Welcome to the Plymouth Morris Website!
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Plymouth Morris are currently being supported by Summerskills Brewery |
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We meet on Wednesday evenings at St Budeaux Church Hall, PL5 2HN, from 7.30pm - 9.30pm from October to April for our practices. Come along and have a go. Musicians and dancers welcome. Open to all.
No previous experience necessary. It's a great way to keep fit and it is a great social activity. Contact [email protected] for more info.
Free taster sessions every Wednesday! Come along for a great evening of keep fit, laughs and hopefully the start of a new hobby. We'll even buy you a drink after your first session at the pub afterwards!
No previous experience necessary. It's a great way to keep fit and it is a great social activity. Contact [email protected] for more info.
Free taster sessions every Wednesday! Come along for a great evening of keep fit, laughs and hopefully the start of a new hobby. We'll even buy you a drink after your first session at the pub afterwards!
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What's Happening Next?
2025 Programme Our programme for 2025 is currently being put together and a provisional programme can be found on our '2025 Programme' page, along with our remaining events for 2024. Our Summer season of dance outs has now finished and we continue our practice season with some free taster sessions for anyone who might want to give Morris a try. They are every Wednesday at 7.30pm at St. Budeaux Church Hall, The Green, Higher St. Budeaux, PL5 2HN. Potential dancers or musicians are all welcome. The Plymouth Mummers will be performing at the annual Folk Carol Evening at The Artillery Arms, Stonehouse, on Friday 13th December. The carols will start around 7.30pm with the Mummers making their appearance around 9pm. Dates for other upcoming performances of our Mummers Play are now on our Mummers Play Page. If you would like to book a performance, please contact Andy via [email protected] Click on the images below to enlarge the pictures.       ANNUAL CEILIDH
Tickets for our 53rd Annual Ceilidh are now available to order. They are £8 each. It will be at The Woolwell Centre from 7pm - 11.15pm on Saturday 22nd February 2025. A bar will be available and people are welcome to bring their own snacks and nibbles, but NOT drinks as it will infringe the Centre's Licence. People are also requested to take their rubbish home with them. Thank you. Tickets can be ordered here. Some photos, below, are of our performance during our 52nd Annual Ceilidh on 24th February 2024. Courtesy of Zena Petley. 
Our Book About ... The Plymouth Morris Tradition The Plymouth Morris Tradition is a set of (mostly) four man dances first performed in public during 1989. A new 24 page book compiles a short history of early Morris dancing (including Tudor records for Plymouth), and the music and dance notation for the tradition. The book is available as a free download using this link. The book is also available in a paperback edition for £3 in person, or £4 including postage and packing (cheques payable to Plymouth Morris should be sent to Plymouth Morris, 92 Ponsonby Road, Plymouth PL3 4HW). The proceeds from the sale of the book were dedicated to renewal of the Plymouth Morris costume for the Mayflower 400 celebrations. If you've seen us recently, have found this site helpful or have any comments to make about the site, please e-mail us via the 'Contact Us' page. It would be great to hear from you.
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Plymouth Morris dancing Skirmish with Naval pattern cutlasses in Leamington Spa for the Ring Meeting hosted by Jockey Morris Men and Shakespeare Morris in July 2019.
Charity
Each year we make a donation to a charity and have raised over £5,000 over the last 10 years. Our nominated charity for 2023 was Cancer Research UK and we will be presenting a cheque to them very soon. 
Our nominated charity for 2024 was Guide Dogs UK. We will be presenting them with a cheque for £700 on Wednesday 20th November at our weekly practice session.
Our nominated charity for 2025 is Crohn's and Colitis UK 
Our Nominated Charity for 2021 and 2022 was St Luke's Hospice, Plymouth. We presented them with a cheque for £500 on Wednesday 8th March 2023. More photos of the presentation can be found here.
We are also pleased to support The Horse and Groom, Bittaford, with their annual Charity Fundraising weekend each year, raising money for the Brain Tumour Charity and Riding for the Disabled.
Thirsty work for furry animals
Ratass goes to London
Our display boards showing off what we do
Foreign Trips
Plymouth Morris have had several foreign trips in recent years, including Helmond in The Netherlands in 2005 and 2023, a trip to Hungary and Serbia in July 2006 and Jersey in May 2007. In August 2009 we went to south-western France for the 50th Annual International Folklore Festival at Montrejeau. We have had several trips to Brest in conjunction with the Plymouth-Brest Twinning Association, including the Maritime Festival held every 4 years. |
Site last updated 19th November 2024 10.34
