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The State of the UK’s Festival Scene

The UK’s festival scene is larger than ever before, with major festivals like Glastonbury, Latitude, and Reading and Leeds, as well as smaller festivals like BST Hyde Park and Boardmasters coming up behind them. However, just because your favourite artist always seems to be attending a festival or two, that’s not to say that the UK’s festivals aren’t seeing challenges and complications relating the way that they’ve always been run. Here’s a little guide that can give you an deeper insight into what’s happening to the UK’s treasured festivals.

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Line-up announced for Let's Rock Exeter! 2019

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Mon, 10/01/2018 - 1:21pm

Let's Rock Exeter returns to Powderham Castle for a fifth year on Saturday 29 June 2019.

With a fabulous line-up of artists bringing you the very best of the 80s and an action-packed day of retro madness, there is plenty to do for everyone at this family friendly festival.

Billy Ocean will be headlining, with another big act to be announced before Christmas.

The line-up also includes Belinda Carlisle, Nik Kershaw, Go West, Hot Chocolate, Snap! Thomas Dolby, The Real Thing, Betty Boo, Johnny Hates Jazz and China Crisis. More acts are to be announced in December....

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Your guide to What's On this weekend

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Sat, 09/29/2018 - 10:49pm

Your essential guide to What’s On in around Exeter this weekend (28-30 September).

THEATRE

Eros and Psyche Friday, Cygnet Theatre, Exeter From raunchy to poetic, sacred to profane, pioneering performance storyteller Sally-Pomme Clayton recreates the myth of Eros and Psyche in spoken word and living sound. Tickets £10. https://cygnettheatre.co.uk

Horrible Histories: Awful Egyptians & Terrible Tudors Friday, Saturday & Sunday, Exeter Northcott We all want to meet people from history. The trouble is everyone is dead! So it’s time to prepare yourselves for two...

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Exeter musician's return to conducting for charity concert in aid of Unicef

Authored by Sharon Goble
Posted: Wed, 09/26/2018 - 11:32am

A well-known Exeter musician is set to conduct again at the end of September for a special charity concert in the city centre in aid of Unicef, the United Nations Children's Fund. Raymond Calcraft, who was Director of Exeter Philharmonic Choir for fifteen years from 1988 to 2003, led the Choir in more than 80 concerts in the Cathedral, and took them to Spain in 1998 to sing in Madrid's famous Auditorio Nacional and the Cathedral of Salamanca. He also brought the English Chamber and Royal Philharmonic Orchestras to Exeter to perform with the Choir.

Raymond says, "It was extremely...

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Free cinema tickets on offer at Exeter Phoenix’s Studio 74

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Tue, 09/25/2018 - 10:32pm

Exeter Phoenix’s independent cinema, Studio 74, is offering film fans a chance to catch the latest movies for free on Sunday 30 September, as part of National Lottery Cinema Day. To celebrate the National Lottery’s support for British film, they’re giving away thousands of free tickets at participating cinemas across the UK and Studio 74 is taking part. Audience members simply need to show a Lotto ticket for draws between 26th and 29th September to receive a free cinema ticket for any film showing that day. Tickets for the screenings are only available on the day from Exeter Phoenix’s box...

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TV adventurers to talk at South West Outdoor Festival in Devon

Two well-known TV adventurers, Monty Halls and Conrad Humphries, who have both recently appeared in their own adventure series on Channel 4, will be appearing at the National Trust’s 2018 South West Outdoor Festival. They will be holding talks and walks, plus there's a chance for festival goers to sail on the Bounty’s End, the boat used by Conrad in the Channel 4 series ‘Mutiny,’ over the weekend of 5-7 October at East Soar Farm, near Salcombe in South Devon.

Dartmouth-based TV personality, adventurer and expedition leader Monty Halls, who recently starred in the Channel 4 series ‘...

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Expect adventure at Exeter Phoenix this Christma

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Mon, 09/24/2018 - 11:30am

Quirk Theatre will return to Exeter Phoenix this Christmas with an all-new show full of adventure, intrigue and their own hilarious sense of the ridiculous! Marking their sixteenth festive co-production with Exeter Phoenix, Puffin Island will see Quirk Theatre doing what they do best – bringing generations of families together for an inventive and unforgettable live theatre experience. This brand new show has been inspired by Devon’s very own Lundy Island puffins, and invites families to embark on an adventurous journey to Puffin Island to join the island’s residents and famous puffins for...

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Your guide to What's On this weekend

Your essential guide to What’s on in and around Exeter this weekend (21-23 September)

THEATRE

Company Wayne McGregor – Autobiography Friday, Exeter Northcott For 25 years, British choreographer and director Wayne McGregor has made choreography that interrogates life through the experience of the body. Now McGregor turns his attention to the body as archive, with a dance portrait illuminated by the sequencing of his own genome. https://exeternorthcott.co.uk

Jane Austen’s Persuasion: A Musical Drama Saturday, 7.30pm, The Palace Theatre, Paignton Following...

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Open days at Exeter’s hidden gem

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Thu, 09/13/2018 - 4:27pm

A unique collection of original artwork, books, music, theatre memorabilia and artefacts will again be made available to the public to peruse this autumn. The collection was amassed over 50 years by the late Monica Shallis, the Founder and first Artistic Director of Exeter’s Cygnet Training Theatre. Monica was a talented artist, author, theatre director, musician and composer so there is a wealth of fascinating material to see.

Housed in her early Victorian home tucked away in central Exeter, this fascinating and eclectic treasure trove will be open for interested visitors to...

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Rescue Team celebrates 50 years with new exhibition

A new exhibition celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Dartmoor Search and Rescue Team Tavistock section has opened at the National Park Visitor Centre, Princetown.

In November 1967, two army officer cadets (aged 22 and 28) lost their lives after getting caught out by heavy rain and cold wind during an exercise on Dartmoor. In response to this tragedy a volunteer group was set up to help injured walks on Dartmoor. 50 years on, the Tavistock section of Dartmoor Search and Rescue are celebrating their achievements. For the next month at the National Park Visitor Centre in...

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