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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.

The stream of the...

Exeter Northcott Theatre announces associate companies

Exeter Northcott Theatre is delighted to announce that La Navet Bête, Metta Theatre and Paddleboat Theatre are now Associate Companies of the organisation.

The Exeter Northcott Theatre Associates programme will support young companies with a strong connection to the South West into the midscale. The three companies will benefit from artistic mentorship, production management support, tour booking, education support, marketing and sales planning and support with bid writing.

Paul Jepson (Exeter Northcott Theatre’s Artistic and Executive Director) said: “We are investing in...

Exeter Ping! 2016 is ready to launch

The tables are coming, go play on the streets!

It will soon be GAME ON when the Ping! street festival returns to Exeter to serve up another fantastic summer of free outdoor ping pong. The fun launches this Friday 10th June at Princesshay when 6 tables will be laid out for the official launch of Ping! Exeter

The fun kicks off nationally with a ‘Ping Pong Bonanza’ on Friday 10th June in Bournemouth. Under the watchful gaze of the Bournemouth Eye tethered balloon, itself resembling a giant ping pong ball, the Lower Gardens will be populated with ping pong tables providing...

Exeter taxi driver to launch Poetry Tours

An Exeter taxi driver is to launch his project ‘West country poetry tours’ in less than a week.

Well-liked and admired Shane O’Sullivan, or better known as Jack the Hat, began the concept for this project just before Christmas. It aims to bring people over from America to experience the hidden gems of the West Country.

He said: “We are trying to get them to come and see some of the highlights which we believe are important and often overlooked by tourists.”

The website went out to the British tourist board in New York on Friday and hopes to be signed and completed...

Pop-Up Opera comes to Devon

After performing their first ever tragedy this Spring, Pop-Up Opera return to comedy for their Summer Season 2016.

Pop-Up Opera challenge the way opera is traditionally performed, by taking it into unusual spaces and making it fun, fresh and intimate. Rossini's famous opera buffa Il Barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville) is brought to life by the critically acclaimed company, sung in Italian with English captions.

Pop-Up Opera take to the stage with this incredibly fast-paced comical farce in their adaptation of this much loved score. Witness razor-sharp timing as the...

Social Gaming: What is it and where is it headed in 2016?

Authored by Newshound
Posted: Tue, 06/07/2016 - 8:54am

Given the evolution that has underpinned social gaming during the last nine years, it is little wonder that this medium has become incredibly vague and diverse during this time. Inextricably linked to digital, mobile and even console titles, the concept of social gaming is one that continues to evolve with time.

With this in mind, attempting to understand social gaming in real-time and determine its future course is extremely difficult. So even though digital gaming has enjoyed a huge boom in 2015, the performance of the market’s social sector remains unclear.

Fortunately,...

Father’s Day Challenge at The Donkey Sanctuary

The Donkey Sanctuary is holding a Father’s Day Challenge on Sunday 19 June with plenty of things for the whole family.

Get outdoors this Father’s Day and enjoy some time with the family. The Donkey Sanctuary is holding a challenge event perfect for a family day out.

Spread across the two parts of a challenge is an exciting hunt driven by a list of clues that lead to secret locations across the Sanctuary. At each locations a puzzle will be found that needs completing to access the code it is hiding. Once all of the codes are found, teams can head back to the Events Barn for...

Online Virtual Orchestra

Can you play an instrument?

The BBC are calling out for any musicians, whatever instrument you play, to join in with an online virtual orchestra.

The performance is Bizet's Toreador Song from Carmen.

Last entries have to be submitted by Saturday 27th August 2016.

The best entries will be edited together and performed at the BBC Proms In The Park all over the UK on Saturday 10th September 2016.

For more information view this link: http://www.privatemusictuition.co.uk/like-involved-virtual-orchestra/

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