Diary of Events 2026/27

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  • Bluffers’ Lunch No.89 – Drunkards & Drinking in Opera

    Speaker: Garry Batt

    Slepe Green Slepe Farm Lane, Dorchester Road, Poole
    Bluffers' Lunch Lecture

    Dorset Opera Festival Chairman, Garry Batt, kicks off the new Bluffers Lunch season with a spirited romp through drinking and drunkards in opera. After a 75-minute lecture with audio-visual clips […]

    £37.50
  • Bluffers’ Lunch No.90 – The Life and Loves of Hector Berlioz

    Speaker: Adrian Thorpe

    Slepe Green Slepe Farm Lane, Dorchester Road, Poole
    Bluffers' Lunch Lecture

    At this Bluffers' Lunch, Adrian Thorpe explores the life and works of Hector Berlioz, one of France’s most fêted composers, who lived as dramatically as any of his characters. Adrian […]

    £37.50
  • Bluffers’ Lunch No.92 | Och Aye the Nessun Dorma

    Speaker: Seymour Adams

    Slepe Green Slepe Farm Lane, Dorchester Road, Poole
    Bluffers' Lunch Lecture

    For this Bluffers Lunch lecture, Seymour Adams descends once more from the surtitles box to explore how Scottish culture, history and landscape have influenced opera composers and librettists, and what […]

    £37.50
  • Bluffers’ Lunch No.93 | This Life in Music

    Speaker: Brian Kay

    Slepe Green Slepe Farm Lane, Dorchester Road, Poole
    Bluffers' Lunch Lecture

    Brian Kay, broadcaster, conductor and singer, talks about this life in music. Well known as the bass in The King’s Singers during their formative years, Brian is a noted choral […]

    £37.50
  • Bluffers’ Lunch No.94 – Julian Guest

    Speaker: Julian Guest

    Slepe Green Slepe Farm Lane, Dorchester Road, Poole
    Bluffers' Lunch Lecture

    Julian Guest returns to the Bluffers Lunch podium. After a 75-minute lecture illustrated with audio-visual clips on the cinema screen in Slepe Green Barn, we head over into the house […]

    £37.50