What's On Torquay

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.

Join leading hypnotist Robert Temple on a fast-paced, laugh-out-loud and hysterical ride to the centre of your imagination! This is YOUR chance to become the star of this unforgettable show.

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.

Back by popular demand! A unique opportunity to hear, played live, every chart hit America’s biggest pop band ever recorded including: God Only Knows, Good Vibrations, I Get Around, Wouldn’t It Be Nice, Surfin’ USA, Fun Fun Fun, California Girls, Sloop John B and many more that you will know..

Presented here is a unique opportunity to hear a comprehensive selection of chart hits America’s biggest pop band ever recorded including: God Only Knows - Good Vibrations - I Get Around - Surfin’ USA - Fun Fun Fun - California Girls - Sloop John B and many more that you will surely know and by the end of the evening

Ed states, "I originally intended to call the show, “I’ll Millennial You in a Minute”, but my promoter considered the title, “off-puttingly baffling”. That’s my own chainsaw in the photo, by the way". Is life that bad or have we good reason to complain about it?

The ultimate feel good show! Another sensational show from the producers of ’Memory Lane’, ‘Rolling back the Years’, and ‘Memories are made of This’.

Date: 25 October 2017 - 28 April 2018 For the first time a substantial exhibition, ’The Lost City of Z’ on the legendary Torquay-born explorer, Col.

Torquay Museum Bay Brass Concert Bay Brass Torquay is a friendly band based in the English Riviera with a wide range of ages who enjoy playing together. Their repertoire is varied and continually expanding. They meet and rehearse regulary and play varied sets.

Date: 28 April 2018 UNWRITTEN ARCHIVES On Saturday, 28th April, Torquay Museum is pleased to host the Friends of Devon’s Archives in their Spring Meeting. Opening with tea/coffee at 09:45, the day involves a series of talks as follows - ’JMW Turner in the West Country’ by Prof.

The 24th Annual UK Tap Dance Festival. Dance workshops with top instructors, performance opportunity and parties.

Shalamar - Friends 35th Anniversary Tour. Artists performing: Shalamar.: Tickets avaiable.

Join our Coastal Crew and help us keep the shores clean! In 2018, Living Coasts will be running a series of beach cleans around Torbay, with the first one at Preston Beach on 12th May 2018.

Learn to Lindy Hop/Swing Dance Swing into Spring!! Our Lindy Hop/Swing Dance night is becoming very popular and people want to dance every week so we have booked one of the best in the biz for a Friday night course 7.00pm – 8.00pm.

Celebrate Record Store Day at The Lucky 7 Club The record store has made a come-back, vinyl is super trendy but for some of us it didn’t ever go away!

Hold on tight folks – it’s going to be a riotous one! Big costumes high energy, plenty of attitude and the return of one of the biggest names in burlesque – a gal who swapped Yorkshire for Shanghai for 5 years – she’s back – Anna Fur Laxis! It’s going to be a hell of a show!

FEELING KINKY? The Kast off Kinks are actual former members of the legendary band ‘The Kinks’, back together playing great music and re-living the good times whilst keeping the songs alive that made The Kinks a household name.

This Easter, Touchwood is inviting families to embark on an egg-citing adventure as it launches its mesmerising maze in Theatre Square. Younger guests who visit between 9.

RNLI Mayday Weekend Coffee Morning & Sale with stalls & refreshments Homemade cakes Collectables and Jewellery, Bric-a-brac, A wide selection of quality paperback books and plenty of gifts from the RNLI souvenir stall.

Over the last 25 years, Lloyd and his wife Rose have devoted their lives to taking care of birds and mastering the art of capturing them on film. They are, without a doubt, the world’s experts at tracking birds and in-flight filming.

Prima ballerina Dominika Egorova faces a bleak and uncertain future after she suffers an injury that ends her career. She soon turns to Sparrow School, a secret intelligence service that trains exceptional young people to use their minds and bodies as weapons.

Walk Like a Panther Some wrestlers from the 1980s are forced to suit up once last time when their beloved local pub faces closure. Starring Stephen Graham, Jason Flemyng and Juilan Sands Comedy Running Time – 1hr 48mins Certificate – 12A

One mean green monster of a musical ! For the misfits of Skid Row, life is full of broken dreams and dead ends. But there’s hope on the horizon for flower shop assistant, Seymour, when he discovers a mysterious new plant with killer potential.

One of the most highly accomplished and critically acclaimed Celtic roots music bands based in Britain today, Jamie Smith’s MABON have built their reputation on their exhilarating live performances and deftly worked recordings.

Viv Wilson returns to Pavilions Teignmouth to present her compilation of film and photographs. Teignmouth has numerous reasons to be proud - proud of the people it has nurtured, the events it has hosted and its voluntary groups which support the community.

Manon’s brother Lescaut is offering her to the highest bidder when she meets Des Grieux and falls in love. They elope to Paris, but when Monsieur G.M. offers Manon a life of luxury as his mistress she can’t resist. With the Lescauts’ encouragement Des Grieux cheats at cards in an attempt to win Monsieur G.M.

Directed by Rufus Norris. Shakespeare’s most intense and terrifying tragedy, directed by Rufus Norris (The Threepenny Opera, London Road), will see Rory Kinnear (Young Marx, Othello) and Anne-Marie Duff (Oil, Suffragette) return to the National Theatre to play Macbeth and Lady Macbeth.

Headliner - Adam Bloom. Adam Bloom is one of Britain’s most inventive comedians. One of the most sought after acts in the country. Perrier Award nominee and Polygram Awards winner for best stand-up at the Edinburg Festival. Undoubtedly one of Britain’s sharpest comic brains – all this and he doesn’t swear.

Last Resort is an alternative future for Guantanamo Bay. The waterboarding has stopped, the noise has been turned down and the military base has been reclaimed as a holiday destination. You, the audience, are our holidaymakers.

This breathtakingly beautiful Tony® Award-winning Broadway musical, inspired by the Oscar® winning MGM film, tells the impassioned story of discovering love in the ‘City of Light’.

Two actors play 25 characters in this brilliant staging of classic radio scripts based on favourite episodes from the original TV series.

Bitton House Wedding Fair 2018 29th April 2018 www.facebook.com/events/1544216065589154/ diverse-events.

Bishopsteignton Art Group Annual Exhibition

Join us for an exclusive opportunity to eat cake with the apes at Paignton Zoo! Learn about our primates with the chance to quiz keepers about what really makes apes tick! Enjoy presentations and a guided tour of the orang-utan, gorilla and gibbon enclosures. All of this plus a delicious slice of cake!

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.

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.

Some would say that the Jurassic Coast is best explored from the water - and now’s your chance to see this incredible area from a new perspective. Throughout the summer months, you can join our local partners Exmouth Watersports for a two hour paddleboarding tour along this dramatic coastline.

The Gribbin Daymark will be open to the public giving spectacular views of St Austell Bay to the west and the Fowey estuary to the east. Walk out to the Gribbin Headland, take a picnic or stop off at Polridmouth Beach perhaps. Our volunteers will have the Daymark open so you can climb up the steps to the top.

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 provide free guided tours.

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.

Run by 2 semi-retired horticulturists: formal Mediterranean front garden, with wisteria-clad Georgian house, small alpine house. Rear courtyard with tree ferns, pots/troughs, lean-to 7m conservatory with tender plants and climbers. Steps to 30x20m walled garden - flowers, vegetables and trained fruit.

Step back in time to the 1930s and 40s on April 21st– 22nd at the John Fowler Holiday Park. The The entertainment during the weekend, is second to none. On Saturday, be blown away by the powerful vocal talents of Radio 2 regular Louise Parker, who interprets swing, blues and gospel classics with style and passion.

Calls from Heaven with Take a Breaks Fate and Fortune Mandy Masters. Mandy will be in Dawlish with her fantastic show. Mandy gives amazing evidence as well as the chance to hear your loved ones Voices. Don’t miss out on this amazing opportunity.

After the quaint wedding fairs that have been ran at Dawlish Manor House for the past two years, Dawlish Town Council have kindly invited us back for a third year to run their wedding fair! Browse a diverse range of exhibitors, from cupcakes to cars, some of the finest in Devon and Cornwall.

Evening of Mediumship with Psychic Medium Nikki Kitt Psychic Medium Nikki Kitt is a Spiritualist Medium who is currently touring the UK with Psychic / Mediumship Evenings.

Collectables and Jewellery, Bric-a-brac, A wide selection of quality paperback books and plenty of gifts from the RNLI souvenir stall. Donkey rides and Bouncy Castles

Heather Jansch, world-famous sculptor, brings innovative use of recycled materials to gardening. 14 acres incl stunning driftwood sculpture, fabulous views from thrilling woodland bluebell trail down to timeless stream-bordered water meadow walk, pools, herbaceous border, medicinal herb garden.

Why not join the gardeners at Greenway for a free walk and talk through the glorious woodland garden filled with spring flowers. Greenway’s romantic woodland garden is renowned for its spring flowers - from camellias to rhododendrons, as well as swathes of spring bulbs.

Why not join one of the countryside rangers for a walk through Greenway garden out to part of the estate' On the walk you will find out about the work that the National Trust rangers do to care for this special place. Booking Not Needed. Children are very welcome. Dogs on leads welcome.