Entertainment & Reviews

An Interview with O&O - The Good Stuff 2016 Tour

Local comedy duo O&O launch their preview tour next week of their brand new hour of self penned sketch The Good Stuff before they head up for their debut at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival this Summer. Starting on Friday June 10 at The Lyric Theatre in Bridport, they’ll also stopping at the Bristol Improv Theatre on Friday 17 June (along with a special ‘Making It Funny’ workshop on Saturday 18 June at The Tobacco Factory in Bristol) and Theatre N16 in London on Thursday 21 July with extra dates added at the excellent Bedford...

After months of eager anticipation, 25,000 music fans made their way to Powderham Castle on Sunday to enjoy one of the UK’s most popular festivals and experience live performances from, among others, Izzy Azalea, Ellie Goulding, Skepta and headliner Coldplay.

Temperatures soared on Day 2 of Radio 1’s Big Weekend and a large crowd gathered at the main stage to watch opening act One Republic. This was followed by the hotly anticipated Welsh quartet Catfish and the Bottlemen who, despite some technical issues, did not disappoint as they powered through a series of fan favourites, such...

With two weeks remaining for artists to apply to be part of this year’s Exeter Contemporary Open, the selection panel has been announced.

Exeter Contemporary Open is one of the highlights of the South West’s arts calendar. Now in its eleventh year, it provides an important national platform for contemporary visual art with an emphasis on supporting new and emerging talent alongside more established artists.

Past selection panels have included artists and curators such as David Shrigley, Ceri Hand, Alex Hartley, Hannah Firth, Day & Gluckman and Kevin Hunt.

The...

TOP local and national artists will headline at the 39th Dartmoor Folk Festival, which will be held at South Zeal, near Okehampton, on August 5, 6 and 7.

They include Blazin' Fiddles, Miranda Sykes and Rex Preston, Bob Fox, Mawkin, Talisk, Pete Coe, Alice Jones and Tickled Pink with Fee Lock.

Other artists attending are The Dartmoor Pixie Band (Friday and Sunday night), Ramsley Minors, Entertainingly Different, Dave Wills, Bill Murray, Tich Scott and various morris and dance teams.

The annual family-festival includes concerts, a ramble on Dartmoor, a ceilidh, folk...