Rave On for The Avon

Tickets

£1 — £8

Location

The Poly, Falmouth

Dates

Thu 16th January, 2025
This event has already happened
6:00 pm |
Please be aware films will start at the advertised time, we rarely show adverts and usually show under 5 minutes of trailers.

About this event

Rave On for the Avon, a wild swimming documentary, is coming to The Poly, Falmouth on 16th Jan, 6PM

Do humans have the right to nature?

In this tender film, Director Charlotte Sawyer tells a story of a community of wild swimmers in Bristol (UK) affected by raw sewage pollution of the river Avon.

England is one of the only two countries in the world to have a fully privatised water and sewage disposal system, and with only 14% of English rivers in good ecological health, the mission to keep the rivers clean is not going well.

In a series of moving, exciting and thought-provoking scenes, the swimmers create a stunning, light-hearted yet fascinating tapestry, probing how activism starts from the grassroots, and carries a profound universal lesson for all of us.

There’s a marriage to the river, drum’n’bass, a mermaid who tows an inflatable turd, and a whole lot of cheesecake in this poignant reflection on people’s innovative battles for the natural world they cherish.

Rave On For The Avon (12A)

Thursday 16th January, 6.00pm

Tickets: £8.00/£6.50/£6.00

A £1 Poly Fund payment is added to each ticket sold. A 50p booking fee is also applied per ticket for online and telephone transactions.

Please be aware films will start at the advertised time, we rarely show adverts and usually show under 5 minutes of trailers.

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Contact

01326 319 461 | http://www.thepoly.org

Accessibility

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The Poly is a listed building and disabled access is extremely limited. We regret that the building is not currently accessible for wheelchair users. We are working hard to enable access for all. If you (or someone for whom you are an essential carer for) have other needs, we will do our best to make your visit to The Poly easier and enjoyable. Please contact a member of staff on 01326 319461, or send an email to [email protected] to discuss your visit and your needs. We offer a complimentary ticket to essential carers accompanying a person with disabilities, please contact our Box Office to arrange this. Please note that the complimentary ticket will incur a £1.00 Poly Fund levy. We have a limited number of careers tickets per event. We now also offer a CEA discount on our film tickets. To access this please click the CEA ticket then at check out under the discount tab add in the CEA number. Please note the CEA discount is only available for films arranged by The Poly, external events may have their own systems in place.

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