Dartmouth’s 8th Comedy Festival is back in slapstick style from 4-8 March featuring among others Matt Harvey, Lucy Porter, Patrick Monahan and Sean Hughes in a series of sketches and shows at this hilarious harbour hoedown. 

 

Blue Chip Holidays has a selection of local properties available from £10 per person per night. All tickets for the Festival can be purchased online at http://www.theflavel.org.uk

 

The raucous entertainment starts on Tuesday March 4th with Matt Harvey, providing an evening of comedy and poetry at Café Alf Rescos. Well known for his appearances on Saturday Live and Radio 4, Matt’s also a regular at the Edinburgh Festival.

 

Kicking off the bill at the Flavel is another Radio 4 regular, Lucy Porter. Her ‘Northern Soul’ show is a riot, stuffed with exquisitely crafted punch-lines and anecdotes telling of the everyday and why she’s never felt she belongs down south. She tried moving to Manchester, marrying a Welshman and travelling the world, but she’s yet to find home.

 

On the Wednesday night March 5th, the festival has a brilliant double bill featuring Carl Donnelly and Romesh Ranganathan, both nominated for awards at the 2013 Edinburgh Fringe. 

 

On Thursday March 6th, impressionist Luke Kempner brings his sell-out Edinburgh debut show to the Flavel performing his parody show ‘The Only Way is Downton’.

 

On Friday March 7th the riotous comedy troupe Slightly Fat Features are back.  A cross between Monty Python and Cirque du Soleil a ticket will entitle you to gawk at their astonishing skills like tiger taming, motorbike madness, bullet catching and knife throwing! 

 

On Saturday 8th,, the final day of the festival, Tiernan Douieb presents his fab kids show - “All you ever need to know about EVERYTHING!” including why you can’t run with scissors and how the bubbles get into fizzy drinks.

 

Finally, closing the festival in slapstick style is the effervescent Sean Hughes, with his show ‘Penguins’. Sean whisks us back to his teenage days of utter awkwardness in Dublin in a brilliant and multi layered show.

 

Blue Chip Holidays has fourteen properties available over the Festival starting from just £70 per person (£10 pppn) staying at Wells Park Barn, a delightful 5-star rated, 4 bedroom barn for eight, set within the rural charm of Stoke Fleming. 

Set in a quiet courtyard this former dairy barn has been finished to an exceptionally high standard retaining exposed beams, vaulted ceilings and a lovely oak staircase.  It’s just a short walk from the popular Green Dragon Pub, the local post office and village store, and is only a short drive to Dartmouth.   Seven nights over the festival are available from £561, saving £89 in the February sale.  Three nights can be booked from £404, saving £62   Deep link: Wells Park Barn

 

1 Inglewood, which has stunning panoramic views over Dartmouth, is a beautiful four-star platinum two bedroom apartment for four.  It comes with its own large private terrace overlooking a dramatic wooded creek, which runs down to the banks of the River Dart. A week can be booked over the festival from £393 in the February sale, saving £61.  Deep link: 1 Inglewood

 

For style of historic proportion you can stay at Merchants Rest in the heart of Dartmouth. This beautifully finished first floor apartment for four is housed within one of the country’s most important Grade I listed buildings. 

 

Lovingly restored to retain many original features, including a stunning Charles I plaster ceiling with cherubs and intricate mouldings, this beautifully finished apartment melds old with new perfectly, offering modern living and comfort, yet with all the character of this former 17th Century Merchant’s House. Unusually for Dartmouth, the apartment even has its own a secure garage just 250 metres away, which is suitable for one car.

 

Seven nights from 01 March can be booked from £393, saving £61 in the February sale. Three nights arriving on 05 March can be booked from £285, saving £41. 

Deep link: Merchants Rest

 

For all bookings call 0844 7044987 or visit www.bluechipholidays.co.uk

 

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About the 6th Dartmouth Comedy Festival

 

Comedy diary for the week

Tues 4 Mar             Matt Harvey 7pm at Alf Rescos £18 includes rustic supper

Tues 4 Mar             Lucy Porter 8pm in the Flavel £12

Wed 5 Mar             Carl Donnelly and Romesh Ranganthan, with support 8pm in the Flavel £14

Thur 6 Mar             The Only Way is Downton 8pm in the Flavel £12

Fri    7 Mar             Slightly Fat Features 7.30pm in the Flavel £12, £10 child

Fri    7 Mar             Carly Smallman 8pm in the Royal Castle Hotel £18 includes curry supper

Sat  8 Mar             Everything you’ve ever needed to know ever 2pm in the Flavel £5

Sat  8 Mar             Patrick Monahan 7.30pm in the Flavel £12

Sat  8 Mar             Sean Hughes 9pm in the Flavel £16

 

For more programme and booking information please call The Flavel on 01803 839530 or email boxoffice@theflavel.org.uk

For full details on the comedy festival and for tickets visit www.theflavel.org.uk/

 

About Blue Chip Holidays

For bookings call 0844 7044987 or visit www.bluechipholidays.co.uk

Set up in 2000, Blue Chip Holidays has become a leading force in high quality self catering with over 850 four and five star properties across Devon, Somerset, Dorset, Cornwall and The Isle of Wight. 

 

Ranging from Devon cottages and Cornish retreats to luxury self catering coastal houses, apartments and barn conversions, Blue Chip Holidays aims to provide a wide selection of stunning self catering properties to suit all tastes. The collection includes pet friendly accommodation, family friendly accommodation, child friendly accommodation, accessible accommodation and more unusual properties such as converted chapels, eco retreats, and even sumptuous reclaimed shipwrecks. 

 

Many properties have a range of onsite facilities such as pools, hot tubs, indoor games rooms, gyms and children’s play rooms. Each is chosen for its stunning location, amazing coastal or rural views or for its hi-spec interior. Each is reviewed to ensure they meet the high standard set by Blue Chip Holidays, accredited by VisitEngland. 

 

For further information please contact:

Ewan Davy

Tel: +44 (0)1803 881025

Email: ewan.davy@bluechipholidays.co.uk