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Goody bags, Easter eggs and family fun at Exeter Racecourse

Families can look forward to a fun-packed Easter Raceday at Exeter Racecourse this Tuesday (April 7), with free goody bags, Easter eggs and a host of children’s activities on offer.

Young racegoers will be invited to take part in a racecourse-wide Easter trail, hunting for coloured eggs and earning a free Easter egg upon completing their sheet. Goody bags will also be handed out on entry, subject to availability, making it one of the best-value days out of the Easter holidays.

Alongside an afternoon of competitive racing, there will be plenty to keep children entertained...

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First concert for new band from Wren Music

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Wed, 06/07/2017 - 10:36pm

This June an Exeter venue sees a first full concert by a new group from Okehampton based Wren Music. MenSing is a 20 strong choir of all male voices who have been singing together for just over a year and have already caused a stir with their first few performances.

On Friday 16th June in Cygnet Theatre, Friar’s Gate, Exeter, MenSing will present a full concert of English folk songs, new songs and songs which have caught their imagination. This special concert for Father’s Day is part of the DoubleBill series of folk events at the Cygnet and balances the popular Herstory women’s...

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Celebrating 40 glorious years of Dartmoor Folk Festival

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Tue, 06/06/2017 - 12:47pm

THERE will be a celebratory feel when the 40th anniversary Dartmoor Folk Festival takes place in the foothills of Dartmoor at South Zeal, near Okehampton, from Friday to Sunday, August 11, 12 and 13.

It was 40 years ago that the festival was founded by the late Bob Cann, who lived in the parish of South Zeal. He had the dream of a folk event on his doorstep that would help to revive and preserve the music, song and dance traditions of Dartmoor.

Thanks to the efforts of Bob Cann, his family and friends, and lately his descendants and a strong committee, with the support of...

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BP Portrait Award 2017 comes to Exeter

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Tue, 06/06/2017 - 6:59am

Exeter’s Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery will be the first venue outside London to host the BP Portrait Award 2017 exhibition.

Following its initial showing at the National Portrait Gallery, London, from 22 June to 24 September, the exhibition will be at RAMM from 4 October to 3 December followed by the Scottish National Portrait Gallery and then Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens.

The three shortlisted artists were announced last week and all prize winners will be announced at an award ceremony at the National Portrait Gallery, London, on Tuesday 20 June...

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Sidmouth Literary Festival announces bumper line up for 2017

THE amazing Christopher Biggins will launch the third Sun, Sea & Books literary festival in Sidmouth next month.

For the first time, the festival is spread over three days and different venues in the town, with Sidholme Hotel, Elysian Fields, hosting the launch roadshow from 10am until 2pm on Friday, June 23.

Christopher, who has appeared in many British TV classics, as well as being one of the Grand Dames of panto, will be interviewed by highly respected local broadcaster, Judi Spiers.

It is the second year Judi has been involved with the festival, and she will...

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The Boat Shed Pop Up opens in Exeter

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Mon, 06/05/2017 - 5:20pm

This summer The Boat Shed Pop Up will transform two derelict warehouses on Exeter’s quayside into a new creative venue for the city.

Alongside a programme of theatre, comedy, art and music, The Boat Shed will house a cocktail bar, a goats milk ice-cream parlour and a mini golf course.

Local artist Fi Russell has been commissioned to design the golf course which will be inspired by the stories and heritage of Exeter.

With nine holes to complete, players will be challenged by Exeter’s ancient Roman wall, they’ll skirt around the sleepers of the city’s first railway...

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Rainbow Rhino in Crediton

Authored by Melman5
Posted: Fri, 06/02/2017 - 10:24am

Rainbow Rhino has arrived in Crediton for the annual Crediton Parish Church Flower Festival.

Rainbow Rhino has been kindly loaned by the Art department at Exeter School for the Flower Festival entitled 'What's the Point...'

See how the team of flower arrangers have interpreted the brief by visiting the Festival between Saturday 3rd and Thursday 8th June.

See Crediton Flower Festival Facebook page for more details.

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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,...

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