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Activity Group Programmes
(last update 29/05/2024)
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Musicals - Future Programme 2025
Meeting in St Philip's Church on 2nd Tuesday of each month, from 6.30 - 9.30pm.
The fee for Jan-June 2025 will be
calculated on the number of signed-up members; the 2024 July-December fee was
£20.00. If you’d rather try before you buy, for £5.00 you can
sample a one-off ‘taster’ visit.
Musicals programme Jan – June 2025
January 14 | The Wizard of Oz: 1938 Let’s not leave the season of mystery and magic without re-visiting this perennial favourite. |
February 11 | On the Town: (1949) Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra and Jules Munshin are 3 sailors with 24 hours’ shore leave to see the sights of New York. Singing and dancing their way round the city, they hope they just might meet some feminine company to enhance their visit. |
March 11 | Calamity Jane: 1953 Doris Day and Howard Keel feud and fall in love as Calamity Jane and Wild Bill Hickok. |
April 8 | Fiddler on the Roof: 1971 Topol plays the main character, Tevye, in this story of hope, love and acceptance. Hum along to the well-known tunes. |
May 12 | Top Hat: 1935 Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in one of the great dance musicals. |
June 10 | The Phantom of the Opera: 2004 The film adaptation of the long-running stage show. Emmy Rossum stars as Christine, Gerard Butler is The Phantom, and the theatrical impresarios are played by Simon Callow and Ciaran Hinds. |
Wednesday Walking Group
Taking place on 2nd Wednesday of each month.
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Du3a Book Club 3
Meets 4th Wednesday of each month from 2 – 4pm, in members’ homes.
24 Jan: | A heart full of Headstones | Ian Rankin |
28 Feb: | The Black Waterlilies | Michel Bussi |
27 March: | American Dirt | Jeanine Cummins |
24 April: | The Penelopiad | Margaret Attwood |
22 May: | Island of Secrets | Patricia Wilson |
26 June: | The Devil’s Bargain | Stella Rimington |
24 July: | Still Life | Sarah Winman |
28 Aug: | Family History | Vita Sackville-West |
25 Sep: | The House of Doors | Tan Twan Eng |
23 Oct: | The Seal Woman’s Gift | Sally Magnusson |
27 Nov: | The Dictionary of Lost Words | Pip Williams |
Computing & Home Technology Group Programme for 2025
Meeting in St Philip's Church on 3rd Tuesday of each month, from 10.30 - 12.00am.
Help session! - prior to each meeting there will be a period from 10.00 - 10.30am
for members to be assisted with problem solving. Click here for a printable program.
21 January: | Making better pictures with your camera phone | Jerry Kehoe |
18 February: | Satellite Navigation Systems | Les Collier |
18 March: | Digital death, removing your personal computer information | Richard Arbuthnot |
15 April: | Computer systems in the surgery | Richard Arbuthnot |
20 May: | tba |
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18 June: | Updating your awareness of scams | Visit by two police officers |
15 July: | Doing more with your spreadsheets | David Archer |
21 August: | Visit to the Materials Recovery Facility, Coventry (joint visit with Science Group). | ref: Roger Williams |
16 September: | Too much information? Using polymer science to tackle the data storage crunch | Dr Matt Derry, Aston University |
21 October: | An update on the impact of AI during the last 12 months | Stephen Cheshire |
18 November: | tba | |
16 December: | A light-hearted look at YouTube & TED | Tony Cheshire |
Science Group Programme for 2025
Meeting in St Philip's Church on 3rd Thursday of each month, from 10.00 - 12.00am.
Click here for a printable program.
16 January: | A practical scientists looks at inventions | Roger Hancock |
20 February: | Satellite science, forecasting the future | Roger Williams |
20 March: | Electricity from fusion reactors and beyond | John Spanton |
17 April: | The role of fibre optics in today's communications | David Archer |
15 May: | The story behind the creation of accurate maps | David Walker |
19 June: | The chemist's cookbook, Azodyes to Zucchini | D Simon Branch |
17 July: | The Ministry of SIN, defence frustrations? | Robert Beckham |
21 August: | Visit to the Materials Recovery Facility, Coventry (joint visit with Computing Group). | ref: Roger Williams |
18 September: | Wind farms, today & tomorrow | tba |
16 October: | Fungi and inter-plant communications | John Edwards |
20 November: | The work of the Warwickshire Wildlife Trust | tba |
18 December: | The construction of the pyramids (with baps) | Roger Skyrme |
Film Group - Programme for 2023
Welcome! The Film group meet the first Tuesday of each month, at St Philips Community Centre on Manor Road, Dorridge.B93 8DX. We are a small friendly group who would welcome new members. We watch films from a wide variety of genres, countries and cultures. After a cup of tea/coffee we discuss the film, looking at different aspects of the film and try to understand what the director was trying to achieve.
We meet at 6.40pm, ready to start watching the film at 6.50pm. Depending on the length of the film our meetings usually finish by 9.45pm. For 2023 we will be paying £17 in January to cover the hall rental until June, when we recalculate, depending on attendance, for the second half of the year. £4 a film will be charged for guests.
Click here to download the 2024 Film Programme.
Sue Berridge, Group Coordinator
Questers – programme for 2023