Calendar of Activities

Events in July 2026

Career, Writing and Self-Publishing – Terry Green

Operation Mincemeat

Am Brook Meadow Ipplepen

Car Man – A Matthew Bourne Ballet

Sidmouth Folk Festival

Career, Writing and Self-Publishing – Terry Green

Operation Mincemeat

Am Brook Meadow Ipplepen

Car Man – A Matthew Bourne Ballet

Sidmouth Folk Festival

2:00 pm
01-07-2026

Terry Green, Tavistock businessman, inventor, and voice of ‘cashier number 3’, now Crime
writer (Redline, and Dangerous Art), and member of the Crime Writers’ Association, will talk
about his career, his writing, and the challenges of self-publishing.

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Tavistock Town Hall Only

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2:30 pm
02-07-2026

The year is 1943 and right now we’re losing the war. Luckily, we’re about to gamble all our futures on a stolen corpse.

Singin’ in the Rain meets Strangers on a Train, Operation Mincemeat is the fast-paced, hilarious and unbelievable true story of the twisted secret mission that won us World War II.

Bursting at the seams with the kind of chaos you couldn’t invent, the question is: how did a dead body, a fake love letter, and – of all people – Ian Fleming come together to wrong-foot Hitler?

Carol saw Operation Mincemeat in London a year or so ago, she believes it deserves all the praise it has received. It is clever, funny and original, not just another musical based on a Hollywood blockbuster!

Tickets in the Stalls £60.00

Booking Deadline 5th November 2025

Theatre Royal Plymouth

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11-07-2026

Country garden developed over past 20 years to encourage wildlife. Perennial native wildflower meadows, large ponds with ducks and swans, streams and wild areas covering 10 acres are accessible by gravel and grass pathways. Formal courtyard garden with water features and herbaceous borders and prairie style planting together with poultry and bees close by.

Featured in the book Secret Gardens

Entry Fee £7.00

Meet at Pixon Lane

To book on this trip book up at the monthly meeting or ring/text Janet or Jennie

Meet at Pixon Lane

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2:30 pm
16-07-2026

Matthew Bourne’s award-winning The Car Man is back! Loosely based on Bizet’s ever-popular opera, The Car Man has one of the most thrilling and instantly recognisable scores in New Adventures’ repertoire.

The familiar 19th Century Spanish cigarette factory becomes a greasy 1950’s garage-diner in the American Mid-West where the dreams and passions of a small-town are shattered by the arrival of a handsome and enigmatic stranger. Fuelled by heat and desire, the inhabitants are driven into an unstoppable spiral of greed, lust, betrayal and revenge.

Tickets in the Stalls £55.00

Booking Deadline 7th January 2026

Theatre Royal Plymouth

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8:30 am – 5:30 pm
31-07-2026

Departs at 9.00am from the coach parking bays in the Bedford Coach Park.

Free time in Sidmouth to watch or join in the dancing on the Esplanade and enjoy the town.

Depart Sidmouth 4.00pm

Price £19.00

Contact Sonja Armstrong when booking opens at the June u3a meeting

Cost £23.00 Pay at the Events table at the June meeting or by BACS. If paying by BACS make sure you use the correct account

and use as a reference the name of the event and your surname.

By telephone (telephone numbers of the Events Committee can be found on the Contacts page – if you have mislaid the password please email web@tavydistrictu3a.org.uk)

Coach Area of the Bedford Carpark opposite the toilets

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1 Career, Writing and Self-Publishing – Terry Green Career, Writing and Self-Publishing – Terry Green 2:00 pm 01-07-2026 Terry Green, Tavistock businessman, inventor, and voice of ‘cashier number 3’, now Crime writer (Redline, and Dangerous Art), and member of the Crime Writers’ Association, will talk about his career, his writing, and the challenges of self-publishing. a Tavistock Town Hall Only View Location

2 Operation Mincemeat Operation Mincemeat 2:30 pm 02-07-2026 The year is 1943 and right now we’re losing the war. Luckily, we’re about to gamble all our futures on a stolen corpse. Singin’ in the Rain meets Strangers on a Train, Operation Mincemeat is the fast-paced, hilarious and unbelievable true story of the twisted secret mission that won us World War II. Bursting at the seams with the kind of chaos you couldn’t invent, the question is: how did a dead body, a fake love letter, and – of all people – Ian Fleming come together to wrong-foot Hitler? Carol saw Operation Mincemeat in London a year or so ago, she believes it deserves all the praise it has received. It is clever, funny and original, not just another musical based on a Hollywood blockbuster! Tickets in the Stalls £60.00 Booking Deadline 5th November 2025 Theatre Royal Plymouth View Location

11 Am Brook Meadow Ipplepen Am Brook Meadow Ipplepen 11-07-2026 Country garden developed over past 20 years to encourage wildlife. Perennial native wildflower meadows, large ponds with ducks and swans, streams and wild areas covering 10 acres are accessible by gravel and grass pathways. Formal courtyard garden with water features and herbaceous borders and prairie style planting together with poultry and bees close by. Featured in the book Secret Gardens Entry Fee £7.00 Meet at Pixon Lane To book on this trip book up at the monthly meeting or ring/text Janet or Jennie Meet at Pixon Lane View Location

16 Car Man – A Matthew Bourne Ballet Car Man – A Matthew Bourne Ballet 2:30 pm 16-07-2026 Matthew Bourne’s award-winning The Car Man is back! Loosely based on Bizet’s ever-popular opera, The Car Man has one of the most thrilling and instantly recognisable scores in New Adventures’ repertoire. The familiar 19th Century Spanish cigarette factory becomes a greasy 1950’s garage-diner in the American Mid-West where the dreams and passions of a small-town are shattered by the arrival of a handsome and enigmatic stranger. Fuelled by heat and desire, the inhabitants are driven into an unstoppable spiral of greed, lust, betrayal and revenge. Tickets in the Stalls £55.00 Booking Deadline 7th January 2026 Theatre Royal Plymouth View Location

31 Sidmouth Folk Festival Sidmouth Folk Festival 8:30 am – 5:30 pm 31-07-2026 Departs at 9.00am from the coach parking bays in the Bedford Coach Park. Free time in Sidmouth to watch or join in the dancing on the Esplanade and enjoy the town. Depart Sidmouth 4.00pm Price £19.00 Contact Sonja Armstrong when booking opens at the June u3a meeting Cost £23.00 Pay at the Events table at the June meeting or by BACS. If paying by BACS make sure you use the correct account and use as a reference the name of the event and your surname. By telephone (telephone numbers of the Events Committee can be found on the Contacts page – if you have mislaid the password please email web@tavydistrictu3a.org.uk) Coach Area of the Bedford Carpark opposite the toilets View Location