Entertainment & Reviews

Following the great success of 2015’s Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare’s Globe returns to Exeter Northcott Theatre, this time with its acclaimed Two Gentlemen of Verona.

Valentine loves Silvia and Proteus loves Julia – but Proteus is fickle, and falls for Silvia too. When Valentine plots an elopement, Proteus betrays him and Valentine is banished and joins some outlaws in the forest. What are the chances that he’ll be pursued by Silvia, and Silvia by Proteus, and Proteus by Julia, and that all will be waited upon – after a fashion – by their servants Speed and Launce and even Launce’s...

One of Devon’s hidden gems will be open to the public for the first time in its 250-year history as part of a national heritage event.

Newly refurbished Rockbeare Manor, just outside Exeter, will open its historically important grounds and Grade I listed house from noon until 4pm on Sunday, September 11, as part of the 2016 National Heritage Open Day.

More information about the free admission open day can be found at www.heritageopendays.org.uk/visiting/event/rockbeare-manor-park

There will be a parkland nature trail, activities for the children, tours of the house...

Dartmoor National Park’s Visitor Centre in Princetown is hosting stunning new exhibition by international award winning photographer and film maker Jonathan Scott.

Jonathan has travelled the world and has had his work featured by the likes of National Geographic, the Discovery Channel, Google, the BBC, ITN and many more. He has a burning passion for the great outdoors and the natural world and this is reflected in his distinct and impactful photographic style. Despite having trodden many corners of the planet he calls Devon his home and has devoted hundreds of hours to shooting its...

From Thursday September 1, the website for Exeter’s Royal Albert Memorial Museum (RAMM) will be mobile and tablet friendly.

As well as a cleaner, more contemporary look, the redesign will also let visitors select what they see on the homepage and what updates they get.

The redesign was inspired by visitors and incorporates feedback collated over the past six years. Over half of visits to the museum website are now made on mobile or tablets, often during visits using the museum’s free wifi.

The new site responds to the device it is viewed on and will now fit the...