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London Concertante Brings Candlelit Concert to Exeter

The Four Seasons & The Lark Ascending performed by London Concertante

Internationally acclaimed chamber orchestra London Concertante will come to Exeter on Friday 27th June for a 7:30pm performance at the Cathedral .

Set amidst the gentle glow of candlelight, the programme celebrates some of the greatest works in the classical repertoire – from Mozart’s effervescent overture to The Marriage of Figaro to Vivaldi’s visionary Four Seasons . Rounding off the evening is Vaughan Williams’s exquisite The Lark Ascending , a piece adored for its soaring, lyrical solo violin...

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Cygnet Theatre’s Spring Season 2017

Cygnet’s New Year begins on 10th January with a World Premiere.

Untold Theatre will conjure up The Ghosts of Mr Dickens in a new play by Avril Silk & Martin Levinson, the team that brought Beyond Expectations and The Tempest. Aboard the SS Cuba, bound for America in 1867, Charles Dickens is plagued with guilt-ridden visions and visitors from the spirit world. Reality blurs into fiction as he is compelled to face his past. “The small cast showcase an incredible range in their acting” Everything Theatre

On 28th January in Feeding the Darkness, Journeymen Theatre challenge...

Love Among the Penguins

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Posted: Fri, 12/02/2016 - 2:56pm

A heart-warming feel-good comedy about the search for love, acceptance, and penguins.

Penguins, like you and me, can’t tell the difference between other male and female penguins. During the annual mating season, this quirk leads Kev [the penguin] to couple up with Miguel [the penguin], a gay penguin coupling not uncommon in real life. Very loosely based on true events, the play follows Kev and Miguel’s story, as well as that of their best friends Meggie and Willis, from their perspective and the perspective of the humans. The play also follows a documentary filmmaking team as we...

Queen Victoria’s Paintings at RAMM

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Posted: Thu, 12/01/2016 - 3:41pm

A new exhibition at Exeter’s Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery (RAMM) gives a wonderful insight into the splendour of the Victorian court. Forty four watercolours from the Royal Collection depict her remarkable visit to Paris in 1855.

The historic 10-day visit was on the invitation of the Emperor Napoleon III and his wife Eugénie. The first time a reigning British monarch had visited the French capital in over 400 years, the visit ostensibly celebrated the military alliance between France and Britain against Russia in the Crimean War. It also cemented a great personal...

Exeter Northcott announces exciting spring summer 2017 season

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Posted: Thu, 12/01/2016 - 11:24am

Exeter Northcott Theatre is delighted to announce its exciting spring/summer 2017 season. The season will see the theatre co-produce a UK national tour, the launch of the new Graduate Young Company and the return of Shakespeare in Exeter’s Rougemont Gardens.

E.Nesbit’s classic novel The Railway Children will be brought thrillingly to life in a stunning new stage production by Exeter Northcott Theatre. Complete with beautiful period costumes and ingenious designs, this new production, which will also tour the UK, promises an uplifting theatrical experience for all ages, packed with...

Your guide to What's On this weekend

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Posted: Thu, 12/01/2016 - 11:13am

Your essential guide to what’s on in and around Exeter this weekend (2-4 December).

THEATRE

Comedy at the Park Friday, 7pm, Sandy Park, Exeter An evening of comedy MC-ed by Carly Smallman, described as 'the most exciting female act in the country right now.' First up is Trevor Crook, a deadpan Australian - one of Australia's most successful comics in the UK, followed by Simon Clayton, a likeable, fast-thinking Londoner' followed by John Robertson who's 'cheeky, brilliant, funny and sharp. Tickets £10 or £15 to include a meal. www.sandypark.co.uk/book

Living with...

Olly Murs to play Powderham Castle concert

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Posted: Wed, 11/30/2016 - 9:48pm

Pop idol Olly Murs has announced an outdoor concert at historic Powderham Castle, near Exeter on Saturday, July 29 2017.

The popular singer-songwriter is one of British music’s biggest stars with record sales exceeding 10 million.

He played a sell-out show to more than 20,000 people at the venue in 2013.

Tickets go on sale at 10am on Friday, December 2.

Thousands of fans are expected to descend on the venue – home of the Earl and Countess of Devon – for the event.

Olly this month scored an amazing fourth consecutive number one album with his latest,...

Semi-Toned make final of national TV singing quest

The University of Exeter’s a cappella group Semi-Toned is in the final of Gareth Malone’s TV search for the nation’s most talented and entertaining amateur choir.

The all-male group is one of just three choirs to make it through to the final of The Choir: Gareth’s Best in Britain.

The group was selected in a tense semi final which saw the four regional heat winners work with industry experts in a “boot camp” to prepare for a performance in front of a panel of judges.

Semi-Toned President Sylvan Rackham said: “We’re absolutely thrilled to have made it through to the...

The Jockey Club Live present Jess Glynne at Wincanton Racecourse

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Posted: Wed, 11/30/2016 - 6:46pm

Make sure you’re ‘Right Here’ on 1st July as The Jockey Club Live and Wincanton Racecourse are delighted to welcome JESS GLYNNE, one of the UK’s hottest chart stars, to the home of rural jump racing. First coming into the public consciousness as the vocalist on Clean Bandit’s Grammy Award winning and #1 hit ‘Rather Be’; pop sensation Jess Glynne has since become one of the biggest UK breakthrough acts of recent years. Her number-one charting debut album, ‘I Cry When I Laugh‘, has turned double platinum in the UK, making it the highest selling debut album of the past year. Jess is also one...

CLIC for Christmas with La La Choirs

After a hugely successful 2015, La La choirs return to Exeter Cathedral, along with some very special guests, to raise money for young cancer patients.

The concert is taking place at Exeter Cathedral on Friday 9 December and starts at 7pm.

Get your tickets Get your CLIC for Christmas tickets on the La La Choirs official website . Tickets are £12 for adults and £6 for under 16s.

Along with the La La Choir, Park Community School and Devonport High School, schools from Barnstaple and Plymouth, won the chance to perform in a cathedral after emerging victorious from the...

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