13 Sep 17
A welcome to the 2017 International Agatha Christie Festival at the Church of St Mary...
Past Festival Events
2017
Installation, Workshop | 13 Sep 17
Encounters Arts explore our love of objects and the extraordinary stories they tell. This evolving installation unearths artefacts kept by people from Torbay and further afield.
Exhibition, Film | 13 Sep 17
Three early works from one of Egypt's most pioneering documentary film-makers - a rare window into the everyday street life and work of Egypt in the early 1970s.
Exhibition, Film, Installation | 13 Sep 17
IACF takes over Torre Abbey's galleries, with exhibitions and interventions throughout the building inspired by Agatha Christie’s motivations and passions.
Talk | 13 Sep 17
A special opening address written for the festival from Cairo by the internationally ...
Music | 13 Sep 17
A sequence of five new songs inspired by Devon’s literary daughter. Surprising, delicate, energetic & insurmountable, each with different voices, technologies old & new.
Talk | 13 Sep 17
Anne Martinetti and Guillaume Lebeau discuss their graphic novel, taking us on a breathless journey through the decades and across the globe.
Talk | 13 Sep 17
A mysterious note left on a motorcycle begins a mind-opening journey across the complexities and wonders of one of the countries Agatha Christie most loved - Iran.
Workshop | 14 Sep 17
All are invited to join these collaborative translation sessions, all you need to par...
Talk | 14 Sep 17
A one hour illustrated talk with eminent local historian John Risdon, exploring the i...
Talk | 14 Sep 17
An illustrated talk featuring readings by actors examining Christie’s imaginative and radical approach to adapting her own work for the stage.
Talk | 14 Sep 17
Writer and historian Janet Morgan reflects on the processes, insights gained and legacy of writing the only official biography, and forthcoming new edition, of Agatha Christie’s life.
14 Sep 17
An open platform to celebrate new voices inspired from Agatha Christie’s 1946 travel book, “Come, tell me how you live”.
Performance | 14 Sep 17
Agatha Christie was no stranger to packing up one’s bags and seeking inspiration from distant horizons. This solo theatre performance is a tender and intimate story of ambition and 21st century love.
Talk | 14 Sep 17
Torbay’s strange stories of writers, poets and the sea.
This September, The Tale is ...
15 Sep 17
A journey of discovery for explorers of all ages through artworks and performances around the coastal area of Torbay.
Outdoor | 15 Sep 17
The Pilfering at the Pitch n Putt.
Calling all super-fans! A disgruntled employee ...
Music | 15 Sep 17
Hugh Nankivell & guests perform Satie’s mysterious and extraordinary solo piano piece from 1893-4 which never quite seems to resolve.
Workshop | 15 Sep 17
A three-day workshop for aspiring writers of all ages to tell their stories, focusing...
Outdoor, tour | 15 Sep 17
Explore key sites around the Torbay where Agatha Christie grew up and lived. A guided...
Game | 15 Sep 17
Can you solve the mystery in this immersive group experience inspired from the ingenious puzzles of Agatha Christie?
Installation, Performance | 15 Sep 17
Travelling Icons: A Meditation on Beauty - Six Embodied Thoughts on Art and Life unfo...
Talk | 15 Sep 17
Insights, little-known facts and other stories from Torbay's most wise, perceptive an...
Talk | 15 Sep 17
Dr John Curran will consider the plethora of books written about Dame Agatha over the...
In Conversation | 15 Sep 17
Ragnar Jónasson, pioneer of “Icelandic noir” and translator of Christie’s books talks with the Greek journalist and playwright Niki Orfanou about Agatha Christie, and other inter-relations of crime and landscape.
Performance | 15 Sep 17
A durational reading of one of Christie’s most well-known ‘late’ works. Created with Valmai Jones, John Rowley, Mary-Anne Roberts and guest readers.
Film | 15 Sep 17
Enjoy a classic Agatha Christie movie under the stars. Murder on the Orient Express (...
Exhibition, Music, Outdoor | 16 Sep 17
Over the festival weekend, the historic gardens of Torre Abbey will come alive with m...
Families | 16 Sep 17
Enjoy International Agatha Christie Festival for Families on Saturday and Sunday at T...
Outdoor, Talk | 16 Sep 17
Join Head Gardener Ali Marshall for a talk and tour of Torre Abbey’s Potent Plants ga...
Talk | 16 Sep 17
Join Emma Richardson (UCL History of Art) and Sarah Wilkes (UCL Institute of Making) ...
Talk | 16 Sep 17
Mark Aldridge (author of Agatha Christie on Screen) uncovers the fascinating history ...
Reading | 16 Sep 17
Join Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi, Emily Hasler and Atef Alshaer for an afternoon of poetry in ...
Performance | 16 Sep 17
Happily Ever After has come and gone, and we're still here.
Join Doorstep Youth Th...
Performance | 16 Sep 17
An award-winning theatre performance blending fact & fiction to explore unconventional love, state homicide & cats.
16 Sep 17
Enjoy a classic Agatha Christie movie under the stars. Death on the Nile (1978) stars...
Outdoor | 17 Sep 17
A late summer country walk across the byways and fields adjacent to the majestic Dart...
Outdoor, swim, Talk | 17 Sep 17
Join wild swimming authors Matt Newbury and Sophie Pierce for a relaxing morning dip ...
Exhibition, Talk | 17 Sep 17
Designer Esna Su discusses her intricate wearable sculptures crafted through traditional Turkish techniques of weaving, twining, crochet and needlework.
Dance | 17 Sep 17
A special tea dance with live music by the fabulous Drat Pack in the Spanish Barn at ...
Music, Outdoor | 17 Sep 17
Experimental Iranian folk guitarist performs a rare concert on the outdoor stage of the IACF Garden Party.
Outdoor, Talk | 17 Sep 17
Head Gardener Ali Marshall explores the history and influence of the Persian garden o...