationship causing a power shift from master to protégé and back again.

Thursday 1 March / 2pm &5pm / Friday 2 March / 8pm Saturday 3 March / 5pm Sunday 4 March / 5.30pm & 8pm Monday 5 & Tuesday 6 March / 5pm Wednesday 7 & Thursday 8 March / 2pm DIRECTOR Michel Hazanavicius CAST Jean Dujardin, Berenice Bejo France 2011 / B&W / 1hr 40m

Meal Deal see page 29

Nominated for 10 Oscars and 12 Baftas at the time of writing this is the hugely surprising and thoroughly deserving triumph of the award season.

Booking Information Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close [12A]

Ticket Prices £7.75 Full Price £6.50 All concessions £5.25 Matinee £5.25 Students £4.00 Young People £3.50 Children’s Matinee Films

Friday 9 & Saturday 10 March / 5pm Sunday 11 - Tuesday 13 March / 8pm Wednesday 14 & Thursday 15 March / 5pm DIRECTOR Stephen Daldry CAST Thomas Horn, Tom Hanks, Sandra Bullock USA 2011 / Colour / 2hr 9m

Gift Vouchers Barn Cinema Gift Vouchers are now available from the Box Office in either £5, £10 or £20 denominations.

The Dartington Box Office is open from 12.30-7.00 seven days a week for advance bookings and one hour prior to any scheduled event for door sales.

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W.E. [15] Wednesday 7 March / 8pm Thursday 8 March / 5pm DIRECTOR Madonna CAST Andrea Riseborough, James Darcy UK 2011 / 1h 54m

As one of the most complex characters in 20th century history, it’s not difficult to see why the story of Wallis Simpson and her divisive relationship with the British establishment appealed to Madonna. No matter your point of view, this style laden dramatisation will certainly give you something to talk about.

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Nominated for a Best Film Oscar Extremely loud.., based on the novel by Jonathon Safran Foer, tells the tale of a nine-year-old amateur inventor, designer, astrophysicist, tambourine player, and pacifist as he searches New York for the lock that matches a mysterious key left by his father when he was killed in the September 11 attacks.

Director Stephen Daldry showed with Billy Elliot that he can get the best out of young talent and with The Hours that he could handle big themes and stellar casts so all is looking good for this emotional rollercoaster. Featuring an Oscar nominated performance from the great Max von Sydow as the boy’s silent companion.

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J Edgar [15] Tuesday 20 March / 8pm Thursday 22 March / 5pm DIRECTOR Clint Eastwood CAST Leonardo DiCaprio, Arnie Hammer, Judi Dench USA 2011 / 2hr 17m

The Woman in Black [12A]

Mysteries of Lisbon [PG]

Friday 9 & Saturday 10 March / 8pm Sunday 11 March / 3pm Monday 12 & Tuesday 13 March / 5pm Wednesday 14 March / 8pm Thursday 15 March / 2pm & 8pm

Sunday 18 March / 2pm

DIRECTOR James Watkins CAST Daniel Radcliffe, Janet McTeer UK 2012 / Colour / 1hr 35m

Raoul Ruiz’s masterful and engrossing tale follows a multitude of characters whose fates conjoin, separate and then rejoin again over three decades in Portugal, Spain, France and Italy. Ruiz's final film is a meditation on the very act of storytelling, bringing to mind Dickens and Hugo with the magic realism of Borges or Marquez thrown in on top. “one of the first cinematic masterpieces of this century.” Film Comment

Susan Hill’s hugely rewarding Victorian period ghost story gets translated from stage to screen in this first outing for the post-Potter Daniel Radcliffe.

A young lawyer travels to a remote village where he discovers that the vengeful ghost of a scorned woman is terrorizing the locals.

DIRECTOR Raoul Ruiz CAST Adriano Luz, Maria João Bastos, Ricardo Pereira Por/Brz 2011 / Subtitles / 4hr 12m plus interval

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel [12A] Friday 16 & Saturday 17 March / 5pm & 8pm Sunday 18 March / 8pm Monday 19 March / 5pm & 8pm Tuesday 20 & Wednesday 21 March / 5pm Thursday 22 March / 2pm & 8pm Fri 23, Sat 24 & Mon 26 March / 8pm Sunday 25 March / 3pm DIRECTOR John Madden CAST Judi Dench, Bill Nighy, Maggie Smith UK 2012 /Colour / 2hr 4m

A group of British retirees decide to ‘outsource’ their retirement to less expensive and seemingly exotic India. Enticed by advertisements for the newly restored Marigold Hotel and bolstered with visions of a life of leisure, they arrive to find the palace is a shell of its former self. Though the new environment is less luxurious than imagined, they are forever transformed by their shared experiences, discovering that life and love can begin again when you let go of the past.

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Leonardo DiCaprio puts in an Oscar nominated performance as J.Edgar Hoover, the founder of the FBI and face of law enforcement in America for almost 50 years. Feared and admired, reviled and revered, Hoover also held secrets that would have destroyed his image, his career and his life.

Best of Bristol Slapstick Festival

Buster Keaton’s The General (1926) plus classic shorts [U] Wednesday 21 March / 8pm USA / B&W / 1hr 45m

Following the success of Bristol’s eighth silent comedy festival, Chris Daniels, Slapstick’s Creative Director, brings the very best silent comedies to the south west, with a live event featuring classics from the silent era including early Laurel & Hardy.

With live improvised musical accompaniment from renowned multi instrumentalist Stephen Horne on keyboard, accordion and flute.

Tickets £8.50, £7.50 and £5 (young people)

In Search of Haydn [U] Friday 23 & Saturday 24 March / 5pm Sunday 25 March / 8pm DIRECTOR DOCUMENTARY

Phil Grabsky UK 2012 / 1hr 42m

Award-winning filmmaker Phil Grabsky offers the eagerly awaited final part of his trilogy of films about the great composers. As with the previous films, it focuses on the performance – and interpretation – of Haydn’s music, with performances from some of the world’s greatest musicians and orchestras.

‘Riveting’ Philip French, Observer

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Rampart [15]

Red Dog [PG] plus

Monday 26 March / 5pm & Tuesday 27 March / 8pm

Ray: A Life Underwater

DIRECTOR Oren Moverman CAST Woody Harrelson, Sigourney Weaver USA 2011 / Colour / 1hr 45m

Los Angeles, 1999 - Officer Dave Brown is a Vietnam vet and a Rampart Precinct cop, dedicated to doing ‘the people’s dirty work’ and in the process often blurring the lines between right and wrong. Based on James Ellroy’s story this is stunning crime drama with an incredible central performance from Woody Harrelson.

A Useful Life [PG] Tuesday 27 March / 5pm DIRECTOR Frederico Veiroj CAST Jorge Jellinek, Manuel Martinez Carril Uruguay 2010 / Subtitles / B&W / 1hr 10m

This delightful monochrome gem centres on the last days of the Cinemateca, an art house cinema in Montevideo, and Jorge, its dedicated employee.

Attendances are falling, the projectors are beyond repair, the rent is in arrears and finally an eviction order arrives. It's a moving, humerous movie about the end of an era if not quite the death of cinema.

Laura [U] Wed 28 March / 8pm & Thu 29 March / 2pm DIRECTOR Otto Preminger CAST Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews, Clifton Webb USA 1944 / B&W / 1hr 28m

Less investigative thriller than an investigation of genre conventions, this stunning new digital print reminds us how exciting and dangerous film can be. Laura is not just another noir classic, it almost succeeds in pulling the screen apart at the seams, if only to stitch it together again. The narrator’s a critic, the cop a would-be necrophiliac, and the femme fatale a faceless corpse... or are they?

MarthaMarcyMayMarlene [15] Wed 28 March / 5pm & Thu 29 March / 5pm & 8pm DIRECTOR Sean Durkin CAST Elizabeth Olson, Sarah Paulson USA 2011 / Colour / 1hr 42m

Martha is an enigma. Stealing away from the abusive cult she’s been living in, she makes a break for her uptight sister’s lakeside house, seeking refuge.

Elizabeth Olson puts in an astonishing performance as the damaged Martha in a film that eschews cliché and manages to question both the rural cult and the conservative normality.

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Director Amanda Bluglass winner: SHOOT short film competition Friday 30 & Saturday 31 March / 5pm Sunday 1 & Monday 2 April / 8pm

Meal Deal see page 29

DIRECTOR Kriv Stenders CAST Josh Lucas, Rachael Taylor Australia 2011 / 1hr 32m [plus 14m]

The highest grossing Australian film of 2011, Red Dog is the very funny and charming chronicle of the real-life travels of a much-loved Skelpie through western Australia’s mining region where workers from all over the world come to toil away.

And the one thing holding all these people together is Red Dog, a dog everybody knows and loves and about whom everyone has a story to tell.

Woman in the Fifth [15] Tuesday 3 & Wednesday 4 April / 8pm Thursday 5 April / 5pm DIRECTOR Pawel Pawlikowski CAST Ethan Hawke, Kristin Scott Thomas France/Poland/UK 2011 / Colour / 1hr 23m

American writer Tom Ricks comes to Paris desperate to put his life together again and win back the love of his estranged wife and daughter.

When things don’t go according to plan, he ends up in a shady hotel in the suburbs, having to work as a night guard to make ends meet. Then Margit, a beautiful, mysterious stranger walks into his life triggering a string of inexplicable events... as if an obscure power was taking control of his life.

Bel Ami [15] Friday 30 & Saturday 31 March / 8pm Sunday 1 April / 3pm Monday 2 - Wednesday 4 April / 5pm Thursday 5 April / 8pm DIRECTOR Declan Donnellan, Nick Ormerod CAST Robert Pattinson, Kristin Scott Thomas UK/France/Italy/2012 /Colour/ 1hr 42m

Bel Ami, based on the novel by Guy de Maupassant, is an erotically charged tale of ambition, power and seduction which chronicles the rise of Georges Duroy from poverty into the ‘beau monde’ of 1890s Paris. Using his wits and powers of seduction, Duroy moves from a prostitute’s embrace to passionate trysts with wealthy beauties who inhabit a world where sex is power and celebrity an obsession.

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Easter Holiday Films Festival

These films are screening as part of the Tagore Festival for more information see page 22.

The Muppets [U]

Ordet -The Word [12A]

Director James Bobbin 1hr 43m With the help of three fans, The Muppets must reunite to save their old theatre from a greedy oil tycoon.

Monday 2- Friday 6 April / 2pm

Friday 6 April / 5pm Sunday 8 April / 8pm

Journey 2 [PG]

DIRECTOR Carl Theodor Dreyer CAST Henrik Malberg, Emil Hass Christensen Denmark 1955 / B&W / Subtitles / 2hr 6m

Monday 9 - Thursday 12 April / 2pm Director Brad Peyton 1hr 34m A group of friends set out on a mission to find a grandfather, who is thought to be missing on a mythical island...

Dreyer’s humanist masterpiece still has the power to touch us with a primal emotion. A farmer and his three sons are torn apart by faith, sanctity, and love – one child believes he’s Jesus Christ, a second proclaims himself agnostic, and the third falls in love with a fundamentalist’s daughter. Dreyer’s stunning film builds towards a shattering, miraculous climax that challenges us all.

We Bought a Zoo [PG] The Muppets

Friday 13 April / 2pm (see below)

Trishna [15] Friday 6 & Saturday 7 April / 8pm Sunday 8 April / 5pm Monday 9 April / 5pm & 8pm Tuesday 10 & Wednesday 11 April / 5pm Thursday 12 April / 8pm DIRECTOR Michael Winterbottom CAST Freida Pinto, Riz Ahmed, Roshan Seth UK 2011 / Colour / 1hr 53m

Le Quattro Volte [U] Saturday 7 April / 5pm & Sunday 8 April / 2.15pm DIRECTOR Michelangelo Frammartino It/Ger/Swit 2010 / Colour / Subtitles / 1hr 28m

Michael Winterbottom’s inventive updating of Hardy’s Tess of the d’Urbervilles inflects the story with the contradictions of rural and urban sensibility inherent in present day India. Trishna, the dutiful daughter of a rickshaw driver falls in love with Jay, the British born son of a wealthy hotel owner, but when she moves to take up his job offer so she can support her family we know that tragedy will likely follow.

Inspired by Pythagoras's belief in four-fold transmigration - by which the soul is passed from human to animal to vegetable to mineral - this wondrous docu-essay traces the cycle of life through daily rituals in the Calabrian hills.

Sunday 8 April / 12 noon / 1hr 30m

Following a screening of his documentary film Animate Earth... Stephan Harding will be discussing his new book Grow Small, Think Beautiful.

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Tuesday 10 & Wednesday 11 April / 8pm Thursday 12 April / 5pm DIRECTOR Pablo Trapero CAST Ricardo Darin, Martina Gusman, Arg/Ch/Fr/SK 2010 / Colour / Subtitles / 1hr 47m

The School Schumacher - Film & Talk Dartington Film Archive with Stephan Harding

Carancho [15]

Monday 9 April / 10am/40m Free Screening

Footage of Leonard Elmhirst discussing the theory and practice behind the setting up of Dartington Hall School and its key part in the Dartington Experiment.

In a country with more than 8,000 road deaths a year, Sosa is an ambulance chasing lawyer who falls for Luján, a young doctor. When he tries to disassociate himself from a company that criminally exploits accident victims for insurance money the film turns steadily into a taut, suspenseful thriller that plays upon the visceral physicality of the clearly star-cross’d lovers.

We Bought A Zoo [PG] Friday 13 & Saturday 14 April / 8pm Sunday 15 April / 3pm Monday 16 April / 5pm Tuesday 17 & Wednesday 18 April / 8pm Thursday 19 April / 5pm DIRECTOR Cameron Crowe CAST Matt Damon, Scarlett Johansson, USA 2011 / Colour / 2hrs 4m

Based on the true story of Dartmoor Zoological Park, but set in Southern California, a father moves his young family to the countryside to renovate and re-open a struggling zoo. Facing enormous odds, he and his children, along with a small but loyal staff, work to get the zoo re-opened.

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Le Havre [tbc] Friday 20 & Saturday 21 April / 8pm Sunday 22 April / 3pm Monday 23 April / 5pm DIRECTOR Aki Kaurismäki CAST André Wilms, Blondin Miguel Fin/Fr/Ger 2011 / Subtitles / Colour / 1hr 33m

The Kid with a Bike [12A]

Midnight in Paris [12A]

Friday 13 & Saturday 14 April / 5pm Sunday 15 & Monday 16 April / 8pm Tuesday 17 April / 5pm

Wednesday 18 April / 5pm Thursday 19 April / 2pm & 8pm

Meal Deal see page 29

DIRECTOR Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne CAST Thomas Doret, Cecile De France Bel/Fr/It 2012 / Subtitles / Colour / 1hr 27m

Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at Cannes, the deeply moving new film by the Dardenne brothers delves into the emotional life of 11-year-old Cyril.

When his father abandons him, Cyril obsessively tries to find his bicycle—after all, his father must have cared about him enough not to sell that off.

Almost by accident, he becomes the ward of a kind hairdresser who seems determined to help him.

Full of heartbreaking betrayals and unexpected grace, this is a film about a child, abandoned to the elements, learning to become whole.

In this warmhearted portrait of the French harbour city that gives the film its name, fate throws young African refugee Idrissa into the path of Marcel, a well-spoken bohemian who works as a shoeshiner. A political fairy tale that exists just outside of reality this is a charming, deadpan delight in true Kaurismäki style.

DIRECTOR Woody Allen CAST Owen Wilson, Marion Cotillard, Rachael McAdams, Michael Sheen USA 2011 / Colour / 1hr 34m

April in Paris anyone? Another chance to see this Oscar nominated time-travelling charmer, the most successful Woody Allen movie in 20 years.

Scriptwriter Owen Wilson is transported back to the swinging Paris of the 1920s where he meets the woman of his dreams. Whilst packed with just about every legendary Parisian figure you’ve ever heard of, special mention must go to a magnificently assured Hemingway and a declaiming Dali.

Once Upon a Time in Anatolia

Once Upon A Time In Anatolia

In Darkness [15] Friday 20 & Saturday 21 April / 5pm Sunday 22 & Monday 23 April / 8pm Tuesday 24 April / 5pm

Into The Abyss [12A] [15]

Tuesday 24 & Wednesday 25 April / 8pm Thursday 26 April / 5pm

DIRECTOR Agnieszka Holland CAST Robert Wieckiewicz, Benno Furmann Pol/Ger/Fr/ 2011 / Subtitles / Colour / 2hr 24m

DIRECTOR Nuri Bilge Ceylan CAST Muhammet Uzuner, Yilmaz Erdogan Turkey 2011 / Subtitles / Colour / 2hr 37m

Nominated for a Best Foreign Language Film Oscar In Darkness is based on the true story of Leopold Socha, a Polish sewer worker who during the second world war sheltered a group of Jews who hid for 14 months in the sewers beneath the then Nazi-occupied city of Lwow (today Lviv in Ukraine). Shot in Polish, German, Yiddish and Ukrainian, Holland said that while a film made in English would likely reach a wider audience she wanted to make a Holocaust movie that was as faithful to the truth as possible.

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In the dead of night, a group of men – among them, a police commissioner, a prosecutor, a doctor and a murder suspect – drive through the Anatolian countryside in search of a corpse. Part crime drama, part road trip, part study of human nature, the film is epic – both in ambition and achievements.

“A rigorous and masterly portrait of a night and day in the life of a murder investigation” Time Out

Wednesday 25 April / 5pm Thursday 26 April / 2pm & 8.15pm DIRECTOR DOCUMENTARY

Werner Herzog 2011 / Colour / 1hr 46m

Werner Herzog’s latest documentary has a typically fascinating focus: following the director as he conducts intimate interviews with prisoners on death row. Part of a longer term project, Into the Abyss primarily examines the case of two young men from Texas, Michael Perry and Jason Burkett; who were sentenced to, respectively, death and life imprisonment after killing three people whilst stealing a car. Herzog is against the death penalty – having grown up in the shadow of Nazi Germany, he is clear a state shouldn’t have the right to execute its citizens – but doesn’t attempt to disprove or trivialise the crimes of his subjects, or to change the political agenda.

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Coraline [PG]

This Must be the Place [tbc] La Grande Illusion [U] Friday 27 & Saturday 28 April / 5pm Sunday 29 April / 3pm Monday 30 April & Tuesday 1 May / 8pm DIRECTOR Paolo Sorrentino CAST Sean Penn, Judd Hirsch, Frances McDormand, It/Fr/Ir/USA 2011 / 1hr 58m

Sean Penn is simply astonishing here, playing Cheyenne, a retired, reclusive and oddball rock star living just outside Dublin. His father's serious illness forces him reluctantly back to America, and onwards to an unusual, offbeat cross-country road trip echoing movies like Paris, Texas and True Stories.

Wednesday 2 May / 8pm Thursday 3 May / 2pm DIRECTOR Jean Renoir CAST Jean Dabin, Erich Von Stroheim France 1937 / Subtitles / B&W / 1hr 53m

Our new Saturday matinée film club for kids.

For all BarnKids matinees adults must be accompanied by a child Barn Kids Members £1 off ticket price For membership info please contact: nikki.mustafa@dartington.org U suitable for all ages PG parental guidance suggested 12A may be unsuitable for children under 12 children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult 12 exhibition to only those aged 12 and over

Screening on its 75th anniversary in a gorgeous digital restoration, this prototype POW camp film by the great Jean Renoir is justly considered one of the greatest pacifist films of all time.

Its contemporary resonance also rests on the haunting star performances of Gabin and Von Stroheim as they vie to define honour and freedom.

A Monster in Paris [U] Saturday 10 March / 2pm Director Bibo Bergeron 1hr 30m An animated movie set in Paris in the year 1910 and centred on a monster who lives in a garden and his love for a beautiful, young singer.

The Lion King [PG] Saturday 17 March / 2pm Director Chris Miller 1hr 29m Tricked into thinking he killed his father, a guilt ridden lion cub flees into exile and abandons his identity as the future King.

Hugo [PG] Saturday 24 March / 2pm Director Martin Scorcese 2hr 6m Set in 1930s Paris, an orphan who lives in the walls of a train station is wrapped up in a mystery.

The Muppets [U]

Headhunters [tbc]

A Monster in Paris

Friday 27 - Sunday 29 April / 8pm Monday 30 April / 5pm Tuesday 1 & Wednesday 2 May / 5pm Thursday 3 May / 5pm & 8pm

Saturday 31 March / 2pm Director James Bobbin 1hr 43m With the help of three fans, The Muppets must reunite to save their old theatre from a greedy oil tycoon..

We Bought a Zoo [PG]

DIRECTOR Morten Tyldum CAST Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Aksel Hennie Norway 2011 / Subtitles / Colour / 1hr 41m

Saturday 14 April / 2pm Director Cameron Crowe 2hr 4m Set in Southern California, a father moves his young family to the countryside to renovate and re-open a struggling zoo.

Anyone who thinks all Scandanavian crime is cold and sterile is in for shock with this spectacularly entertaining and shockingly funny version of Jo Nesbø’s bestseller. Headhunters starts out as one type of crime caper then morphs into quite a different thriller. Roger Brown is a diminutive man with expensive tastes who supplements his income with a side helping of art thievery. However he underestimates his latest mark, Clas Greve whose military training and ability to hold a grudge prove very costly indeed. Shot in chilly blues and mainlining the blackest humour, Headhunters is already the most widely exported Norwegian movie in history and is a must-see for thriller fans with a penchant for Stieg Larsson or The Killing.

The Muppets

The Adventures of Tin Tin: The Secret of the Unicorn [PG] Saturday 21 April / 2pm Director Steven Spielberg 1hr 44m Intrepid reporter Tintin and Captain Haddock set off on a hunt for a sunken ship commanded by Haddock's ancestor.

Big Miracle [PG] Big Miracle

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Saturday 3 March / 2pm Director Henry Selick 1hr 40m An adventurous girl finds another world that is a strangely idealized version of her frustrating home, but it has sinister secrets.

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Saturday 28 April / 2pm Director Ken Kwapis Running time 1hr 47m Drew Barrymore stars in this true story of the fight to save a family of whales trapped in the Artic ice.

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Devon Baroque: English Baroque Weekend Friday 23 - Sunday 25 March For weekend booking please contact Jeremy Logie tel: 01803 862795. www.devonbaroque.co.uk

Re-defining the Golden Age of English Music Come and enjoy orchestral concerts, chamber recital, opera, lectures and discussions, open rehearsal, a tour of the Dartington Hall gardens and a film.

Public Concerts:

Dartington Community Choir Brahms’ Ein Deutches Requiem

An English Banquet Friday 23 March 8pm Great Hall Tickets £15 / Concessions £14 / Students & U16s £5

Sunday 1 April 3pm & 8pm Great Hall Tickets £14 / Concessions £13 / Students & U16s £5

Songs and Sonatas by Campion, Lawes, Purcell, Croft & Handel.

Approx running time 75 minutes. No interval.

The Golden Age of English Music

Brahms’s deeply personal reflection on life and death was written between 1865 and 1869 following the death of his mother.

Saturday 24 March 8pm Great Hall Tickets £18 / Concessions £17 / Students & U16s £5 Concertos, suites and symphonies by Handel, Locke, Blow, Avison & Boyce.

Devon Baroque directed by Margaret Faultless.

The Dartington Community Choir is performing it in a version Brahms prepared for piano duet, which was the version first heard in this country.

Programme: Brahms Ein Deutches Requiem Op. 45 Sung in German Conductor Jonathan Watts Original Piano Duet Accompaniment John Bryden and Andrew Wendon Soprano Catherine Hamilton Bass Paul Sheehan

Dido & Aeneas Sunday 25 March 3pm Great Hall Tickets £17 / Concessions £16 / Students & U16s £5 A concert performance of the opera by Henry Purcell.

Devon Baroque directed by Margaret Faultless.

Workshop Brahms’ Ein Deutches Requiem Saturday 10 March, 9am - 5.30pm Dartington Hall For workshop booking vist: www.dartington-community-choir.co.uk

Concert Tickets available from Dartington Box Office on 01803 847070

Spelt’s Heart-Stone: by earthdrum theatre

Joglaresa: Dancing in Tetuan

Thursday 29 March 8pm Studio 2, Dartington Space Tickets £7 / Concessions £6 / Students & U16s £5

Saturday 21 April 7.30pm St Mary’s Church Totnes Tickets £12 / Concessions £11 / Students & u16s £5

Spelt, down, out and over the edge of the world, makes his way to the source…

“the integrity and extensive enquiry into what it is to be human shines through this piece of theatre in an uncompromising fashion.”- Audience Member

Directed by Belinda Sykes, this popular Londonbased British/Israeli/Irish/Arabic ensemble joins us for a programme featuring Judeo-Arabic dance songs, Sephardic wedding songs, Berber rhythms and Moorish romanzas played on flamenco guitar, oud, darabuka, bendir, cláirseach and with searing vocals to recreate the heady, hot spices of Andalusia and the Maghreb.

This is the third and concluding part of earthdrum’s Spelt trilogy. Early in 2011 Mark Drummond developed the second piece, Spelt’s Rosary in residency at Dartington Space. Now see this concluding piece, Spelt’s Heart-Stone at Dartington.

The programme includes songs by Rabbi Yehuda Halevi of Tudela (d.1146), Moses Ibn Ezra of Granada (d. c.1140), Solomon Ibn Gabirol of Saragossa (d. c.1058) and Todros Abulafia of Castile (d.1306).

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In collaboration with Totnes Early Music Society.

“and when I arrive I will smell of the earth…”

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Diary: April 2012

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Community Gamelan Term 1 Starts – Studio 3, Space Abundant Life: Tai Chi 11am-12.30pm Studio 6, Space Building Bridge Choir 11am - 1pm Studio 20, Space The Artist [PG] 2pm & 5pm Barn Cinema Carnage [15] 8pm Barn Cinema A Dangerous Method [15] 5pm Barn Cinema The Artist [PG] 8pm Barn Cinema The Artist [PG] 5pm Barn Cinema A Dangerous Method [15] 8pm Barn Cinema A Dangerous Method [15] 3pm Barn Cinema The Artist [PG] 5.30pm & 8pm Barn Cinema Ecological Facilitation: A Gritty & Creative Approach to Leadership Schumacher College The Artist [PG] 5pm Barn Cinema A Dangerous Method [15] 8pm Barn Cinema Tin Girls 7.30pm Studio 1, Space The Artist [PG] 2pm Barn Cinema A Dangerous Method [15] 5pm Barn Cinema W.E. [15] 8pm Barn Cinema Building Bridge Choir 11am - 1pm Studio 20, Space Community Gamelan – Studio 3, Space W.E. [15] 5pm Barn Cinema A Dangerous Method [15] 8pm Barn Cinema Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close [12A] 5pm Barn Cinema The Woman in Black [12A] 8pm Barn Cinema The Woman in Black [12A] 3pm Barn Cinema Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close [12A] 8pm Barn Cinema The Woman in Black [12A] 5pm Barn Cinema Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close [12A] 5pm Barn Cinema The Woman in Black [12A] 8pm Barn Cinema Building Bridge Choir 11am - 1pm Studio 20, Space The Woman in Black [15] 2pm & 8pm Barn Cinema The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel [12A] 5pm & 8pm Barn Cinema The Mysteries of Lisbon [PG] 2pm Barn Cinema The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel [12A] 8pm Barn Cinema Insulation in Natural Building – Schumacher College The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel [12A] 5pm & 8pm Barn Cinema The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel [12A] 5pm Barn Cinema J Edgar [15] 8pm Barn Cinema Slapstick Festival - The General [U] 8pm Barn Cinema Building Bridge Choir 11am - 1pm Studio 20, Space The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel [12A] 2pm & 8pm Barn Cinema J Edgar [15] 5pm Barn Cinema Devon Baroque Weekend – Concert: An English Banquet 8pm Great Hall Concert: The Golden Age of English Music 8pm Great Hall Concert: Dido & Aeneas 3pm Great Hall In Search of Haydn [U] 5pm Barn Cinema The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel [12A] 8pm Barn Cinema The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel [12A] 3pm Barn Cinema In Search of Haydn [U] 8pm Barn Cinema Rampart [15] 5pm Barn Cinema The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel [12A] 8pm Barn Cinema Dartington SSE: Start-Up Fellowship Course www.dartington.org/sse A Useful Life [PG] 5pm Barn Cinema Rampart [15] 8pm Barn Cinema Martha Marcy May Marlene [15] 5pm Barn Cinema Laura [U] 8pm Barn Cinema Community Gamelan – Studio 3, Space Building Bridge Choir 11am - 1pm Studio 20, Space Laura [U] 2pm Barn Cinema Martha Marcy May Marlene [15] 5pm & 8pm Barn Cinema Earth Talks: More than one way to skin a rabbit7.30pm Schumacher College Earthdrum Theatre: Spelt's Heart-Stone 8pm Studio 2, Space Roots Music Night 7.30pm Studio 20 Red Dog [PG] 5pm Barn Cinema Bel Ami [15] 8pm Barn Cinema

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Dartington Community Choir Bel Ami [15] Red Dog [PG] The Muppets [U] Bel Ami [15] Woman in the Fifth [15] Building Bridge Choir Woman in the Fifth [15] Bel Ami [15] Hamer & Isaacs Gypsy Swinging Jazz Band Ordet - The Word [12A] Tagore Festival 2012 Trishna [15] John Shillito’s Select 4 Jazz Band Le Quattro Volte [U] Dan the Juggler Film & Talk with Stephan Harding Le Quattro Volte [U] Trishna [15] Ordet - The Word [12A] The School - Dartington Film Archive Journey 2 [PG] Trishna [15] Trishna [15] Carancho [15] Carancho [15] Trishna [15] The Future of Food and Farming We Bought a Zoo [PG] The Kid with a Bike [12A] We Bought a Zoo [PG] We Bought a Zoo [PG] Mass in Natural Building We Bought a Zoo [PG] The Kid with a Bike [12A] The Kid with a Bike [12A] We Bought a Zoo [PG] Midnight in Paris [12A] Building Bridge Choir Community Gamelan Term 2 Starts Midnight in Paris [12A] We Bought a Zoo [PG] Finding your Collective Voice In Darkness [15] Le Havre [TBC] Joglaresa: Dancing in Tetuan Le Havre [TBC] In Darkness [15] Le Havre [TBC] In Darkness [15] In Darkness [15] Once Upon a Time in Anatolia [15] Community Conversation Into The Abyss [12A] Building Bridge Choir Into The Abyss [12A] Once Upon a Time in Anatolia [15] Community Gamelan Gaia’s Kitchen Spring Supper Discussion This Must be the Place [tbc] Headhunters [tbc] Roots Music Night This Must be the Place [tbc] Headhunters [tbc] This Must be the Place [tbc] Collapsonomics

3pm & 8pm Great Hall 3pm Barn Cinema 8pm Barn Cinema 2pm Barn Cinema 5pm Barn Cinema 8pm Barn Cinema 11am - 1pm Studio 20, Space 5pm Barn Cinema 8pm Barn Cinema – The Shops at Dartington 5pm Barn Cinema www.dartington.org/tagore-festival 8pm Barn Cinema – The Shops at Dartington 5pm Barn Cinema – The Shops at Dartington 12 noon Barn Cinema 2.15pm Barn Cinema 5pm Barn Cinema 8pm Barn Cinema 10am Barn Cinema 2pm Barn Cinema 5pm & 8pm Barn Cinema 5pm Barn Cinema 8pm Barn Cinema 5pm Barn Cinema 8pm Barn Cinema – Schumacher College 2pm Barn Cinema 5pm Barn Cinema 8pm Barn Cinema 3pm Barn Cinema – Schumacher College 5pm Barn Cinema 8pm Barn Cinema 5pm Barn Cinema 8pm Barn Cinema 5pm Barn Cinema 11am - 1pm Studio 20, Space – Studio 3, Space 2pm & 8pm Barn Cinema 5pm Barn Cinema – Schumacher College 5pm Barn Cinema 8pm Barn Cinema 7.30pm St. Mary's Totnes 3pm Barn Cinema 8pm Barn Cinema 5pm Barn Cinema 8pm Barn Cinema 5pm Barn Cinema 8pm Barn Cinema 6.30pm Studio 1, Space 5pm Barn Cinema 11am - 1pm Studio 20, Space 2pm & 8.15pm Barn Cinema 5pm Barn Cinema – Studio 3, Space 7.30pm Schumacher College 5pm Barn Cinema 8pm Barn Cinema 7.30pm Studio 20 3pm Barn Cinema 5pm Barn Cinema 8pm Barn Cinema – Schumacher College

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All information contained in this brochure was correct at the time of printing, however Dartington Hall Trust reserves the right to make changes to the programme where necessary.

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Diary: March 2012

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More Festivals in 2012 Community Conversation Access and Transport Wednesday 25 April 6.30pm Old Craft Ed Building Schumacher College,

The Earth Talks

Join Dartington staff to discuss issues around access, transport and parking on the estate.

For further information see www.dartington.org/community

£4 on the door / Students free entry

Further workshops around the proposed development of Sawmills Field / Webbers Way in Dartington village will take place in March and April.

For further information and dates see www.dartington.org/community Tin Girls - a Dramatised Presentation Tuesday 6 March 7.30pm Studio 1, Space Tickets £5 (DAPA students free) on sale at the door from 7.15pm A presentation by documentary photographer Alice Carfrae and actors Viva Voce describing the development of original sound and photographic images together with first-hand personal statements into their new work Tin Girls which is about the social injustice experienced by trafficked women from NorthEast Nepal.

Mhararano The Mbira Academy presents Roots Music Night Friday 30 March Friday 27 April 7.30pm - 9.30pm Studio 20, Space Tickets £10 / Concessions £7

Fri 22 - Sat 23 June

Complimentary refreshments will be served.

Booking is essential - contact lou.rainbow@schumachercollege.org.uk visit: www.dartington.org/earthtalks

Artists Friday 7.00pm - Late Tashi Lhunpo Monks (Tibet) The Dhol Foundation (UK) Solarference (UK)

More than one way to skin a rabbit Thursday 29 March 7.30pm The Old Craft Ed Building, Schumacher College We have two of the best bushcraft experts on our doorstep here on the Dartington Estate so we're delighted that they are willing to share their knowledge. Chris Salisbury from Wildwise will talk about survival skills, field craft, wildlife, nature awareness, woodcraft, personal development, and storytelling. Will Wallis, forester on the Dartington Estate, will give you his advice about all things native including his tips on grey squirrels and peanut butter and how to increase wildlife that is under threat.

Gaia's Kitchen Spring Supper and Discussion Thursday 26 April 7:00pm for 7:30pm Tickets £15 Booking essential

Home Festival 2011 - Alice Carfrae

Community Events Sawmills Field / Webbers Way Workshops

A two-day festival focusing on acoustic music, voices and song from around the world, HOME features unplugged sets from a wide range of outstanding international artists.

Evening Speakers Programme at Schumacher College

Saturday 12.30 - Late Show of Hands (UK) Krar Collective (Ethiopia) Jackie Oates Band (UK) SANS (UK/Finland/Armenia) James Froud Band (UK) Sanna Kurki-Suonio (Finland) Solarference (UK) Romany Diamonds (Poland) Ben & Alfie Weedon (UK) Tigran Aleksanyan (Armenia) Nicky Swann (UK) Emily Wright (UK) Matthew & Me (UK)

Tickets on sale now

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Join ecological scientist Dr Stephan Harding, author of the highly acclaimed Animate Earth book and film and part of the recent 4 thought series on Channel 4 on the population debate.

Don't miss this opportunity to savour the feast of flavours from the famous Schumacher kitchen for an evening of edible delights, an exciting speaker and debate and a wicked pudding for afters...Live music and local wines.

Featuring an exciting line-up of musicians including Academy Director and Master Mbira player Chartwell Dutiro and a host of guest international artists the Roots Music Nights will become a regular monthly feature (scheduled every last Friday of the month) in Studio 20 at Dartington Space.

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Festival An alternative Easter weekend at Dartington Friday 6 - Monday 9 April Following the success of 2011’s Tagore Festival, we are once again celebrating Rabindranath Tagore’s philosophies and relevance to the current day.

This year’s programme features an array of special performances spanning music, dance, poetry, theatre plus workshops, talks, films and family events.

For more information see www.dartington.org/tagore-festival or pick up a festival leaflet.

Multi-buy offer: If you book a full price or concessionary ticket for any four different events in the same transaction you can claim the cheapest ticket free.

Featuring performances from Andy Sheppard & Kuljit Bhamra Arun Ghosh Zoe and Idris Rahman Sanju Sahai Jaymini Sahai Soumik Datta Sheema Mukherjee Puppet State Theatre Company Jay Ramsay Vayu Naidu

Speakers Satish Kumar Gerard Lemos Dr. Stephan Harding O.N.V. Kurup Rupert & Claire Callender Philip Franses

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Workshops include Singing Introduction to Mbira Gamelan Kathak Dance

The festival also features Tagore & Dartington: an exhibition Handmade zine making and Exhibition Tuning Worlds A selection of films (see p.10)

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Coming Soon... tuningworlds tuningworlds is a world-wide music improvisation project taking place across the Estate and inernationally, from 2012 to 2013. Launching during the Tagore Festival, look out for the tuningworlds 'secret places' map at Dartington’s Welcome Centre, and see if you can find hidden sounds in the Gardens and elsewhere.

The Home and the World From June 19-21 Dartington will host this creative summit exploring art and ideas that connect directly to the world around us. Registration is open now, until the limited places are filled. The Home & the World is produced in partnership with Aune Head Arts.

For more information visit www.thehomeandtheworld.info

For more information and to take part visit www.tuningworlds.info

Release Tuesday 24 May 8pm Studio 1, Space Tickets £10 / Concessions £9 / Students & U16s £5 Release explores the lives of three prisoners in their first months after release, combining high energy physical theatre, an original score and mixed media to create an explosive insight into just how hard it is to go straight. Fringe First Award Winner (Edinburgh Festival 2011). ‘Simply terrific’ The Times. Workshops accompanying this performance will be available on 25 May, led by Nancy Hirst (Director of Release).

Dartington Food Fair Sunday 3 - Tuesday 5 June/Shops at Dartington

Abundant Life: Tai Chi Thursdays 11am - 12.30pm Studio 6, Space, £6 per session (on the door) Join Tai Chi Nation for weekly classes in this form of moving meditation which gently exercises the whole body. Follow your class with lunch in the White Hart - two courses for £10 (valid on day of class - collect your voucher at the session).

Abundant Life is Dartington’s plan for an innovative new community for older people in the Foxhole building on the Dartington estate. For more information and to read the latest newsletter see www.dartington.org/abundant-life Bookbinding and Printmaking courses

Three days of celebrating and sampling the incredible wealth of produce in the SW of England, to include over 50 local producers, chef demonstrations, family entertainment, live music and Golden Jubilee celebrations.

For more information visit www.dartington.org/festivals

Learn new skills at Dartington with our unique equipment and expertise from teachers Mary Bartlett and Michael Honor. Classes are held throughout the year - enrolment is for day or half-day classes over a ten-week term.

For more information see www.dartington.org/arts/craft-education

It’s coming...

RedBall UK

Residential Weekends We are delighted to announce residential weekends in Bookbinding and Printmaking - a unique opportunity to stay at Dartington and spend three days working creatively with experts to explore a range of techniques. Suitable for all abilities. Taking place the last two weekends March. £395.00 full board including all tuition. www.dartington.org/arts/craft-education

This summer, New York artist Kurt Perschke is bringing his celebrated art project, the fifteen foot inflatable RedBall to the UK. Co-produced

by Torbay Council and The Dartington Hall Trust, it arrives on the streets of the English Riviera in Torbay in June. RedBall then tours to Plymouth, Exeter and Weymouth before ending its journey at London's South Bank.

For more information visit: www.redballuk.co.uk

Community Gamelan Children's Course (ages 7-15) Thursdays 4.30pm - 5.30pm £3.50/week Siblings £2.50 Adult Course (ages 16+) Thursdays 6.00pm - 8.00pm | £7/£5/week Studio 3, Dartington Space Join expert gamelan tutor Saj Landey and learn to play Balinese gamelan - a beautiful collection of tuned metallic percussion from the island of Bali in Indonesia. No previous experience required Term 1: 1, 8, & 29 March. Pay per session Term 2: 19 April - 28 June. Pay for full term To book a place call the Box office on 01803 847070. For more information contact Ursula Crickmay 01803 847085

Building Bridges Choir Every Thursday, 11am – 1pm (except 12 April) Studio 20, Space £5 per session (on the door) Come and join in with singing Zimbabwean and English traditional songs in this new choir led by Chartwell Dutiro and Yvette Staelens. Everyone is welcome, no need to read music as songs are taught by ear, just come and have fun.

Presented by MHARARANO The Mbira Academy supported by Dartington

Dartington School for Social Entrepreneurs provides training to enable people with entrepreneurial ideas to achieve positive change in their communities.

Dartington SSE: Core Programme Course starts: March 2012

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Our 6 month Fellows programme is designed to provide a complete package of support that meets the needs of the social entrepreneur. For more information see www.dartington.org/sse email sam.haydock@dartington.org

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Sustainability Courses at Schumacher College Through an innovative approach to learning, with experts from around the world, Dartington’s Schumacher College has helped thousands to understand and find solutions for the most pressing ecological and social concerns of modern life.

Open Evenings 8pm - 10pm Schumacher College £4.00 / £3.00 Concessions Check the website for more Open Evenings Embodied Leadership and Facilitation for Life on Earth; Wednesday 14 March Ecological Facilitation: A gritty and creative approach to Leadership; Wednesday 21 March Feeding People is Easy: Enlightened Agriculture Wednesday 18 April

Vocational Courses Schumacher Certificate in Natural Building January to June 2012 All seven modules are fully booked but if you‘re interested in taking part in this course please contact lou.rainbow@schumachercollege.org.uk Insulation in Natural Building - 19-23 March Mass in Natural Building - 16-20 April Natural plasters and finishes - 14-18 May Ecological Design - 28 May - 1 June Planning and regulations for self-build - 25-29 June

Short Courses

Short Courses (cont.)

Postgraduate Courses

Ecological Facilitation: a Gritty & Creative Approach to Leadership 5-23 March | Jenny Mackewn, Toni Spencer, JeanClaude Audergon and Tim ‘Mac’ Macartney.

Develop your skills and understanding of group process, leadership and change. Fee: *

Hoodwinked! What Wrecked our Economy and How to Fix It 21-25 May | John Perkins.

Explore how predatory capitalism has expanded across the globe, and where the potential is to transform our destructive economic system. Fee: *

Full time one year programmes starting September 2012

Cultivating an Ecoliterate Worldview: Person, Place & Practice March to September (Two week intensive within a six month online study group) Satish Kumar, Stephan Harding, Philip Franses, Julie Richardson, Jonathan Dawson, Bethan Stagg and Emily Ryan | Develop your individual ecological awareness and practice and apply it to your work and personal life. Fee: £1,950 The Future of Food and Farming: Creating a Resilient System 13-20 April | Colin Tudge, Martin Crawford, Peter Harper, Bethan Stagg and Rebecca Laughton | Explore food production in an ecological context, examining the vital role that 'human scale' horticulture and botanical diversity can play.

Fee: £400

Ecopsychology: Experiencing the Ecological Self 27 May- 1 June | David Key & Mary-Jayne Rust.

Through outdoor experiences and small group work, this course will help participants ask what it really means to “reconnect with nature”. Fee: * Fearlessness in the Face of Uncertainty 28 May - 1 June | Margaret Wheatley. Our current challenge isn't the rapid pace of change, it's uncertainty. How can we persevere in the face of unending challenges and uncertainty? Fee: * * Any One week £750 / Any Two weeks £1,400 / Three weeks £2100 | All short course fees include accommodation, food, field trips and all teaching sessions.

MSc Holistic Science (PG Cert and PG Dip) Nature is our teacher in this transformational degree from the pioneers of holistic scienc.

MSc Sustainable Horticulture and Food Production (PG Cert and PG Dip) Join the growers, leaders and change agents at the forefront of new thinking in Horticulture for resilient and healthy food systems.

MA Economics for Transition - achieving low carbon, high well-being, resilient economies (PG Cert and PG Dip) Are you ready for economic change? Help create a system fit for the challenges of the 21st Century.

In association with Plymouth University, New Economics Foundation, Transition Network, Eden Project, Centre for Alternative Technology and Duchy College.

For details see: www.schumachercollege.org.uk

Finding our Collective Voice: Consciousness and Sound Leadership 20-22 April | Chloe Goodchild and Malcolm Lewis Explore how direct engagement with the human voice can provide tools and skills for authentic expression and true sustainability. Fee: £400 Collapsonomics: Making a good job of living through difficult times 30 April - 4 May | Dougald Hine and Vinay Gupta .

Develop resilient thinking about what it means to live well in a time of massive social, economic and ecological disruption. Fee: £750 What's the Point of School? Cultivating Minds for Turbulent Times 7-11 May | An education system that leaves around half of all young people with a sense of failure is not fit for purpose. What's the alternative? Fee: * Soul in Nature: Experiencing the Connection 14-25 May | Princess Irene van Lippe Biesterfeld, Satish Kumar, Jonathan Horwitz, Stephan Harding Connect deeply with the natural world using a variety of traditional and transformational practices with some of the world's preeminent voices. Fee: *

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Food and drink We offer a range of options for eating and drinking at Dartington.

Roundhouse Café Next door to the Barn Cinema, this family friendly space serves organic and local produce including cakes, juices, teas, coffee, beer and wine plus Salcombe ice-cream. Open 11am - 8pm 7 days The White Hart In the courtyard at Dartington Hall, The White Hart’s flagstone floor and crackling log fire create an atmosphere of warmth and welcome. Relax and enjoy some of the finest locally sourced food in Devon. Bar open 11am - 11pm, Monday to Saturday and 12 noon - 10:30pm on Sunday. Food is served 12pm-2.30 pm and 6pm-9 pm Monday to Friday and 12pm to 9pm on Saturday and Sunday.

Movie Meal Deals Book in advance for selected Sunday night films and get your cinema ticket plus a two course pre-screening supper and a coffee in the White Hart for £21.50. Please see the film section for details of participating films. NOTE: Meal Deal tickets are booked through Box Office: 01803 847070

Meal Deal

Mother’s Day - Sunday 18 March Treat Mum to the perfect Mothering Sunday lunch at the White Hart. Choose from Devonshire roast sirloin of beef or new season roast lamb, local market fish or our regular menu. A selection of homemade desserts will be available.

To book call the White Hart on 01803 847111

Devon Cream Teas from £4.95 per serving Enjoy a cream tea and the stunning Grade II listed gardens at Dartington Hall. Strolling through the gardens brings visitors in touch with the experimental spirit of Dartington - a Henry Moore statue, an ancient yew and a Zen Garden, and much more besides. The White Hart is open daily from 10:00am.

Easter Egg Hunt Easter 2012 sees Dartington Hall’s first ever Easter Egg Hunt. We invite you and your family to join us for this fun filled activity. For more details please visit our website www.dartingtonhall.com

Stay at Dartington Hall Enjoy a two night stay in our superb refurbished en-suite accommodation from £95 per person until end March 2012 with a Full English Breakfast each morning. Upgrade to our newly refurbished deluxe bedrooms for a small supplement of £20pp.

To book, call our Bookings Team on 01803 847147 or bookings@dartingtonhall.com

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Residencies

Studios & Rehearsal Spaces for Your Works

“Dartington is a perfect spot to escape and focus on a new creation - away from the hustle and bustle of daily life�

Dartington is home to Space, the largest collection of high quality arts spaces available for hire in the South West.

Excellent Conference Facilities With our historic halls, conference rooms, seminar studios, performance places, private dining and splendid scenery, Dartington Hall is the ideal venue to host your event.

Wayne McGregor|Random Dance The Dartington residency programme provides studio space and support for artists across all disciplines for research, development, and making new work. In addition to the open call residency programme detailed below, Dartington supports artists through commissioning, and working in partnership with other producers and organisations, regionally, nationally and internationally.

The focus of our residencies is on work that: * Marks a new area of work for the artist or organisation * Engages with key issues in social justice and sustainability * Offers potential for audience engagement and participation Residencies in February included Will Adamsdale, Sound and Fury, Alice Carfrae & Viva Voce, Zena Edwards, Tony Lopez, Hanna Silva, Emmalena Fredriksson, Sue Smith and fanSHEN. In March we will be welcoming a host of artists being produced by Fuel including the return of Belarus Free Theatre.

Space includes 8 large performing arts studios, a large multipurpose makers’ studio / workshop space, a gallery and 2 smaller rehearsal studios / meeting rooms. Live performances, film and sound recording can be accommodated - call us to discuss this further.

* first-class meeting rooms for groups of 6 to 180 people

Residential Facilities A range of residential options are available, from the superb medieval courtyard rooms to more basic single bedroom accommodation.

* Your personal conference team and full technical support

Call us on 01803 847147 or see www.dartington.org/space

* well-appointed bedrooms * multimedia equipment and internet connection in every room

* Award-winning food served in private dining rooms or in our restaurant * Choice of day delegate and residential packages Call us on 01803 847147 or see www.dartington.org/meet

For further details see www.dartington.org/arts/residencies or contact residencies@dartington.org

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Get involved Whether you’ve had a long association with us or we’re a recent discovery, here are some ways you can get more involved with Dartington.

3. Come along to an open evening at Schumacher College Schumacher College attracts world-class speakers and activists to teach on its courses, and you can don’t have to be a student to hear what they have to say. These events are open to all. www.schumachercollege.org.uk

1. Support our vision Become a member or donate to Dartington Members receive a range of benefits including: * Invites to special member events * Concessions at the Barn Cinema and discount at the Shops at Dartington * Brochure mailings Find out more and sign up online at www.dartington.org/membership

2. Volunteer We simply couldn’t manage without our wonderful volunteers so if you have time to give please get in touch. www.dartington.org/volunteer

4. Debate the key issues of today at the ‘Great Debates’ series With subjects ranging from nuclear weapons to the rehabilitation of offenders, if you are interested in our programmes then these regular events are for you. www.dartington.org/about/great-debates 5. Keep in touch We post regular updates, competitions and news on Twitter and Facebook. You can also subscribe to our e-bulletin to get regular news updates on our work at www.dartington.org/signup. Every quarter we discuss our plans and answer your questions at our free Community Conversation events – see page 20. www.dartington.org/community 6. Use our Space Whether you’re running a regular class or looking for a home for a one-off event we may have the perfect space for you - see page 31 or contact bookings@dartingtonhall.com

Advertise here for more information telephone 01803 847067 email: arts@dartington.org

7. Join the Foxhole Community Garden Whether you’re green fingered or just interested in meeting new people, why not get involved in the Foxhole Community Garden? Part of the Abundant Life Project, the garden is open to all and looking for more members.

8. Enjoy what we have to offer and let us know what you think. You can email us at feedback@dartingon.org

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Your Visit Main Switchboard: 01803 847000 White Hart: 01803 847111 Room Bookings: 01803 847100

Film and arts events booking Box Office 01803 847070 (open 12.30-7pm daily)

www.dartington.org Contact us Admin line: 01803 847074 (9.30-5.30pm Mon-Fri) Email: arts@dartington.org Pre-show / In Person Box office opens one hour prior to an event or film for ’on the door’ sales.

For all course and general enquiries please contact: Schumacher College The Old Postern Dartington, Totnes, Devon TQ9 6EA Tel: +44 (0)1803 865934 Email: admin@schumachercollege.org.uk Book Online: www. schumachercollege.org.uk

Getting Here The Dartington Hall Estate is located 1 mile from Totnes in the heart of South Devon.

By Train: Dartington is a 25 mins walk or a short taxi ride from Totnes Railway Station.

Credit & debit cards We accept most cards.

By Bus: Nearby Totnes is served by the National Express and local services. Dartington is served by the Stagecoach service #165 from the main bus stop in Totnes (outside Morrisons). Info on 0870 6082608 or www.countrybusdevon.co.uk.

Group bookings Buy ten tickets and get the eleventh free.

By Bike: There are bike parks available at Dartington; if you plan to use these please bring your own lock.

Reservations Reserved tickets must be paid for 24 hours prior to the event. We will release tickets that have not been paid for by this time.

By Car: We’re 30 minutes south of Exeter and north of Plymouth on the M5/A38. From the A38 follow signs to Totnes. On-site parking is available. Our postcode, for sat nav, is TQ9 6EL.

Returns Refunds are not available unless an event is not able to go ahead. Exchanges/credit may be offered at the discretion of the Box Office with 24 hours notice.

Concessions Members; over 60s; full time students; U16s; unemployed; disability benefit; DHT staff. Please provide proof of eligibility.

Access Wheelchair access is available at the Barn, Great Hall, Ship Studio and Studios 1, 3, 6, 30 & 31. There are accessible toilet facilities adjacent to these venues. For patrons with a hearing impairment The Barn and Great Hall offer an infra-red system.

Assistant Dogs are welcome. Please advise Box Office in advance of your access requirements and any assistance needed. Our staff will be pleased to help you.

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Address: Dartington Hall Totnes Devon TQ9 6EL

On Foot: A level footpath runs from Totnes station along the river before turning right onto the Dartington Hall drive for the last (hilly) 3/4 mile.

Gardens Dartington's beautiful Grade 2* Listed gardens are open dawn to dusk, throughout the year. Please consider a voluntary donation of £3 per person to help us with the considerable costs of maintaining the gardens. Groups of 10 or more are asked to make arrangements by appointment. Please note that no dogs are allowed in the gardens except assistance dogs. To maintain the tranquility that you come to enjoy we ask that you do not picnic or play games in the gardens. A picnic area is available in front of the Roundhouse Café and refreshments and outside seating are available at the White Hart.

To Schumacher College, The Shops at Dartington and Dartington Village (approx 1 mile)

To Totnes (approx 1.5 miles)

Seasonal highlights - Spring Spring has officially sprung in the gardens so do come and visit. It's the most spectacular season here with tree magnolias, camellias, cherry blossom and a myriad of spring bulbs and anemones in the woodland walks followed by bluebells, primroses, snake's head fritillaries and wild orchids on the grassy banks.

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Round House Café White Hart Bar & Restaurant Great Hall Box Office Barn Theatre & Cinema

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Gallery Gardens Space Higher Close Park School Chimmels

12. Blacklers 13. Devon Academy of Performing Arts 14. Warren House 15. The Granary

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