The Arts at Dartington / Events / Tue 25 to Mon 31 May 2010 (1 week)

GeoQuest

Tuesday 25 - Monday 31 May
Venues across the English Riviera

A journey of exploration around Torbay, featuring a week of walking, workshops and performances to celebrate the English Riviera Global GeoPark, a UNESCO area of outstanding scientific interest in Torbay.
What more appropriate way to highlight our geological history than a journey through our GeoPark? A performance walk from the Valley of the Rocks at Watcombe to Berry Head in Brixham, during which the landscape will be re-examined through historical research and artistic creativity.
Three 'Questors' - musician Hugh Nankivell, Dartington's featured composer of the year, writer Phil Smith and performer Tony Liddington - will travel Torbay by foot, creating, finding and telling new ideas, stories and songs about the land and the communities they pass, and inventing a new geocultural map. In a series of events along the way the artists will animate the great transformations that have formed our landscape and our lives.
A GeoQuest evening starts at 6pm when you can join the Questors for a short, exploratory walk, followed by a 8pm performance, a talk from a GeoPark expert and a simple shared meal (included in the ticket price).

START
Walks start at 6pm; performance/talk suppers at 8pm (advance tickets only).
Performance/talk only tickets will be available on the door subject to availability.

VENUES
Kents Cavern, Torquay
Torre Abbey, Torquay
Occombe Farm, Paignton
Palace Theatre, Paignton
Paignton YMCA, Goodrington
Berry Head Café, Brixham
Torquay Museum, Torquay

Tickets £9.00
Concessions £7.00
Students & U16s £5.00

Box office:
01803 847070
www.dartington.org/geoquest

For more information visit http://www.dartington.org/geoquest

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