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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....

Your guide to What's On this weekend

Your guide to What’s On in and around Exeter this weekend (2-4 June):

THEATRE

Death of a Salesman Friday & Saturday, Exeter Northcott Willy Loman is not as young as he once was, and boy is he feeling it. After half a lifetime on the road, this once successful travelling salesman is unable to keep up in a changing workplace; he’s on the brink of unemployment, and he and his wife have got bills to pay. When his drop out son Biff moves home again, Willy decides to give success one last shot. Can he prove to everyone he’s got what it takes? https://exeternorthcott.co.uk...

Your guide to What's On this weekend

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Thu, 05/25/2017 - 12:02pm

Your essential guide to What’s On in and around Exeter this Bank Holiday weekend (26-29 May)

THEATRE

Bubble Schmeises Friday & Saturday, Bike Shed Theatre, Exeter Bubbemeises is Yiddish for a grandmother’s story, a tall story, an old wives’ tale. Writer and street performer Nick Cassenbaum and his Klezmer musicians invite you into the warmth of the Canning Town Schvitz, East London’s last authentic bath house. Amongst the steam and ritual Nick will take you on a journey to find the place he belongs. Schlapping through summer camps, barber shops and Spurs games, will...

Revenge porn play comes to the Bike Shed Theatre this June

Following a sell-out run at the Edinburgh Festival and Soho Theatre, the award-winning BLUSH now comes to The Bike Shed Theatre in Exeter from the 6th to 10th June. Written by Charlotte Josephine and presented by Snuff Box Theatre, the team behind the sell-out, multi-award winning Bitch Boxer, BLUSH tells five candid stories about image-based sexual abuse and all its many victims. BLUSH is a slap in the face and a call to arms.

Blush feels like powerful and important theatre on an urgently contemporary issue (The Daily Telegraph).

This angry, honest and heartfelt piece...

The Lady Boys of Bangkok to perform in Exeter

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Sat, 05/20/2017 - 11:25am

Hotter, cheekier and funnier than ever, touring cabaret show The Lady Boys of Bangkok bring their lavish new production Who Runs the World! to Exeter next month.

Elections and referendums may come and go, but in the stakes for the best party night out in town, there’s no doubt where the popular vote goes.

Who Runs the World! is not a political question, it’s a “positive celebration of the fair sex” performed by 16 of Thailand’s most stunning Lady Boys.

A spokesman said: "Audiences can escape the drab greyness of everyday life and luxuriate in a colourful, euphoric,...

Exeter Northcott presents The Railway Children

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Thu, 05/18/2017 - 9:10pm

Exeter Northcott Theatre and Nick Brooke Ltd are proud to present a brand-new adaptation of E. Nesbitt’s classic tale, The Railway Children. The production will open at Exeter Northcott in June before embarking on a UK tour to cities including Newcastle, Glasgow, Norwich, Canterbury, Northampton and Southampton.

Directed by Exeter Northcott Theatre’s Paul Jepson, the cast includes Stewart Wright (Perks), Joy Brook (Mother), Millie Turner (Roberta), Andrea Davy (Mrs Perks), Katherine Carlton (Phyllis), Neil Salvage (Old Gentleman), Vinay Lad (Peter), Callum Goulden (John), Andrew...

Your guide to What's On this weekend

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Thu, 05/18/2017 - 8:57pm

Your essential guide to what’s on in and around Exeter this weekend (19-21 May).

THEATRE

The Play That Goes Wrong Friday & Saturday, Northcott Theatre, Exeter Fawlty Towers meets Noises Off in this multi award-winning West End smash hit comedy. The Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society are putting on a 1920s murder mystery, but as the title suggests, everything that can go wrong… does! As the accident prone thesps battle on against all the odds to reach their final curtain call, hilarious results ensue! Don’t miss this brilliantly funny comedy that’s guaranteed to leave...

Full programme announced for Makers of the Multiverse

For four weeks only, on the green just outside The Boat Shed, Spacex presents a sculptural pavilion by Juneau Projects exhibiting work by artists and makers and hosting live events.

With over 30 contributors invited through an open call, there’s lots of art to view. Have a browse, bag yourself an affordable artwork or become a maker yourself at one of our many events and workshops. From Shadow Selfie workshops to 1-2-1 Karaoke sessions, demos by ceramicists and board game makers to live performances, there’s loads of ways to get involved.

“We are really interested in...

Manor Pavilion’s Summer Play Season to be unveiled

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Thu, 05/18/2017 - 10:44am

Sidmouth’s Manor Pavilion Theatre is unveiling its unique Summer Play Season line-up at a special launch night on Thursday May 25.

The theatre – owned and managed by East Devon District Council - is the last in the UK to offer a season of repertory productions that seamlessly change every week from June to September.

Top West End Producer Paul Taylor-Mills will be taking the helm for his fifth season of producing the 12 iconic plays at the theatre. Paul has won many accolades for his productions over the years including a trio of Olivier Awards last year for his musical ‘In...

TV show Salvage Hunters is heading to Devon

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Thu, 05/18/2017 - 9:27am

Salvage Hunters, the popular Quest TV and Discovery Channel show, is heading to Devon to record a special edition of the programme.

The show follows architectural salvage and antiques expert Drew Pritchard as he travels around the UK to prestigious, interesting, and historic places hunting out and buying quirky and unusual objects no longer wanted by their present owner.

Drew has visited everywhere from beautiful stately homes, to architectural salvage dealers, to private collectors and museums, buying everything from 16th century oak tables to 6 foot 1980s disco balls....

Pop-Up Opera comes to Devon

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Wed, 05/17/2017 - 9:15pm

This summer, Pop-Up Opera return with a rarely-seen opera from the late eighteenth century, Cimarosa’s Il Matrimonio Segreto (The Secret Marriage). Continuing to challenge the way opera is traditionally performed, Pop-Up Opera take their productions into unusual spaces, making them fun, fresh and intimate.

Il Matrimonio Segreto tells the tale of a rich Italian businessman as he attempts to marry off one of his daughters to a mad English toff with disastrous results. Packed with tunes and matrimonial mayhem, this exciting story about following your heart makes for a perfect summer...

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