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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....

Exhibition of Indian botanical illustrations at RAMM

Exquisite early 19th-century illustrations of Indian flora are the focus of the latest exhibition in the Naturally Inspired season of botanicals, gardens and landscapes at Exeter’s Royal Albert Memorial Museum (RAMM).

In the late 18th and early 19th centuries the East India Company controlled much of the Indian subcontinent. Keen to exploit and export valuable natural commodities, the company set out to record the flora of India and commissioned Indian artists to create detailed botanical illustrations.

Many of the plants were known through their use in Ayurvedic medicine....

English National Opera debut for former Exeter Chorister

An opera singer from Devon who started his musical life as a Chorister in Exeter Cathedral Choir made his debut with English National Opera earlier this week.

David Webb, who sang with the Cathedral Choir in the 1990s, made his ENO debut in Wagner’s Tristan and Isolde on 9th June in a new production conducted by Edward Gardner. In a recent interview with Toby Deller he speaks fondly of his time in Exeter Cathedral Choir, then under the direction of Lucian Nethsingtha.

David, who has recently been named a Harewood Young Artist, plays the part of a young sailor – most...

It's the Musical Holy Grail!

Exeter's own performing arts training centre, Stage by Stage, is delighted to be bringing Monty Python's SPAMALOT to the Northcott Theatre for the very first time this June.

Based on the classic British comedy, the award-winning show was voted the Funniest Musical ever by the Reader's Digest, and alongside all the famous crazy characters such as the Knights of Ni, there are also a host of fantastically catchy songs! Somehow 'Always Look on the Bright Side of Life' has managed to find its way in from The Life of Brian, too!

Stage by Stage has packed the Northcott over the...

Fun, open-air, family performance - open to all!!

Authored by Interwoven
Posted: Thu, 06/09/2016 - 4:30pm

Something rather lovely is happening in Heavitree, Exeter and it's intergenerational!

JoJo Spinks of Interwoven Productions, a local performance arts company, says: “The South Lawn Terrace project has been an absolute joy because of the participation of the people there. St Michael CofE Primary School linked up with the Beavers of the 2nd Exeter Scout Group and produced some brilliant joint-project work based on the Victorian history of the street, ably assisted by members of the Heavitree Local History Society. As part of the project, we were delighted to host a Tea Party in St...

Exeter Northcott Theatre announces autumn season

Exeter Northcott Theatre is delighted to announce its exciting autumn 2016 season.

This season the theatre has cut its £2 transaction booking fee. Instead, customers who want their tickets posted will be asked to pay a small charge to cover postage costs.

After seven years local actor Steve Bennett will return to the Exeter Northcott Theatre this Christmas. Steve will play the roles of Mr Darling and Tinkerbell in Peter Pan. Featuring death defying feats of flying and a generous sprinkling of fairy dust, Peter Pan is the perfect festive treat for all the family.

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Romantic suspense novel explores second chances

Fay Knowles, a former Exonian, has just released her romantic suspense novel “Love at Sunset”, which shows the determination of Violet and Gordon, a feisty older couple in love for the second time around, to enjoy their autumn years to the fullest.

The novel is a spin off from the short story of the same name, first published in “The Lady” magazine and featured in Fay’s first book “Sunbeams from the Heart – A Collection of Twelve Romantic Short stories”.

“Love at Sunset” the novel is set in Scotland and The Bahamas, with scenes in Devon, London, Fort Lauderdale, and New...

Art celebrating Queen's 90th birthday comes to Exeter

A unique piece of artwork celebrating HM The Queen’s 90th birthday will be on show at Castle Fine Art, Exeter on Cathedral Yard from Monday 13th June.

With public celebrations and events taking place throughout the UK from Friday 10th – Sunday 12th June, British artist Nic Joly – who specialises in creating miniature wall sculptures – has produced a new piece in honour of the longest reigning Monarch in British history.

Named ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ the hand-signed, framed wall sculpture is being produced in an edition size of 90 – a nod to HM The Queen’s age. It features...

Nine Below Zero head for Exeter

Nine Below Zero tour with the classic line-up of all four original band members; Dennis Greaves (guitar/vocals), Mark Feltham (harmonica), Mickey ‘Stix’ Burkey (drums) and Brian Bethell (bass). Mickey played live with the band for the first time since the 80s in November 2012 at the 30th Anniversary gig in Islington and now rejoins the band on permanent basis. Since their genesis in the 1970s, Nine Below Zero have been known for providing unique and innovative music in the form of alt blues-rock, a breath of fresh air in a pop punk era. Speaking about the tour, front-man Dennis Greaves...

Love Labours Won Tour

Love Labours Won, written by R J W Smith, is a Shakespearean style comedy set in a pub in 2016. The play follows two rugby boys and their long suffering girlfriends when a travelling theatre troupe comes to town.

The play has won both Edinburgh and Hollywood fringe awards and Avant’s run at the start of the year had fantastic reviews on National Theatre Wales TEAM Critical Chinwag.

Avant are a forward thinking company and we decided to perform Love Labours Won as our nod to celebrate Shakespeare 400, the play is a modern interpretation of Shakespeare and allowed for a...

Exeter-based Witterquick reveal new single

Exeter-based rock newcomers Witterquick are pleased to reveal their brand new single ‘Rise’, the latest track to be taken from their debut EP ‘Beneath The Spinning Lights’ released via LAB Records on 17th June, available to preorder on iTunes now.

Fans can also be in with a chance of winning a Playstation 4 or Xbox One gaming console simply by preordering the new record.

The band will be playing a very special EP launch show in their hometown on 19th June at Exeter Phoenix to celebrate the release of the record, with special guests to be confirmed.

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