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Your guide to What's On this weekend

Your essential guide to What's On in and around Exeter this weekend (8-10 January)

THEATRE

Aladdin Friday & Saturday, Victory Hall, Broadclyst Broadclyst Theatre Group transports you to Old Peking for the most popular Arabian Nights magical tale of Aladdin. There you’ll be met by the irascible widow Twanky and entertained by Peking’s giant Kung Fu Panda. A fun show for all the family. Performances at 7.30pm and a matinee on Saturday at 2.30pm. Tickets £9, children under 12 £5 from Broadclyst Post Office and online: www.ticketsource.co.uk/broadclyst

Eloise and...

Top comics banish the January blues

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Tue, 01/05/2016 - 10:35pm

If January is already getting you down (or even if it isn’t), then the advent of three top comedians in Mid-Devon could give you the boost you need.

Dominic Holland, one of the country’s most respected stand-up comedians, will be compering the Comedy Night at Blundell’s School, Tiverton, on Friday 15 January.

Also on the bill are award-winning writer and stand-up Mark Maier, a highly sought after performer on both national and international comedy circuits and visual comedian Steve Best, who uses a mind-boggling array of gadgets and gags to keep his audience in stitches....

Community singing for fun in Exeter

ou are invited to join Exeter's unique community singing for fun sessions on a Monday evening at St Sidwell's School, York Road, Exeter EX4 6PG.

We are not a choir - started January 2007 - and there is no need to read music, no auditions, no microphones, no rehearsals and no public performances. Sing to backing music with the words projected on the wall. Choose from hundreds of backing tracks and sing about 30 songs on the night. A wide range of music including songs from Abba, The Beatles, Pavarotti, Adele, Frank Sinatra, Queen, Michel Buble, Elvis, Shania Twain and many more....

Totally Tina plays Torquay

Having headlined the 2015 Glastonbudget Festival last year (the biggest tribute festival of the year), Totally Tina comes to TORQUAY – Princess Theatre on Saturday 20th February 2016! Totally TINA is an award-winning tribute to the Queen of Rock and Roll, Tina Turner, being given the “Official UK number one” honour by the Agents Association of Great Britain. Currently touring the UK theatres in a full production version with live band, dancers and our leading lady Justine Riddoch. Rather than being a biography, this show focuses on Tina's live concert career, replicating scenes from...

Your guide to What's On this weekend

Your essential guide to what’s on in and around Exeter this weekend (January 1-3)

THEATRE

Eloise and the Curse of the Golden Whisk Bike Shed Theatre, Exeter The year is 1944. In the depths of a dusty larder in the bombed ruins of an Exeter restaurant, Eloise finds a beautiful, golden whisk. But when she clutches the shimmering relic, she unleashes an ancient curse. The show runs until 9 January. Performance times and tickets: www.bikeshedtheatre.co.uk

A Christmas Carol Exeter Northcott Theatre Ebenezer Scrooge is a notoriously bitter old man who is determined not...

Daily readers help Beatles author

A Manchester author looking for fans who witnessed performances by The Beatles in Exeter has been overwhelmed by the response from Daily readers.

Richard Houghton called on the Daily to help him track down gig goers who saw any the Fab Four’s ABC shows in March 1963, October 1963 and October 1964 for a ‘people’s history’ of the group.

Richard Houghton said: ‘I’ve had several readers get in touch with some great memories of the three visits The Beatles made to the ABC.’

Amongst those who contacted Richard are Lyn Hope who remembers:

‘I was a pupil at the...

Looking into the life of Riley

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Wed, 12/30/2015 - 10:01am

RAMM is investigating the lives of people who donated objects to the museum’s World Cultures collection, including Arnold Riley who donated a re-modelled Melanesian skull in 1935.

He was a colourful character who lived in Dawlish between 1924 and 1947 and RAMM is keen to contact any of Mr Riley's living relatives, particularly those who may live locally and may have information and photographs that would shed more light on his life.

Arnold Riley taught elocution and dramatic arts at University College of the South West of England, Exeter. He was involved in local politics...

Panto magic at Broadclyst

Authored by Liz Straw
Posted: Tue, 12/29/2015 - 10:42am

Broadclyst Theatre Group transports you to Old Peking for the most popular Arabian Nights magical tale of Aladdin.

There you’ll be met by the irascible widow Twanky and entertained by Peking’s giant Kung Fu Panda.

It will be a raucous evening full of your favourite daft jokes, catchy tunes, and loads of crazy dance moves. We've got amazing, colourful costumes, great scenery sets and it will be a fun night out for all the family.

Will Abanaza be thwarted in his attempts to kidnap the princess and steal the magic lamp?

Will our young hero Aladdin and his...

What's On at RAMM in Exeter

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Mon, 12/28/2015 - 12:02pm

Take a look at What’s On at Exeter’s Royal Albert Memorial Museum in the New Year… Whatever the Weather…

Pipe Dreams 5 Jan until 27 March 2016 Finders Keepers? Gallery Heather’s collection of clay tobacco pipes is from the 16th to 20th centuries and includes examples from England, Scotland, The Netherlands and France. From bottles of water from collected around the globe to Hello Kitty paraphernalia and from fans to political porcelain, the What Do You Collect? display showcases contemporary collecting and allows local collectors to share their passion.

Whatever the...

Circus of Horrors tour stops off at Exeter

The 2016 nationwide tour by Circus of Horrors will call in at Exeter Corn Exchange on Monday 18 January.

Welcome to the Carnevil is set in Victorian London when Jack the Ripper was still at large. This was the age of the freak show. Circus of Horrors tell the story of a young girl and her dream of running away to join the circus which becomes a nightmare. The show features killer clowns, sword swallowers, demon dwarfs, death defying aerialists, fire limboing acrobats and much more. The story twists and turns with grisly murders and sensational shocks – all interwoven with some of...

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