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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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Exeter Northcott presents The Railway Children

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

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

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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

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

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

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...

How do you get a rhino and a car into Church?

Crediton is getting ready for a new visitor.

The team at Crediton Parish Church have to produce new themes and ideas each year, which will work as an exhibition with flowers. This year's Crediton Parish Church Flower Festival theme is no exception.

Intriguingly entitled 'What's the Point...', the team will be coaxing a rhino into church, with our outside broadcast crew taking photos and video from a safe distance.

Twelve months hard work goes into the planning and preparation for the Festival. If you wish to see how our talented (and brave) team...

Tiverton Literary Festival announces literary line-up

Tiverton Literary Festival is back for its third year, giving book lovers the chance to meet top authors and offering aspiring writers the opportunity to learn from professionals on how to improve their craft. Venues all around the historic Mid Devon market town will be buzzing with author activity from Thursday 22 to Sunday 25 June 2017. Headliners for the 2017 festival include Sunday Times bestseller and thriller writer Jane Corry, who will be in conversation with local author and BBC journalist Simon Hall. Showbiz legend Christopher Biggins and Devon’s own Judi Spiers are also set to...

Vintage Trouble head for Exeter

Vintage Trouble are set to unleash their legendary and incendiary live show with a full UK/European tour this summer, arriving in Exeter on Tuesday 30 May.

To support their forthcoming shows, Vintage Trouble will be releasing the new single “Knock Me Out” on the 9th June 2017.

“Knock Me Out” captures the essence of the band. The track’s melody and the driving rhythm are held together by Ty’s warm vocals. The song moves effortlessly from the initial bluesy feel to the stronger southern accents of the chorus, leaving the audience immersed in the distinctive Vintage Trouble...

Bubble Schmeisis in Exeter

Writer and performer Nick Cassenbaum found what he’s looking for In East London’s last remaining bath house. Now he’s coming to Bike Shed Theatre for five shows to tell you all about it

Bubbemeises is Yiddish for a grandmother’s story, a tall story, an old wives’ tale. A schvitz is a Jewish Steam Bath where old Jewish men come to wash, relax, complain and rejuvenate, to exchange jokes and gossip and to swap bubbemeisis.

Writer and street performer Nick Cassenbaum has been trying to make sense of his Jewish identity ever since he was a young boy. He tried everything - going...

Entertainment & Reviews

Goody bags, Easter eggs and family fun at Exeter Racecourse

Exeter Northcott presents The Railway Children

Your guide to What's On this weekend

Full programme announced for Makers of the Multiverse

Manor Pavilion’s Summer Play Season to be unveiled

TV show Salvage Hunters is heading to Devon

Pop-Up Opera comes to Devon

How do you get a rhino and a car into Church?

Tiverton Literary Festival announces literary line-up

Vintage Trouble head for Exeter

Bubble Schmeisis in Exeter

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