2014

June 12^th  A Small Family Business  Theatre  Ayckbourn  NT Live 18.45

June 17^th  Benvenuto Cellini  Opera  Berlioz ENO 19.00

June 18^th  Henry IV Part Two    RSC 18.45

June 24^th  Manon Lescaut  Opera  Puccini  ROH       18.30

July 19^th   Andre Rieu  18.45

July 20^th   Monty Python Live   18.45

Sept.3^rd   Two Gentlemen of Verona   RSC  18.45

Sept 4^th    Medea  Theatre  Euripides  NT Live 18.30

Oct 14^th   Otello  Opera   Verdi  ENO  18.30

Oct 16^th    Manon Ballet Massenet   ROH   19.00

Oct 26^th    Legends of Love Ballet Melikov Bolshoi 14.45

Oct 27^th    I due Foscari Opera  Verdi ROH       19.00

Nov 23^rd   The Pharaoh`s Daughter  Ballet Pugni       Bolshoi 14.45

Nov 26^th   L`Elisir d`Amore Opera Donizetti   ROH       19.00

Dec 7^th     La Bayadere  Ballet Minkus Bolshoi 14.45

Dec 16^th    Alice`s Adventures ..   Ballet  Talbot      ROH       19.00

Dec 21^st    Nutcracker  Ballet Tchaikovsky  Bolshoi 14.45

2015

Jan 25^th   Swan Lake  Ballet   Tchaikovsky Bolshoi 14.45

Jan 29^th   Andrea Chenier  Opera  Giordano  ROH   19.00

Feb 11^th   Love`s Labour`s Lost  RSC 18.45

Feb 24^th   The Flying Dutchman Opera Wagner ROH  19.00

Mar 4^th     Love`s Labour`s Won  RSC 18.45

Mar 8^th     Romeo and Juliet   Ballet  Prokofiev Bolshoi 14.45

Mar 11^th    La Traviata  Opera  Verdi  ENO 19.15

Mar 17^th   Swan Lake  Ballet Tchaikovsky  ROH   19.00

Apr 1^st    Rise and Fall of the City of  Mahagonny   Opera Weill/Brecht   ROH 19.00

April 19^th   Ivan The Terrible  Ballet  Bolshoi 14.45

May 5^th     La Fille Mal Gardee  Ballet  Herold ROH       19.00

May 19^th   Pirates of Penzance  Opera  G & S ENO  19.15

June 10^th   La Boheme  Opera Puccini  ROH 19.00

July 1^st      Carmen  Opera  Bizet  ENO 19.15

July 5^th      Guillaume Tell  Opera Rossini  ROH 14.30

 www.lymeregis.scottcinemas.co.uk  

Books to your Door
Unable to get to the Library? Housebound?

'If you are housebound or unable to get to your local library, we may be able to arrange for books to be delivered to your home, free at regular intervals by volunteers.

We offer a wide range of fiction as well as information books on country life, cookery, travel, biography and other popular subjects. You can request specific books or subjects.

Large print books are available as well as talking books for people with sight problems, illness or other disabilities.

Books and talking books are delivered to your home by volunteers. All staff and volunteers always carry identity cards. Visits are usually every three weeks. There is no charge for our Home Library Service.

For more details, contact your local library and a member of staff will call to see if we can help you to use the library service.'

Marine Theatre
starts fundraising campaign for new roof

The Marine Theatre has kicked off a fundraising campaign to fund substantial repairs to its roof. “Raise the Roof!” aims to raise somewhere in the region of £95,000 towards a brand new roof for the 119 year-old Lyme Regis building.

Whilst many who visit the theatre in inclement weather may see the presence of 2 children’s paddling pools to catch drips as a quirky necessity in an ageing building, in reality they tell a different story. An extensive survey has revealed that in order to preserve the Marine, its two roofs are in desperate need of repair, with the pitch roof needing re-insulating, re-pitching and re-slating.  Work to re-gutter, repair mortaring, paint the walls and treat the sea facing timbers, along with the addition of solar panels, will add to the longevity and the economic and environmental sustainability of the theatre.
 

Lyme Arts Community Trust, which runs the Marine, hopes that a substantial amount will come from grants, but will also be reaching out to the local community and supporters of the theatre to help them raise the rest.

Co-Artistic Director Tim Bell said:  “The Marine Theatre building, in its many guises, has played a valuable part in Lyme Regis life for the last 119 years. We want to ensure the building lasts for another 119 years.

We’ve got a great history of fantastic performance here in Lyme. Whether it’s one of the local societies (who date back to the 1920s), Lyme Youth Theatre or one of the dozens of world famous acts that have appeared here over the years (including Jimmy Cagney, Michael McIntyre, Status Quo and Jo Brand) there have always been excellent, affordable nights out in Lyme. Unless we can fix the roof, that tradition is under threat.

When so many sectors are facing tough, tough cuts, many people may be wondering why it’s worth spending so much money on a theatre. Well, a study published today by Centre for Economics and Business Research has demonstrated that for every pound that's invested in arts and culture six pounds is generated for the local economy. We are a profitable industry and a thriving theatre that brings a lot of business into Lyme.”

3 years after a bail out from Lyme Regis Town Council, the theatre’s fortunes have turned a corner. At its last report to LRTC the theatre reported audience figures up 48%. Mr Bell added “We’ve received a tremendous amount of Town Council backing over the last 11 years, something we are extremely grateful for. It’s our job to make sure that money doesn’t go to waste. We have a responsibility to improve the fabric of the building and to keep on delivering great entertainment to the people of West Dorset.”

The first two fundraising events for “Raise the Roof!” have already been announced. On Friday 7^th June local favourites The Echoes visit the Marine for a fundraising gig. On Wednesday 10^th of July Mark Hix heads up a panel of well know local chefs for a thought-provoking panel discussion on mackerel and sustainable fishing.

To donate, please visit

www.marinetheatre.com/raise-the-roof

Community Post

Have you got time to spare to keep part of Lyme’s heritage thriving?

The town’s restored 14^th century working watermill produces stone-ground flour from local organic wheat and lies within a courtyard complex in the heart of Lyme containing a variety of Artisan Shops, Studios, Galleries and a Millers Garden. Spring 2010 will be an exciting time with the opening of the Malthouse Community Space and Lyme Bay Brewing. 

Can you spare a few hours a week or month? We need people to regularly volunteer as millers, staffing the gift shop, stewarding the gallery, and helping out to keep the environment, including the gardens and the courtyard, attractive for our visitors. You’ll find that enthusiastic, generous and friendly people make up the community at the mill.  As well as being involved with a unique heritage project you will have the chance to meet many visitors from around the globe.

 For more information please visit our website www.townmill.org.uk or contact Mags Osborn at the Town Mill on 01297 443579,  info@townmill.org.uk

The Lyme Regis Museum announces the arrival of its fantastic new fossil – The Lyme Bay Ichthyosaur. The museum has acquired the fossilised head of this impressive Jurassic predator – a large dolphin-like reptile that swam the warm seas of prehistoric Dorset. The skull measures over 1.5 metres long and possessed a formidable armoury of razor sharp teeth.

Lyme Regis is the home of palaeontology and the place where Britain’s greatest fossil hunter, Mary Anning discovered the first ichthyosaur and plesiosaur in the early 19^th century. The town is situated at the heart of the Jurassic Coast, England’s only Natural World Heritage Site.

Museum Director David Tucker said, “This species of ichthyosaur, called Temnodontosaurus platydon is the same species as the first great ichthyosaur discovered by Mary Anning 200 years ago. Mary Anning’s fossil is in the Natural History Museum, and Lyme Regis has waited two centuries to obtain a similar, large specimen. The fossil was discovered within metres of the museum. It’s important that museums along the Jurassic Coast are able to display the amazing fossil treasures that are still being found along the coast”.  The fossil was found by local collector, Mike Harrison and was purchased for the museum with the support of the Heritage Lottery Fund and Prism Grant Fund.

For further details contact David Tucker: director@lymeregismuseum.co.uk or 01297 443370.  Lyme Regis Museum is open seven days a week from March 20^th 2013.  Lyme Regis Museum, Bridge Street, Lyme Regis, Dorset DT7 3QA

Winter Parking Permits

Free parking in Cabanya and Woodmead car parks 1st November 2013 to 31 March 2014 for full-time Lyme Regis Residents only.
Available from Lyme Regis Town Council Office from 25th October 2013 and can be collected between 10am and midday, and 2pm and 4pm. 

Your most recent Council tax bill and vehicle registration document displaying the same address are necessary to obtain a permit

Something in need of repair or
maintenance around town?

 Candles on the Cobb 2012

5,000 candles light the Cobb, the North wall and spell 'Candles on the Cobb' on the beach
What an incredible event!

Recycle those unwanted Gifts

Unstable cliffs along the coast

Chalets being demolished at Ware Cliffs