Wednesday 31st August 2011
Smuggler's Gold
at 5.30pm on the slipway in front of Lympstone Sailing Club, by kind permission of the Lympstone Fishery & Harbour Association, we are delighted to present a special performance of SMUGGLER'S GOLD, a lively mixture of music and drama suitable for all ages AND ENTRY IS FREE!
Seating at the slipway will be limited so why not bring a garden chair? If it's raining, a reduced version of Smuggler's Gold will be given in Lympstone Sailing Club
The Common Players, based in Princetown, were awarded £40,000 in Heritage Lottery and Making It Local funding to stage a summer tour in East Devon. The result is the Smuggler's Gold Jurassic Coast Heritage Touring Project across East Devon in July and August 2011, an exciting and innovative theatrical experience aimed at bringing the unique heritage of the East Devon Jurassic coast alive.
The drama centres around the character of Bill Widger who is refusing to leave his East Devon cliff-top cottage, which is falling into the sea because of erosion. In a style similar to Dickens' A Christmas Carol, night-time visitors take Bill on a farewell trip through time to explore the ancient Jurassic Coast landscape, stories of historic fishing fleets, and the Great Landslip of 1839. Apart from enjoying a show, each member of the audience will be given a Smuggler's Gold passport! This will contain details of a competition with prizes and will outline a treasure trail to the museums of East Devon where answers to the questions in the passport will be found. But, the cliff could collapse at any minute!
