What's On and Things To Do Around Brixham

A professional, researched historical medieval theatre production telling of the fall of the Knights Templar, & the surrounding legends and accusations of heresy.

Now in it’s 9th year, Brixham Fish Market Tours are still proving to be very popular, even with the very early start of 6am. A chance to see behind the scenes and the hustle and bustle of the world famous Brixham Fish Market, culminating in a delicious fish breakfast at Rockfish.

Now in it’s 9th year, Brixham Fish Market Tours are still proving to be very popular, even with the very early start of 6am. A chance to see behind the scenes and the hustle and bustle of the world famous Brixham Fish Market, culminating in a delicious fish breakfast at Rockfish.

Pilgrim is the oldest surviving trawler built and rigged in Brixham. Come aboard and see how they did things in 1895 and explore Brixham’s unique fishing and sailing heritage. We will show you round and let you decide if you want to come cruising with us. Tours are 10.30am-12.30pm and 1.30pm-3.30pm.

Join the thousands of people across the UK who are stepping out this summer to make a difference for everyone affected by stroke. Step Out for Stroke is a fun, one mile sponsored walk for people of all ages and abilities, including stroke survivors and their friends and families.

Join us in Greenway’s enchanted woodland. Why not dress up as an animal, elf or fairy and drop into this day of woodland games, animal-themed crafts and activities led by the woodland folk at Greenway. Booking Not Needed. Phone: 01803 842382. Children very welcome when accompanied by an adult.

An exhibition of Christie’s ’secret’ letters to her longstanding publisher HarperCollins is on display in the Walled Garden, created to celebrate HarperCollins’ 200th anniversary.

Greenway was requisitioned during the Second World War, and we will be sharing the history of this time. Why not come along dressed in your 1940s best to find out about Greenway at war' Booking Not Needed. Children are very welcome.

Join Heartbreak Theatre Production, the Bennet sisters, and a host of charming, young bachelors (yes, Mr Darcy will be there. No, really, yes, that Mr Darcy), for an evening of comedy, romance, and more than one come-uppance.

A free monthly 10k trail run along the rugged South West Coast Path and through Coleton Fishacre garden. Free, fun, informal, forever and for everyone. Come and Trust10 with us. Registration is on the day at 8.30am in Coleton Fishacre car park and the run starts at 9am.

On select Wednesday during the school holidays is a Wild Wednesday at Coleton Fishacre, where the team of rangers lead 50 things to do before you’re 11 activities in the garden. - Wed 30 May, cooking on a campfire at the wild play area: 2 child, normal admission prices apply. - Wed 25 Jul, activity TBC.

Meet Laura, volunteer officer for the English Riviera portfolio, and talk about opportunities to get involved at Greenway, Coleton Fishacre, Compton Castle and Bradley Manor; from butterfly counting, garden blitzing, buggy driving to Christmas crafts. Booking Not Needed.

Would you like to explore the rugged stretch of coastline in the company of a countryside ranger' The ranger team will be leading spring countryside walks from Coleton Fishacre to Pudcombe Cove, along the South West Coast Path to Ivy Cove, and back to Coleton Fishacre via Coleton Camp.

A night of sparkles, fizz, song and dance, beautiful burlesque and cocktails with Kiki! If you like your burlesque shows classic then this is the night for you.

Join us in May half term to learn all about poo at the Zoo! Discover how wildlife experts use poo to track animals and how our keepers use poo to assess animal health. Take part in our a ‘poo-dunnit?’ trail, learn fun facts at our daily talks and even play ‘Plop Trumps’.

Join Paignton Zoo for an evening with the big cats! Come along after hours for an exclusive opportunity to learn all about our majestic tigers and lions. Watch them at feeding time, meet their keepers and enjoy presentations. All this plus tea and a delicious slice of cake! The evening will begin at 7.

Both hilarious and poignant, The Dresser explores the relationship between two men who are reluctantly and inevitably co-dependent. As World War II rages, backstage in a provincial English theatre, an ageing, once-famous classical actor is troubled.

Hosted by Graham Norton and broadcast live to cinemas nationwide from London’s BFI Southbank. In Playing the Part, audiences will have the opportunity to celebrate one of Britain’s true acting icons on his birthday weekend. Built around a 14 hour interview, the film uncovers McKellen’s story.

A new production of the Rolls-Royce of English comedies, Oscar Wilde’s An Ideal Husband, will be broadcast live to cinemas from the Vaudeville Theatre in London’s West End. This entertaining and still topical play brings an act of political sin into the heart of the English home.

Leonard Cohen’s wonderful Tower of Songs - stripped back, desolate, naked and sensual... Enigmatic, mysterious and sub textural, songwriter Leonard Cohen was an unflinching character, with an exact sense of prose, a wry humour and courage to wrestle with the unspoken, forgiving human frailty with the stroke...

Prince Siegfried chances upon a flock of swans while out hunting. When one of the swans turns into a beautiful woman, Odette, he is enraptured. But she is under a spell that holds her captive, allowing her to regain her human form only at night. Swan Lake was Tchaikovsky’s first score for ballet.

Phil Watson (accordion) presents an upbeat concert based on ’A Touch of Latin’.

Following their recent and highly successful ’The Magic Of Glenn Miller’, the Dave Hankin Big Band return with their brand new show ’Iconic TV Themes’. Dave invites you to experience the music that has introduced many a cult TV programme in recent and not so recent times.

Madama Butterfly is a classic love story that never fails to move, a tragic romance that sweeps you along in the intensity of its action. When an innocent young Geisha meets an American naval officer she falls instantly and deeply in love.

Three times nominated in the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, and double winners of the Spiral Earth Awards, Megson draw heavily on their Teesside heritage to create a truly unique brand of music.

Join us during May half term to discover more about the amazing marine creatures that live in our seas and how marine plastic pollution is affecting them. Experience puppet shows (Mon-Fri only), exciting animal enrichment, play our Trash or Treasure game and even take part in our new 2-minute beach cleans!

Set in 20 acres of farmland, the 3 acre garden follows a rambling stream through a steep valley: lily pond, herbaceous borders, camellias, shrubs and roses dominated by huge embothrium glowing scarlet in late spring against a sometimes blue sky!

Date: 26 May 2018 Celebrate the Geopark Festival with Squircle Arts and Torquay Museum. Become a stone-age cave artist and make your own cave painting by torchlight with the Squircle Arts team at Torquay Museum. Handle stone-age tools, skulls and pots, and make your own stone-age vessel from clay.

To celebrate the opening of Torquay Museum’s LEGO® models summer blockbuster exhibition, there will be a special action-packed family-friendly launch day.

Date: 26 May 2018 - 3 June 2018 Rock Stars Trail at Torquay Museum! To celebrate Torbay’s unique status as a global geopark, the Geopark Festival is taking place across the English Rivera from 26th May – 3rd June 2018. Join us for our events all week.

‘Meet the Ancestors’ at Torquay Museum! Join us for our guided interactive tours of our Ancestors Gallery – Handle Neanderthal and Cro-Magnon skulls, flint & stone tools and mammal fossils.

Join the Squircle Arts team for a night of printmaking at Torquay Museum. Take inspiration from the Museum’s galleries and collections. Learn various printing methods. Create beautiful prints that you can take home with you. Thursday 17th May: Birds, Bugs and Beasts - Lino Cuts.

As the name suggests The Upbeat Beatles are a rockin’ band with tight musicianship and powerhouse vocals! You’ll be jumping from the word go! There isn’t a band to touch them - 8 bars of “Twist and Shout” and you will know why! No other band performs this song like the Upbeat Beatles!

Rich Hall’s critically acclaimed new show begins its second leg of touring. There has never been a better time to be an American comedian in the UK. Hall’s precision dismantling of the tenuous relationship between two countries is a freewheeling and deadly accurate as ever.

Illuminate your day with - Starshine. Featuring an array of talented performers who share one common purpose to ‘Entertain you’, the all new show for 2018, Starshine, promises an abundance of side - splitting comedy, powerful vocalists delivering dynamic songs and elegant dancers who are endlessly energetic.

If you are passionate about music, love the magic of watching an epic musical on the big screen and enjoy the wonder of theatre, then the all new show, produced and directed by Colin Matthews, West End at the Movies, will be something you will not want to miss.

Due to huge demand, and over-priced lawyers, Lee is extending his smash-hit tour for a second time, adding a final 30 dates to his huge 150-show run.

Illuminate your day with - Starshine. Featuring an array of talented performers who share one common purpose to ‘Entertain you’, the all new show for 2018, Starshine, promises an abundance of side - splitting comedy, powerful vocalists delivering dynamic songs and elegant dancers who are endlessly energetic.

Set in a secluded rural area, this sloping 2 acre garden has abundant colour themed herbaceous borders. Large wildlife pond, productive raised vegetable beds, grass path walks through wild flower meadow areas and lovely countryside views.

2 delightful gardens in the tiny hamlet of Ash. The beautiful intimate little garden at Bay Tree Cottage sits in a quiet secluded valley with wonderful sunlit views across open farmland. The perfect curved lawn leads the eye to small rooms filled with surprise and clever planting.

The Lost Sound, Dartmoor Folk choir are joined for this concert by Gaudeamus chamber choir. They sang together in 2015 at the Brandenburg Choral Festival in London, and come together again as part of the Gaudeamus summer tour. The Lost Sound is a folk choir of extraordinary quality.

ABF The Soldiers’ Charity will be holding its annual Golf Day at Dainton Park Golf Club on Wednesday 20 June 2018. Individuals or teams are invited to take part. There will be two Stableford competitions: Men’s Team of Three and Ladies’ Team of Three each over 18 holes off full handicap.

For 2018, Abbotskerswell offers 8 gardens plus the village allotments. Ranging from very small to large they offer a wide range of planting styles and innovative landscaping. Cottage gardens, terracing, wild flower areas, a wild garden and specialist plants. Ideas for every type and size of garden.

This concert provides a showcase for gifted young musicians who are aspiring to become tomorrow’s professionals.

This evening’s informal performance of Rossini: Petite Messe Solennelle will be the culmination of a choral workshop day directed by Stephen Threlfall, Director of Music at Chetham’s School, Manchester.

We’ll be there most Sundays and Bank Holidays too, to welcome you for seaside fun all through the summer months. From rockpooling, mini raft building and wild art, there are plenty of ’50 Things’ activities to look forward to on Branscombe beach with our friendly Beach Welcomers. Booking Not Needed.

A free monthly 10k trail run along the rugged South West Coast Path and through Coleton Fishacre garden. Free, fun, informal, forever and for everyone. Come and Trust10 with us. Registration is on the day at 8.30am in Coleton Fishacre car park and the run starts at 9am.

It’s time to get your sharp eyes ready for some minibeast hunting and wildlife searching on a farm. We’ll be having a nature adventure on Lower Halsdon Farm, hunting for minibeasts all over the farm and then building a bug hotel for them to live in.

Make friends with the animals and get stuck into ’50 things’ activities on this day of family farmyard fun. Scobbiscombe Farm will be opening its doors to the public for family fun and learning all about life on a working farm.