Friday 28th June, the Playing Fields, Stourpaine Village Hall

The Rude Mechanical Theatre Company is returning to Stourpaine with their new play, The Dressing Book. This promises to be a moving, hilarious and provocative show that touches on body image and whether things have changed since 1795.

If you haven’t seen one of the Rude Mechanical’s performances before, why not come along and enjoy the spectacle? The actors are highly talented, as well as being accomplished musicians, and their clever plays are funny as well as being though provoking.

The play takes place outdoors, so make sure you dress for the English June weather – it can get pretty cold in the evenings. You can also come early and have a picnic before the show; bring your own food and drink so you won’t be disappointed! You will also need to brink your own low back chair to enjoy the show from.

You can find out more, and book tickets, here.

The 100 Club is resuming in February 2025. The Club helps raise much needed funds for the Stourpaine Village Hall, as well as giving members the chance to win a cash prize each month. It is open to residents of Stourpaine and surrounding areas who are aged 16 or over.

Further information about the 100 Club and application form can be found here.

Every Tuesday from 10.00 – 12.00 the Stourpaine Village Hall will open its doors to anybody who would like to spend time there. Free tea and coffee will be available, as will free wifi. You are very welcome to come down and have a chat with friends old and new, or just to sit quietly in a warm place.

The Post Office will also be in attendance each Tuesday morning, so why not come own to use their services, and stay and have a warm drink and a catch up.

The Stourpaine Parish Council and the Village Hall Committee are pleased to announce that they have secured the services of the Child Okeford Outreach Post Office for the village.

The Outreach Post Office will be at the Stourpaine Village Hall on Tuesday mornings from 09.30 to 12.30. Usual Post Office services will be provided, with the exception of top ups for electricity and gas pre-payments.

The Tuesday Post Office sessions will correspond with the weekly Community Warm Hub at the Village Hall, where free hot drinks and free wifi are available.

Everyone is welcome to come and use the Hub, to meet up with friends old or new, or just to spend time in a warm place in good company.

29th August 2021

The last Sunday in August saw Stourpaine Village coming “back to life” after the last 18 months which have seen many village events and activities curtailed.

The Parish Council and Stourpaine Village Hall and Playing Fields Association hosted a barbeque to celebrate the opening of the Gazebo. The Gazebo has been erected for the comfort of playground and playing field users by the Parish Council, with funding from the Big Lottery Fund. It commemorates last year’s 75^th Anniversary of VE Day.

The sun shone on the celebrations where Stourpaine villagers enjoyed a delicious barbeque with a drink of Pimms (or other drinks!) and excellent entertainment from Blandford Stour Valley Band and local musician Dan Baker. The Gardening Club ran a plant sale and judged their annual Potato growing competition and the festivities were rounded off by a duck race in the Iwerne.

A good time was had by all!

Thank you so much for allowing us to hire the Village hall and pavilion for our wedding reception. It is an amazing venue in an
idyllic setting.
From our initial meeting of several months ago until we finished on Sunday morning we have felt cared for and supported in all the plans that we put in place. Thank you.

The hall, kitchen, toilets, decking etc were all in immaculate condition.    The tables were perfect and chairs clean and comfortable. We were amazed at the range of equipment available, including the lovely mixture of traditional china which was perfect for a wedding reception with a vintage theme.

HRH The Duchess of Cornwall officially opened the new Village Hall on 22nd November 2015, aided by the  grandchildren.

Many onlookers came to support the official opening of the Village Hall, when the Duchess of Cornwall and her sister Annabel were warmly welcomed by the village.   The Duchess talked to many of the people involved in the funding, planning, building, and marketing of the building, not to mention those who provided refreshments and a wonderful array of cakes for all to enjoy.

Some of the photos of the day: