Local geographer and geologist James Thomas takes us on a fascinating tour of Lyme Regis’ sea defences both old and new which protect and give this sea side town much of it’s popular charm.
Come and join in with Lyme Regis based artist Darrell Wakelam as he explores ‘Fossil Fish’ creating large scale 3D sculptures that anyone can turn up and help to build. Simple cutting, sticking and painting fun that is suitable for all ages @ The Philpot Museum on the Saturday and Sunday of the Festival.
Join us in our lantern parade along the seafront on Friday 3rd May at 8.45pm. Using art work created in workshops in the run up to the festival, this is bound to be a riot of lanterns, colour and light. *Please could all the children who helped make the tissue ichthyosaur lanterns or the […]
Talk on Environmental and Marine current issues Julia Hailes MBE – Have the public gone bonkers about plastics? Pictures of turtles with straws up their nostrils and an albatross chick regurgitating a toothbrush have been key in galvanising public attention to the very real problem of ocean plastics. So, you may be surprised to […]
Maria McNamara and James Mckay ‘Becoming a fossil: a whirlwind tour of geological time and spectacular fossils’ by Dr Maria McNamara. Maria is a Senior Lecturer in Geology at University College Cork. Her research focuses on the preservation of soft tissues in the fossil record. One of her current interests is the preservation of […]
Come to the Marine Theatre on Saturday 4th May from 1.30 – 2pm and from 2.45 – 3.15pm to hear the story teller Martin Maudsley recount stories influenced by sessions with students from Woodroffe. Free entry Martin Maudsley is a professional storyteller based in Bridport and working across the UK in schools, theatres, festivals and […]
‘The teachers’ Ian Wood, Julia Lamb Wilson and John Haylock alongside our local geologist Richard Edmonds plus students from Woodroffe School reenact the controversy around the causes of the Bindon Landslip. Featuring the Bindon Landslip Animation created by Woodroffe year 7 and St Michael’s year 6 students.
Hear gems from the life of Mary Anning and the voyages of Charles Darwin in a lively meet ’n greet with two of Geology’s brightest stars! Play Guess the Fossil, see how far you can stretch time and get answers to those questions you’ve always wanted to ask: Why do giraffe’s have long necks? Why […]
At the Marine Theatre on Saturday 4th May 3.30 – 4.30pm. Free entry A talk by Huw Griffiths and Cath Waller from The British Antarctic Survey team all about microplastics in the Antarctica and the Southern Ocean.
Evolution Rocks! Join B-Sharp and local school students for an evening of entertainment. Marine Theatre Saturday 4th May 7 – 8pm Tickets £8. Concessions available. Evolution Rocks is a concert by local young people led by B Sharp www.bsharp.org.uk . Working with B Sharp music leaders, students from The Woodroffe School and Mrs Ethelston’s CE […]
‘The teachers’ Ian Wood, Julia Lamb Wilson and John Haylock alongside our local geologist Richard Edmonds plus students from Woodroffe School reenact the controversy around the causes of the Bindon Landslip. Featuring the Bindon Landslip Animation created by Woodroffe year 7 and St Michael’s year 6 students.
Hear gems from the life of Mary Anning and the voyages of Charles Darwin in a lively meet ’n greet with two of Geology’s brightest stars! Play Guess the Fossil, see how far you can stretch time and get answers to those questions you’ve always wanted to ask: Why do giraffe’s have long necks? Why […]
Come to the Marine Theatre on Sunday 5th May from 1 -2pm to see Kingston Maurward’s Animal Park Educational Coordinator with her Harris Hawk called Emma, talking about how birds have descended from dinosaurs. Free entry
Is this the real thing? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a landslide……. no escape from reality…….. ‘A new map and model of the Great Bindon Landslide’ The tumultuous events of Christmas Eve and Christmas Day 1839 near Bindon in the Axmouth to Lyme Regis Undercliffs, created Goat Island and the Chasm, one of the […]
Come and see art work from Fossil Festival. Open all weekend with free entry Exhibitions of Art created for the festival will be exhibited in the Mill Gallery, the Malt House, the Marine Theatre and the Hub café.
To wrap up the festival we will be hosting these two highly regarded speakers. Sunday 5th May 3 – 4pm in the Marine Theatre Free entry Sir Ghillean Prance, former Director of The Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew and Richard Lane, former Director of Science at the Natural History Museum will be hosting a discussion focussing on […]
Join Sarah Thomas at The Hub to make our Fossil Festival banners. These will be used around town during the festival. Cost £5 per person Recommended age 6+ Date Saturday 2nd March 2019 Times 10am until 3pm Book online or in person at The Hub Only 20 places available.
Join Darrell Wakelam at The Hub to create prehistoric fish headdresses which will be used in the illuminated lantern parade on Friday May 3rd. Saturday 16th March: from 10am – 3pm Book online or in person at The Hub Recommended age is 8 upwards. Families welcome. Cost £8 per person Limited to 20 people per […]
Join Alison Bowskill at The Hub to create Styrofoam and card prints on the theme of Fossils and Geological maps. These will be displayed at the Art Gallery during the festival itself. Two sessions are available on Saturday 2nd February: from 10am – 12.30pm and from 1.30pm – 4pm Book online or in person at […]
