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Free Cider and Summer Tunes Come to Devon with a Music Series from Thatchers Cider

Free pints, live music and summer vibes

Thatchers is set to delight music and cider fans heading into venues and pubs across the summer with a national 40+ gig series that will visit Devon throughout August.

A mix of Juicy Sounds DJ nights and Summer Sessions acoustic evenings will be held to celebrate what promises to be a summer filled, not just with sport, but with music too.

Events are currently planned for:

  • The Blue Ball in Exeter on Friday 7th August.

  • Boathouse, Dawlish, Saturday 8th August.

  • Hyde Dendy,

  • ...

Your guide to What's On this weekend

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Thu, 11/05/2015 - 10:55am

Your essential guide to What’s On in and around Exeter this weekend (6-9 November).

THEATRE

An Evening with Sir Roger Moore Friday, 7.30pm, Northcott Theatre, Exeter Celebrating 70 years in showbusiness this year, the Hollywood legend and James Bond star chats with biographer Gareth Owen about his extraordinary life and career. Featuring inside stories and exclusive anecdotes from an astonishing career that has included the hit TV series The Saint and The Persuaders, plus Hollywood blockbusters and, of course, seven iconic movies as the world’s most famous spy, 007....

Exe-Arts community creativity workshops

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Thu, 11/05/2015 - 10:05am

Exe-Arts, the community arts initiative set up by Superact's Patsy Lang, has reached the halfway milestone after a busy two months of fun creative workshops for all ages in art forms ranging from environmental sculpture and photography to graffiti art and experimental drawing.

As a culmination of the project, many of the pieces will be exhibited at the community festival on 12th December, which will also include a lantern parade and live performances. There are pictures and reflections of the sessions so far on the Exe-Arts facebook page. The Exe-Arts initiative also includes some...

The Odyssey: Missing Presumed Dead

Exeter Northcott: 24-28 November 2015

English Touring Theatre return to the Exeter Northcott Theatre at the end of November, this time with The Odyssey: Missing Presumed Dead, their acclaimed collaboration with Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse.

The production reunites Simon Armitage and Nick Bagnall after their recent collaborations on The Last Days of Troy and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.

A high ranking government minister with a colourful past is sent on a delicate diplomatic mission to Istanbul. But when his trip ends up in a horrific bar room brawl, social...

Celebrate LOVE for the big screen

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Wed, 11/04/2015 - 5:49pm

This winter, as part of the BFI’s three month UK-wide blockbuster, LOVE: FILMS TO FALL IN LOVE WITH… FILMS TO BREAK YOUR HEART in partnership with Plusnet, the BFI will be teaming up with Vue Cinemas to spread the love nationwide for the big screen experience.

Vue Cinemas across the UK, including Plymouth, will unite the nation’s passion for cinema with the ultimate love-in and date night with four iconic love stories in November and December - Romeo & Juliet, Titanic, True Romance and Brokeback Mountain.

Pine over everyone’s favourite 90s teen heartthrob Leonardo...

Exhibition showcasing rock legend Ronnie Wood's artwork rolls into Exeter

A newly curated exhibition showcasing a collection of artwork by rock legend Ronnie Wood will be unveiled at Castle Fine Art in Exeter on Friday 13th November 2015.

The exhibition will feature a range of works created during The Rolling Stones’ 50 & Counting tour including portrait prints of his famous band members, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts and Mick Jagger and original works from previous collections – all charting the iconic band on stage and on tour.

A brand new piece featuring music icon Jimi Hendrix will also be launched at the exhibition – ahead of what would...

Our Lives, Our Community, Our Voice

Meridian RAW CIC, the Exeter-based social enterprise, has announced an exhibition at the Exeter Picturehouse to celebrate the culmination of their community project in central Exeter.

This diverse exhibition is part of the Our Lives, Our Community, Our Voice project which was a two-year community project in Exeter and used photography as a means of engagement and empowerment. The project was managed by the Olive Tree Association/Devon Grapevine in partnership with Meridian Raw and has been generously funded by the People’s Health Trust.

The exhibition takes place at the...

Weather at RAMM: Art & Science

A new exhibition at Exeter’s Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery (RAMM) will appeal to visitors with an interest in art, science and both.

Starting on Saturday 21 November, Whatever the Weather exposes humanity’s relationship to the elements.

Constantly changeable, occasionally extreme and always unpredictable, the weather has always affected our lives. Our desire to understand, predict and control the weather has led us to invoke the gods and harness science and Whatever the Weather brings together a lively mix of historical paintings and prints, artefacts,...

Don Broco Announce Support Artists For Their UK Tour

Don Broco have announced the supporting artists for their upcoming December UK tour which will kick off in Cardiff on 3rd December and finish in an almost sold-out show at London’s Brixton Academy.

Don Broco will perform at the Lemon Grove in Exeter on 8th December with support from indie rockers Coasts alongside Arcane Roots and Symmetry.

The Bedford four-piece released their second album ‘Automatic’ this summer which entered the Official Album Chart at No.6. Since then the band have stunned fans with an acoustic take on Ellie Goulding’s ‘On My Mind’, which they...

Footlights presents The Phantom of the Opera

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Sun, 11/01/2015 - 8:39pm

University of Exeter Footlights proudly presents The Phantom of the Opera coming to the Exeter Northcott in January 2016.

"Let it heighten each sensation."

Paris, 1883: the Opera house is ablaze with a haunting. Christine, full of grief over the death of her father, steps in to cover the sick Prima Donna Carlotta at the Opera’s gala. Upon hearing her, the Phantom is breathlessly captivated by her magical voice. Isolated for centuries by his ghoulish demeanor, he is crippled by a desire to love and to be loved. Thus, in despair, he lures Christine into his lair. In true...

Understanding RAMM’s Melanesian Skulls

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Fri, 10/30/2015 - 10:37am

An Arts Council Grant has enabled Exeter’s Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery (RAMM) to investigate its Pacific collections, including the Melanesian human remains.

These collections form part of RAMM’s World cultures collection, recognised by Arts Council England's Designation Scheme as a pre-eminent collection of national and international importance.

Researcher Kirstin Leith explains: “During the 1930s RAMM acquired three over-modelled Melanesian human skulls. The acquisition was part of a wider collection frenzy in Melanesia during the early part of the...

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