Agatha Christie Festival collaborates through the spring and summer months with local community-based charitable organisations to deliver a series of arts participation and performance events with residents and schools across the English Riviera.
Monday 11th September 2023, 10:00am
For five full days during Festival Week, September 11th through September 16th 2023, we took up residence at Torre Abbey in partnership with The Writers Block for a series of creative writing and puppetry workshops called ‘Shady & Shadowy Characters’. Each was designed to engage even the most reluctant young writer at Year 6 or Year 5 going to school in Torbay.
Saturday 10th September 2022, 2:45pm
For five full days during Festival Week – Monday 12th – Friday 16th September – we plan to return to Torre Abbey learning lab and gardens in partnership with The Writers’ Block for a brand new series of creative writing workshops designed to engage even the most reluctant young writer at KS2 and KS3.
Wednesday 11th May 2022, 5:00pm
We’re delighted to announce the winners of this year’s Mystery Story Writing Competition for young people aged between 8 and 18 years who live or go to school or college in the county of Devon.
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Tuesday 15th March 2022, 4:00pm
Our 2022 Young Writers Exchange in partnership with Doorstep Arts and Beyond Face, kindly supported by The D'Oyly Carte Charitable Trust.
This will be the fourth in our series of successful collaborations with Doorstep and other selected community-based performance skills organisations.
Saturday 18th September 2021, 3:00pm
Creative Writing Workshops for Schools.
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Rosalind Hicks Charitable Trust
