What’s On
15dec4:00 pm7:00 pmThe Christmas Garden 2019
Event Details
The much loved Christmas Garden returns once again to illuminate Battery Gardens and gather everyone for a very special event with fun for the whole family. Vectis Brass and Ventnor Exchange
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Event Details
The much loved Christmas Garden returns once again to illuminate Battery Gardens and gather everyone for a very special event with fun for the whole family.
Vectis Brass and Ventnor Exchange Community Choir will be the festive entertainment for the evening as well as storytelling for the little ones from Sue Bailey professional storyteller. There will be creative craft activities to join in with, so get your scarves and hats on to dance in the shadow wall, toast a marshmallow and dance in the snow whilst exploring Battery Gardens.
The Battery itself will be opened up by its current residents The National Poo Museum so check out what progress they’re making and you can even experience the talking toilet!
Free Entry and all are welcome. Wrap up warm as this is an outdoor event.
The Christmas Garden is funded by The Common Space and Sandown Bay-based businesses, Arc and Artecology.
Time
(Sunday) 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Organizer
Ventnor Exchange
19dec8:00 pm10:00 pmThe Christmas Puppet Pub Quiz
Event Details
The puppets are back for a very special Christmas edition of the infamous Puppet Pub Quiz! By popular demand and following their sold out return to the Ventnor Fringe, our well
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Event Details
The puppets are back for a very special Christmas edition of the infamous Puppet Pub Quiz!
By popular demand and following their sold out return to the Ventnor Fringe, our well intentioned but mischievous puppets are reunited to host an all new quiz.
Test your general knowledge and be in with a chance of winning some fantastic prizes in a surreal night of comedy and madness. Being a few days before Christmas you can be sure they’ll be carol singing, terrible present ideas and kissing under the mistletoe, plus we reveal a new character or two to join our ever suffering hosts!
This event approx 2 hours. Audiences can come and go to the bar and toilets during the performance.
Recommended for 16+
Puppets designed and created by Kate Powell (Powell Puppets) & Mhairi Macaulay
Thursday 19th – Friday 20th December 2019
All Tickets: £6.00
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Time
(Thursday) 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Location
Ventnor Exchange
11 Church Street
Organizer
Ventnor Exchange
20dec8:00 pm10:00 pmThe Christmas Puppet Pub Quiz
Event Details
The puppets are back for a very special Christmas edition of the infamous Puppet Pub Quiz! By popular demand and following their sold out return to the Ventnor Fringe, our well
more
Event Details
The puppets are back for a very special Christmas edition of the infamous Puppet Pub Quiz!
By popular demand and following their sold out return to the Ventnor Fringe, our well intentioned but mischievous puppets are reunited to host an all new quiz.
Test your general knowledge and be in with a chance of winning some fantastic prizes in a surreal night of comedy and madness. Being a few days before Christmas you can be sure they’ll be carol singing, terrible present ideas and kissing under the mistletoe, plus we reveal a new character or two to join our ever suffering hosts!
This event approx 2 hours. Audiences can come and go to the bar and toilets during the performance.
Recommended for 16+
Puppets designed and created by Kate Powell (Powell Puppets) & Mhairi Macaulay
Thursday 19th – Friday 20th December 2019
All Tickets: £6.00
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Get 2for1 tickets for this show by becoming a Friend Fringe Friend!
Time
(Friday) 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Location
Ventnor Exchange
11 Church Street
Organizer
Ventnor Exchange
16jan8:00 pm10:00 pmJohn Peel's Shed & Circled In the Radio Times (Double Bill)
Event Details
Theatre maker and Radio 4 regular John Osborne goes back on tour with a double bill of two shows: Circled in the Radio Times and his 2011 sellout Edinburgh show
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Event Details
Theatre maker and Radio 4 regular John Osborne goes back on tour with a double bill of two shows: Circled in the Radio Times and his 2011 sellout Edinburgh show John Peel’s Shed.
John Peel’s Shed was a complete sell out at the 2011 Edinburgh fringe and went on to enjoy a sixty date UK tour, including appearances at Soho Theatre and the Glastonbury festival. It was adapted for Radio 4 and is now back on tour.
Circled in the Radio Times is a show about a box of old copies of the Radio Times that used to belong to his granddad. He pieces together his life by the shows that have been circled.
“Sits somewhere between Daniel Kitson and Tom Wrigglesworth. I could have listened for hours.’ – The Independent
“Beautifully written, funny and poignant.” – The Scotsman
“A lovely engaging writer finding the joyous in the everyday.” – Stuart Maconie
The first play is approx 50 mins, with the second piece approx 35mins. There will be a short interval between the two plays.
Recommended for 12+
Thursday 16th January 2020, 8pm
Tickets: £10 (Under 25’s £5) Fringe Friends 2for1
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Time
(Thursday) 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Location
Ventnor Exchange
11 Church Street
Organizer
Ventnor Exchange
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december 2019
15dec4:00 pm7:00 pmThe Christmas Garden 2019
Event Details
The much loved Christmas Garden returns once again to illuminate Battery Gardens and gather everyone for a very special event with fun for the whole family. Vectis Brass and Ventnor Exchange
more
Event Details
The much loved Christmas Garden returns once again to illuminate Battery Gardens and gather everyone for a very special event with fun for the whole family.
Vectis Brass and Ventnor Exchange Community Choir will be the festive entertainment for the evening as well as storytelling for the little ones from Sue Bailey professional storyteller. There will be creative craft activities to join in with, so get your scarves and hats on to dance in the shadow wall, toast a marshmallow and dance in the snow whilst exploring Battery Gardens.
The Battery itself will be opened up by its current residents The National Poo Museum so check out what progress they’re making and you can even experience the talking toilet!
Free Entry and all are welcome. Wrap up warm as this is an outdoor event.
The Christmas Garden is funded by The Common Space and Sandown Bay-based businesses, Arc and Artecology.
Time
(Sunday) 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Organizer
Ventnor Exchange
19dec8:00 pm10:00 pmThe Christmas Puppet Pub Quiz
Event Details
The puppets are back for a very special Christmas edition of the infamous Puppet Pub Quiz! By popular demand and following their sold out return to the Ventnor Fringe, our well
more
Event Details
The puppets are back for a very special Christmas edition of the infamous Puppet Pub Quiz!
By popular demand and following their sold out return to the Ventnor Fringe, our well intentioned but mischievous puppets are reunited to host an all new quiz.
Test your general knowledge and be in with a chance of winning some fantastic prizes in a surreal night of comedy and madness. Being a few days before Christmas you can be sure they’ll be carol singing, terrible present ideas and kissing under the mistletoe, plus we reveal a new character or two to join our ever suffering hosts!
This event approx 2 hours. Audiences can come and go to the bar and toilets during the performance.
Recommended for 16+
Puppets designed and created by Kate Powell (Powell Puppets) & Mhairi Macaulay
Thursday 19th – Friday 20th December 2019
All Tickets: £6.00
BOOK NOW
Get 2for1 tickets for this show by becoming a Friend Fringe Friend!
Time
(Thursday) 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Location
Ventnor Exchange
11 Church Street
Organizer
Ventnor Exchange
20dec8:00 pm10:00 pmThe Christmas Puppet Pub Quiz
Event Details
The puppets are back for a very special Christmas edition of the infamous Puppet Pub Quiz! By popular demand and following their sold out return to the Ventnor Fringe, our well
more
Event Details
The puppets are back for a very special Christmas edition of the infamous Puppet Pub Quiz!
By popular demand and following their sold out return to the Ventnor Fringe, our well intentioned but mischievous puppets are reunited to host an all new quiz.
Test your general knowledge and be in with a chance of winning some fantastic prizes in a surreal night of comedy and madness. Being a few days before Christmas you can be sure they’ll be carol singing, terrible present ideas and kissing under the mistletoe, plus we reveal a new character or two to join our ever suffering hosts!
This event approx 2 hours. Audiences can come and go to the bar and toilets during the performance.
Recommended for 16+
Puppets designed and created by Kate Powell (Powell Puppets) & Mhairi Macaulay
Thursday 19th – Friday 20th December 2019
All Tickets: £6.00
BOOK NOW
Get 2for1 tickets for this show by becoming a Friend Fringe Friend!
Time
(Friday) 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Location
Ventnor Exchange
11 Church Street
Organizer
Ventnor Exchange
january 2020
16jan8:00 pm10:00 pmJohn Peel's Shed & Circled In the Radio Times (Double Bill)
Event Details
Theatre maker and Radio 4 regular John Osborne goes back on tour with a double bill of two shows: Circled in the Radio Times and his 2011 sellout Edinburgh show
more
Event Details
Theatre maker and Radio 4 regular John Osborne goes back on tour with a double bill of two shows: Circled in the Radio Times and his 2011 sellout Edinburgh show John Peel’s Shed.
John Peel’s Shed was a complete sell out at the 2011 Edinburgh fringe and went on to enjoy a sixty date UK tour, including appearances at Soho Theatre and the Glastonbury festival. It was adapted for Radio 4 and is now back on tour.
Circled in the Radio Times is a show about a box of old copies of the Radio Times that used to belong to his granddad. He pieces together his life by the shows that have been circled.
“Sits somewhere between Daniel Kitson and Tom Wrigglesworth. I could have listened for hours.’ – The Independent
“Beautifully written, funny and poignant.” – The Scotsman
“A lovely engaging writer finding the joyous in the everyday.” – Stuart Maconie
The first play is approx 50 mins, with the second piece approx 35mins. There will be a short interval between the two plays.
Recommended for 12+
Thursday 16th January 2020, 8pm
Tickets: £10 (Under 25’s £5) Fringe Friends 2for1
BOOK NOW
Get 2for1 tickets for this show by becoming a Friend Fringe Friend!
Time
(Thursday) 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Location
Ventnor Exchange
11 Church Street
Organizer
Ventnor Exchange
21jan7:00 pm8:00 pmLanguage Course: Italian
Event Details
All courses are suitable for complete beginners or as a refresher for those with some previous knowledge of the language. Classes are on a Tuesday evening from 7pm - 8pm for
Event Details
All courses are suitable for complete beginners or as a refresher for those with some previous knowledge of the language.
Classes are on a Tuesday evening from 7pm – 8pm for 6 weeks in a social atmosphere, with a bar and beverages available.
All literature supplied, the cost is £30 per course. Limited number of places, booking required.
BOOK NOWTime
(Tuesday) 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Location
Ventnor Exchange
11 Church Street
Organizer
Ventnor Exchange