Ashburton Live

Dartmoor storyteller Lisa Schneidau discusses things otherworldly, bestial and ritual with artists Libby Bove, Gemma Dunnell, Abigail Tinnion, Asha Umberio and George Radford; followed by a story and this documentary by Dartmoor Preservation Association and Clapham Film Unit

What's left when we've lost everything? stripped down to the basics of rhythm and voice, Jefferson’s hybrid of tap dance, flamenco and body percussion meets Le Couteur’s self-taught overtone singing and 3+ octave range. Unique and amazing.

On their UK tour of playing for dance events, the great Argentine Bandoneon Maestro Orlando Dibelo and his student Ruth Rozelaar will visit Ashburton Arts Centre one more time to play.

A quest to record all the calls of Scotland's seabird species, travelling solo by sea kayak

Pip Harris and Joe Foweraker invite you to join them for Conversations on the Challenges of a Life Well-Lived.

In this intimate 80 minute 2-hander performance, our approach to both the comic and the tragic sides of Beckett’s work will give audiences a compelling new way to experience his language.

Magical pugget theatre for all the family

with host Jesse Molins (guitar) with Martin Jenkins & Tony Follano

“She has probably the purest voice I have heard and at times it sent shivers up and down my spine” BBC

DARTMOOR A conversation with Kate Ashbrook, Matthew Kelly, Guy Shrubsole and Lewis Winks

Wyl Menmuir in conversation with Alex Murdin and Sophie Pierce

A talk by DNP archaeologists Lee Bray and Andy Crabb

Readings by and conversation with Sean Borodale and Fiona Williams

A visual presentation and conversation with Land & Lore, Garry Fabian Miller, Matthew Shaw and Mark Jessett

Dartmoor's own singer and multi-instrumentalist, who's now known across the UK and beyond. Always a favourite, so early booking essential.

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A conversation with, and performance by, Dartmoor’s wildest Morris side

Stretching the boundaries of folk music tradition, experimental electronics, lo-fi weirdness and psychedelia.

“Ellie Gowers is, quite literally, an all-singing, all-dancing folk polymath” Jon Wilks, TradFolk

“Lyrics and musical arrangements crackle with wide-eyed curiosity.” Jude Rogers, The Guardian

“One of the country’s best live acts right now! Get out and see them wherever you can!” Americana UK

International close harmony folk trio with spellbinding tri-lingual folk songs and tales