EVENTS
GeoQuest
25-31 May
The English Riviera Geopark (Torbay)
25th May 2010 - 31st May 2010 (7 days) GeoQuest is a week of walking, exploring, mapping and performing in the English Riviera Global Geopark, to celebrate our landscape, history and community - a performance walk from the Valley of the Rocks at Watcombe, Torquay to Berry Head in Brixham.
The GeoQuest will be an incredible event and experience - to purchase tickets for one of the 7 evening performances along the route click the website link which will take you to the Dartington Arts website where you can purchase tickets online or over the phone. Tickets are limited so BOOK EARLY ....included in the price of the ticket is a shared meal of locally sourced food and a short talk as well as the preformance - which will evolve over the week so why not book for two nights! Prior to each evening there will be a FREE short walk that anyone can attend - if you can't come along and you are out and about in the Bay then keep your eyes peeled for our three conquestidors as they unravel and explore our stunning landscape and heritage.......
Three Guides or ‘Questors', musician/composer Hugh Nankivell, writer Phil Smith and performer Tony Lidington, will walk Torbay by day researching, creating, finding and telling new ideas, stories and songs about the land and the communities they pass, plus inventing a new geocultural map.
Click here to download and listen to the Basic Rock Song! (mp3 format)
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In a series of evening events along the way the artists invite you to join them to help bring to life the great transformations that have shaped our landscape and our lives. Each GeoQuest evening starts with a FREE short exploratory walk, followed by a ticketed 8pm performance, a talk from a Geopark expert and a simple shared meal (included in the ticket price). See http://www.dartington.org/geoquest for full details!
Box Office 01803 847070 *WALK START POINTS (every day at 6pm):* Anstey's Cove Car Park - Tue 25 May
Daddyhole Plain - Wed 26 May
Occombe Farm - Thu 27 May
Oldway Mansion - Fri 28 May
Paignton Pier (landside) - Sat 29 May
Brixham Breakwater Car Park - Sun 30 May
TIC, Vaughan Parade - Mon 31 May *PERFORMANCE LOCATIONS (every day at 8pm):* Kents Cavern, Torquay - Tue 25 May
Torre Abbey, Torquay - Wed 26 May
Occombe Farm, Paignton - Thu 27 May
Palace Theatre, Paignton - Fri 28 May
YMCA, Goodrington - Sat 29 May
Berry Head Café, Brixham - Sun 30 May
Torquay Museum, Torquay - Mon 31 May *TICKETS*
Combined performance / walk / supper tickets:
Full price £7
Concession £5
Student/U16 £3
Box Office: 01803 847070 This event is part of the Geopark Festival 2010. For more on the English Riviera Global Geopark and the Festival - see http://www.englishrivierageopark.org.uk/ Presented in collaboration with Torbay Council and participating venues. GeoQuest design & illustrations by Becky Glover, Severn Studios.
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