...and find more Eco building online at www.reconnectonline.co.uk Improvised for women HAVING spoken to several women who have attended Tarte Noir’s women’s playback theatre performances (and they are open only to women so we can’t speak from personal experience), you can expect an evening of improvised theatre that will explore all human experience - or any part of life that’s suggested on the night because the audience steers the evening’s performance. We’re also assured they are not to be missed, so check out the nearest to you: at The Jolly Farmer in Market Street, Newton Abbot on Tuesday, October 16; at Cygnet New Theatre in Friars Gate, Exeter on Tuesday October 23; and at Crediton Arts Centre, in East Street, Crediton on Tuesday, November 13. All performances are at 7.45pm for an 8pm start. Visit www. tartenoire.co.uk.
Date for dads THE latest date for Dangerous Dads’ diaries is apple juice making near Riverford Bridge on Saturday, October 6, 1-4pm. Dangerous Dads is a unique group that organises events where dads can take their young kids for some good old fashioned fun and adventure. Find out more at www.dangerousdads. org, or email Ian Blackwell at dangerousdads@ btinternet.com.
Incense days A THEATRE of Dreams production at the Crediton Arts Centre.
Theatre of Dreams enriches lives of kids AS children, artists Tracy Whitbread and Hannah Stevens were shaped and nourished by painting, crafts, stories and theatre - and as adults they are now offering those enriching and empowering activities to primary school age children in workshops. Their portable mini-theatre, called
the Theatre of Dreams, gives children the chance to bring the theatre alive using painting, crafts, stories, song and dance. Said Tracy: “We are committed to working with the ideas and imagination that the children bring to the workshop, facilitating and supporting each individual from
the introverted through to the more confident in finding their unique creative expression. “We can work with many themes from the school curriculum for KS1 and KS2 children and can bring the Theatre of Dreams to your village hall too!” Find out more on 01363 84407.
LEARN the ancient art of incense making at two one-day workshops with expert Peter Neumann. They will be at Bowden House, Totnes, on Sunday, October 14, and at Tree Harvest in Colyton, East Devon on Saturday, November 17. Visit www.touchfire. co.uk or call 01803 849040.
Anniversary reflects firm’s ethos more conservative tastes.” Shoes can be bought off the shelf but many people favour the made-tomeasure service and records are kept of every shoe they make. “Customers can, and do, come back years later and we can make them a new pair in the colour of their choice,” said Yvette. Although new designs have been introduced over the years, the techniques and machinery used to make the shoes, in the workshop at the back of the shop in the High Street, are the same today as they were 35 years ago. Conker also applies the same ethos to sourcing the organic and Fairtrade clothes they stock. “Everything is either UK-made or, if it comes in from overseas, ethically sourced,” said Yvette. “Like our footware, all our clothes are well designed, good quality, ethically sound and made to last.” Visit their new website, www. conkershoes.com, or call 01803 862490.
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eclectic mix of 12 short sections from a variety of Darke’s remarkable back catalogue with projected film and simple staging. The performance is on Thursday, Nov 22 at 7.30pm. Call 01395 263928.
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WHEN a manufacturer and retailer celebrates 35 years in the business (and in the same town), it says a great deal about the longevity of the product. And in the case of Conker Shoes in Totnes, it also says a great deal about the whole ethos of the company. “We regularly sell shoes and boots to people who were customers back in the Seventies,” says Conker boss Simon Gwilt. “And some are still bringing in the same pair of shoes to be repaired!” And it’s that integrity of product - using high quality materials and designs that allow them to be repaired time and time again - that make their handmade footwear (and ultimately, the company itself) so sustainable. “There is now a trend away from the disposable as people become more conscious of how they spend their money,” said manager Yvette Worrall. “We’re also very fortunate in that our shoes and boots appeal to such a wide variety of people. We have individual designs and colours for the fashionconscious and traditional styles for
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