Entertainment & Reviews

Summer is just around the corner and there’s plenty of fun and adventure to keep the whole family entertained at The Donkey Sanctuary in Sidmouth this May half term.

Open from 9am every day, an array of family-friendly activities will be on offer, such as face painting, making a donkey out of modelling clay and creating a bat finger puppet. Furthermore, to celebrate the imminent arrival of The Donkey Sanctuary’s new Bat Beacon this summer, there will be a bat holiday hunt for wildlife explorers young and old.

Get the whole family outdoors and meet some of the 500 donkeys...

Your essential guide to What’s On in and around Exeter this weekend (27-30 May).

THEATRE

English Touring Opera: Iphigénie en Tauride Friday, 7.30pm, Exeter Northcott Theatre Vampire-like villains and human sacrifice form a bloodthirsty backdrop to what is one of the most refined and perfect of operas, based on a famous story from Greek myth. By a composer who influenced future generations from Mozart to Wagner, this account of the reunion of Iphigenia and her brother in the aftermath of the Trojan War is an eloquent, heart-wrenching masterpiece. Sung in French with English...

Great news for everyone who missed out on tickets for this summer’s Radio One Big Weekend!

We are delighted to confirm that LOCKDOWN, the South‐West’s biggest dance music festival, will take place in the grounds of the magnificent Powderham Castle, Exeter on the weekend of the 9th to the 11th of September 2016.

This event was previously advertised as BASSLINE FESTIVAL. We have rebranded to avoid confusion with another event of the same name. Acts already confirmed:

TINIE TEMPAH, KATY B, RUDIMENTAL DJ, ANDY C, SIGMA DJ, NETSKY DJ, WILKINSON DJ, SUB FOCUS, KREPT...

Take That will make a brief appearance at Radio 1's Big Weekend at Powderham.

Gary Barlow made the announcement this morning on the Radio 1 Breakfast Show today.

The band will be joining Sigma on stage on main stage on the Saturday.

The two acts have collaborated on a new single.

Cry' sees Sigma meld Take That's vocals with some soaring synths and a gospel choir.

A source told The Sun newspaper: “Since their second coming Take That have been more experimental with their music but this really has pushed the boundaries. There’s a huge mutual respect...