Entertainment & Reviews

Leftfield, James, The Coral, The Proclaimers, Billy Bragg and, Levellers will perform at Beautiful Days festival 2016 at Escot Park near Exeter, 19-21 August.

Headlining Beautiful Days 2016 on the Friday night are Leftfield - one of Britain’s most influential electronic dance acts. Their debut Leftism, remains one of the defining statements of 90s dance music. Headlining on Saturday night we welcome back Manchester legends James who release their fourteenth new studio album ‘Girl at the End of the World’ this month.

Sunday night headliners are festival founders Levellers...

The Exeter Northcott Theatre has announced that its 2016 Christmas production will be a brand-new adaptation of J.M Barrie’s much-loved classic, Peter Pan and will be produced by Exeter Northcott Theatre.

Join Wendy, John and Michael as they soar into the night sky with Peter, to a magical land of mermaids and fairy dust, where children can fly and all sorts of exciting adventures happen every day. But beware – danger is just around the corner. Captain Hook and the pirates are looking for revenge and Peter Pan is top of their list!

For over 100 years children (and adults)...

Rule breaking anti-comedian, Ed Aczel is bringing his national tour to The Bike Shed Theatre on 20th March.

The award winning comic (and former office worker), hailed as “Britain’s greatest living anti-comedian” Guardian is more or less delighted to announce his return to the road for what will be his second nationwide stand-up tour.

His new show The Random Flapping of a Butterfly’s Wings sees Ed tackle the pithy task of nailing down the nature of existence.

Ed is best known in comedy circles for really not following the rules of stand-up comedy, and it is in his...

Britain’s best loved and most important performance poet, Dr John Cooper Clarke has announced the first half of his 2016 schedule.

John is heading off on a “Seaside Tour” in Spring with dates set in Torquay, Weston Super Mare, Scarborough and Falmouth. This specially programmed coastal element of the tour was inspired by John’s recent collaboration with the National Trust when John was commission to write the “Nation’s Ode to the Coast”. Britain’s coastal communities aren’t the only ones to get a taste of JCC as John’s spring and summer tour also includes a full schedule of shows...