Entertainment & Reviews

Two diverse but equally outstanding productions from National Theatre are coming live to Vue Exeter and will form part of its September Big Screen Events calendar. Vanessa Kirby (The Crown) and Eric Kofi Abrefa (The Amen Corner) feature in NT Live: Julie on Thursday 6th September. Wild and newly single, Julie throws a late night party, where Jean and Kristina clean up in the kitchen as the celebration heaves above them. Crossing the threshold, Julie initiates a power game with Jean, which rapidly descends into a savage fight for survival. This new version of August Strinberg’s play Miss...

This September 8th -23rd, Devon Open Studios showcases the talent and creative lives of the artists who live and work in Devon, when hundreds of artists are the stars of the show as they open their studios to the public.

Imagine finding free art exhibitions everywhere you go, with the unique chance to enter the personal space of an artist, talk to them about their work and buy art directly without paying a gallery commission. Whether meeting a solo artist in their private studio or discovering pop-up artist collectives in some of Devon’s most stunning heritage buildings, art lovers...

Cross the threshold of Higher Uppacott, Dartmoor National Park’s Grade 1 Listed longhouse, and step back in time to medieval Dartmoor as part of Heritage Open Days 2018. This year Dartmoor National Park has arranged a number of free visits to this unique building as its contribution to the national heritage celebration.

A longhouse is a medieval farmhouse in which both people and cattle were accommodated under a single roof. Higher Uppacott is rare and of national importance. It is one of the few remaining examples of this historic building type, which has retained its lower or...

Your essential guide to What’s On in and around Exeter this weekend (31 August – 2 September).

THEATRE

Into the Light Exeter Northcott Inspired by W.H. Auden’s poem ‘September 1 1939’, Into The Light is the result of an intensive eight day residency by NYC – Northcott Young Company. Addressing themes such as intolerance, justice and the importance of independent thought, the Young Company will create an ambitious new piece of theatre which explores how the ideas behind Auden’s poem speak to them as young people in the twenty-first century. https://exeternorthcott.co.uk/...