Mark Rylance and George Monbiot: LIVE in Purbeck

2.30pm Bar open, food available, artist studios, Boilerhouse Gallery and Corfe Castle Pottery open

3:30 – 5pm: The Big Conversation

5 – 7pm: Networking After-Party

Oscar-winning actor Mark Rylance and award winning writer and campaigner George Monbiot are coming together to host a special fundraising event for Planet Purbeck at Sandy Hill Arts – showcasing how local communities like Purbeck can influence national and global progress.

They will tackle “the converging political and ecological crises – and how we can solve both at once!”
At its heart will be a message of hope: the power of local communities to influence change nationally and globally.

Mark Rylance, Patron of Planet Purbeck, will also auction a signed photographic portrait of himself as Thomas Cromwell (from the BBC’s acclaimed Wolf Hall).

From the Speakers

Mark Rylance:

“There is a desire to build up a group of people interested in similar things such as nature conservation and climate change so there is a place they can come with concerns – and make a difference with ideas and action.

I believe in thinking internationally but acting locally. If you change a small or local thing well enough it will affect the rest. We can lift the whole system into a better place of harmony and equilibrium.”

George Monbiot:

“I’m greatly looking forward to it. We’ll be navigating the great political and ecological crises in which we find ourselves, and hoping to chart a path through.”

Tickets:

£32 per person

Book via https://planetpurbeck.org/event/mark-and-george/

Sandy Hill Arts is proud to support Planet Purbeck’s local work supporting nature, climate and community.

Please note: this event is held in our marquee so please wrap up well, for an autumnal day. There is no parking on site, except for those with accessible needs in which case please email us in advance on info@sandyhillarts.co.uk. Free parking nearby at the National Trust car park, and buses from Wareham, Swanage, Poole to the site or mainline train to Wareham station and bus to Corfe Castle from there. 

THERE WILL BE A BAR AND FOOD ON SITE THROUGHOUT THIS EVENT! SANDY HILL ARTS IS A MAGICAL SITE, SITUATED IN A BEAUTIFUL SEMI RURAL SPOT WITH AROUND 20 ARTISTS STUDIOS, A GALLERY, GRASS VERGES, A STREAM, STEAM RAILWAY … LOTS TO ENJOY, SO COME EARLY, HAVE A DRINK OR A BITE, VISIT SOME STUDIOS AND SETTLE IN BEFORE THIS WONDERFUL EVENT.