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The London African Gospel Choir closed Budleigh Music Festival in spectacular style

Budleigh Music Festival strikes emotional chord with concertgoers

From the opening notes of the community choral day to the uplifting finale of the London African Gospel Choir, Budleigh Music Festival celebrated its 20th anniversary in style.

Taking place in the beautiful St Peter’s Church, the festival delivered world-class classical performances, inclusive community events, and stunning moments of musical magic.

More than 3,600 tickets were sold over the nine-day Festival, which included performances by Sir Michael Morpurgo and cellist Clare O’Connell, internationally acclaimed pianist Sir Stephen Hough, and Bath Philharmonia....

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£4,000 Available To South West Filmmakers

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Sun, 02/24/2019 - 10:45pm

Exeter Phoenix is offering £4,000 of support to local filmmakers through their annual commission scheme. This support will lead to the creation of four short films from filmmakers across the South West over the coming year.

Two awards of £1,500 will be made to support the creation of two Short Film Commissions (10-12 mins) and two awards of £500 will support two Micro Film Commissions (3 mins). Every genre of film will be considered including documentary, drama, animation, experimental, and everything in between.

Speaking about the commissions, Exeter Phoenix’s Digital...

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The Donkey Sanctuary launches Monopoly game

The Donkey Sanctuary has launched a special edition of the popular board game Monopoly. The international animal welfare charity celebrates its 50th anniversary this year and has worked with the makers of the popular property trading game to produce its own unique edition.

The game follows a donkey’s journey at the sanctuary: from its first day in the New Arrivals Unit to being re-homed with a Donkey Guardian. Along the way players will face vet bills and will be able to buy food and bedding. They will find barns and shelters in place of hotels and houses, and be able to discover...

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Your guide to What's On this weekend

Your guide to What’s On in and around Exeter this weekend (22-24 February):

THEATRE

Aladdin

Friday & Saturday, Silverton Community Hall

A timeless tale of love set in exotic ancient China is coming to Silverton as Aladdin swops the 55B bus to ride in on his magic carpet!The village will be transformed into enchanting old Peking fit for a beautiful princess, a dastardly uncle, a clever genie and love-struck Aladdin in this family-favourite pantomime. Staged by the Silverton Luvvies, this modern take on a time-less classic promises laughs, love, intrigue...

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Pro Tips to Make Your Photos Awesome

Browsing through the glamorous Insta-posts, have you ever wished you could get as good a picture as theirs? Of course you have. We all have. We are a generation that’s obsessed with photographs. And why shouldn’t we be? Photos are a brilliant way to reach out, flaunt and preserve precious moments in moments in life.

While we are extremely fortunate, as we can pick a great photo editor for PC and enhance our photos whenever we want, here are a few tips that would help you capture much greater shots and keep those “likes” flooding in.

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Kick in the Head paddle back to Devon with Three Men in a Boat

Authored by Claire Small
Posted: Tue, 02/19/2019 - 10:18am

After the huge successes of Old Herbaceous and Fagin? Hampshire based theatre company Kick In The Head are back with a rip roaring barrel of fun, Three Men in a Boat, with Giles Shenton (Old Herbaceous himself!) playing the part of Jerome K Jerome.

The play is based on the hilarious book by Jerome K. Jerome which, since its first publication in 1889, has never been out of print and is regarded as one of the funniest books ever written.

In the play, Jerome recounts the hilarious story of his boating holiday along the magnificent River Thames with his two companions and...

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Torquay Boys' Grammar School present Les Miserables

There’s only a few rehearsals left before the staging of the ever popular musical Les Misérables at Torquay Boys' Grammar School from 5-8 March, and it’s shaping up to be spine-tingling. Once again, students from both the boys and girls schools have joined forces to make a huge and highly-talented cast to do this much-loved story justice. Following the success of Into The Woods last year, director James Hunt, musical director Chris Eastman and Choreographer Vickie Pellant, were keen to find an even bigger project, and as it is 10 years since TBGS first staged Les Misérables, it seemed a...

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Spy Mission Treasure Hunt in Exeter

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Thu, 02/14/2019 - 12:40pm

On 2nd March GPShunts, the UK’s premiere GPS Interactive Adventure Game is coming to Exeter!

Bring together your line up of super sleuths and put your skills to the test against Time, Terrain & Trivia in this thrilling city-based smartphone challenge. You will not be alone however as we are throwing the competition wide open to all challengers! Your dream team will be competing directly against other rival teams to uncover the clues and score as many points as possible before the timer runs out…

Don your fancy dress, sharpen up your wits and ready your nerves of steel!...

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Your guide to What's On this weekend

Your guide to What’s On in and around Exeter this weekend (15-17 February):

THEATRE

The Duck

Friday, Cygnet Theatre, Exeter

The Duck believes that she is swimming through a world of people just like her, until the day she is diagnosed with autism. Now she needs to re-examine who she is and what that means. A powerful and beautiful glimpse into one autistic woman’s world. https://cygnettheatre.co.uk

The Selfish Giant

Sunday, 2.30pm, Exeter Phoenix

Grinter is a giant. She lives happily alone in her huge cold house, surrounded by her...

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InExeter offers £8,000 funding pot to support community events 

Applications are now open for funding from Exeter’s business improvement district, InExeter, with £8,000 being allocated for the year commencing 1 April 2019.

The funding round is open to community event and project groups, with a maximum allocation of £3,000 for each individual event or activity.

InExeter hopes to support community events and projects which bring people into the city and add to the cultural, music, arts or health and wellbeing scene.

Previously InExeter has supported events including the Exeter Santa Run, Exeter Street Arts Festival, Big Screen in...

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Help to celebrate the Golden Anniversary of The Donkey Sanctuary this February half term

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Fri, 02/08/2019 - 10:03am

The Donkey Sanctuary offers a packed programme of seasonal fun this February half term. It’s the perfect opportunity to get the family outdoors, enjoy a host of activities and meet some of the friendly donkeys who are cared for at the sanctuary,

As part of the charity’s Golden Anniversary celebrations, the ‘Golden Carrot Hunt’ gives visitors a chance to follow clues around the Sidmouth sanctuary to find a treasure chest full of golden carrots. Each clue relates to a special achievement or interesting fact that have defined the charity over the past 50 years.

The ‘Golden...

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