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Exeter Northcott to stage Daphne du Maurier's Secret Lives

Exeter Northcott Theatre has revealed they will stage the world premiere of ' Daphne ' by South-West writer, Rosie Race.

The theatre’s new in-house production explores the hidden secrets of one of Britain’s most celebrated authors Daphne du Maurier, best known for her gothic masterpieces such as ‘Rebecca’, ‘Jamaica Inn’ and ‘My Cousin Rachel’.

Du Maurier had a deep-rooted emotional and inspirational connection to the wild Cornish landscape, which heavily influenced her atmospheric writing. Her suspenseful and thrilling fiction has long captivated readers and many of her...

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Ocean Film Festival Tour heads to Exeter

The Ocean Film Festival World Tour returns to the UK this autumn after a highly successful first Tour in 2014.

Audiences will have the chance to immerse themselves in the wonders of the ocean without getting their feet wet at Exeter Corn Exchange on Friday 11 September.

Designed to mesmerise and enthral, the Ocean Film Festival World Tour showcases more than two hours of sublime footage taken above and below the water’s surface. The films document the beauty and power of the ocean, and celebrate the divers, surfers, swimmers and oceanographers who live for the sea’s salt...

Exeter Phoenix announces autumn programme

The festival season might be drawing to a close, but Exeter Phoenix will be keeping up the pace into autumn, through what is traditionally one of the arts venue’s busiest event seasons.

With another vibrant mix of music, art and performance as well as the hotly anticipated launch of Studio 74,Exeter’s new independent cinema, visitors can soak up the best of what Exeter has to offer.

September kicks off with one of the city’s foremost annual arts events, as this year’s Exeter Contemporary Open exhibition opens its doors to the public. 2015’s exhibition will include diverse...

Pop artist's work on show in Exeter

Internationally renowned artist Romero Britto has teamed up with Washington Green, the UK’s leading fine art publisher, to release a new collection of works in his iconic style.

Available to buy at Castle Fine Art, Exeter from Friday, the newly curated collection gives art lovers the opportunity to enjoy and buy this new exclusive body of work on British soil for the first time. In his signature Pop Art style, the collection – self-titled ‘Romero Britto’ – features vibrant colour, playful themes and hard‐edged compositions. Comprising a series of hand signed limited edition...

Hands Up for Jonny Wilkinson's Right Boot

Live Wire Theatre, one of the South West’s foremost theatre companies, has announced a stellar cast for their latest show that they will be staged at The Barnfield Theatre Exeter on Friday and Saturday 16th & 17th October as part of the celebrations for The Rugby World Cup 2015.

Giles Coram, Hannah Douglas, Moira Hunt and George Williams lead a distinguished cast in the intriguingly entitled Hands Up for Jonny Wilkinson's Right Boot which will be touring theatres across the South West during the eight week tournament with the generous support of The Arts Council.

Giles...

Your guide to What's On this weekend (14-16 August 2015)

If you are looking for something to do or somewhere to go this weekend, there’s plenty to choose from in our guide to What's On in and around Exeter (August 13-16)

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Broadclyst Theatre Group presents Wyrd Sisters Friday & Saturday, 7.30pm, Victory Hall, Broadclyst The amazing Discworld arrives in Broadclyst on its journey on the back of the Four Elephants atop the Great A'Tuin a star travelling turtle. Watch as the three witches navigate politics, kings, fools and the Theatre. Tickets £9, £6.50 children under 14 from www.ticketsource.co.uk/broadclyst or Choccie...

Dame Hilary Mantel DBE returns to the stage at Budleigh

The team behind the seventh Budleigh Salterton Literary Festival are looking forward to welcoming more first class authors, historians and biographers to East Devon in September.

Tickets for this year’s festival will be available online on Friday 24th July from 5pm, and offer the opportunity to see the usual mix of best-selling, award winning and inspirational authors, including Paula Hawkins, author of record breaking novel, The Girl On The Train, which has been on top of the UK hardback book chart for 20 weeks.

As well as new authors like Paula making their way to the...

Sophia takes centre stage in hit musical

A student from the Stagecoach theatre school in Exeter has taken centre stage in the hit West End and Broadway production of Shrek The Musical® at the Theatre Royal, Plymouth this month.

Nine-year-old Sophia Rochfort sailed through her auditions organised by the Stagecoach Agency, to secure the part of the one of the lead characters, the Young Shrek and Grumpy the Dwarf.

The UK and Ireland Tour of Shrek The Musical® is directed by Nigel Harman who starred as Lord Farquaad in the West End production at Theatre Royal Drury Lane, winning him the 2012 Laurence Olivier Award for...

Open air theatre unleashed at Buckfast Abbey

Following on from last year’s lively adaptation of 'Godspell', 'Into the Light' is a thought-provoking and beautifully written piece that will be performed at Buckfast Abbey from 7th -12th September by the Torbay-based Unleashed Theatre Company.

Based on St John’s Gospel, it follows a group of refugees fleeing from Eastern Europe in the late 1930s at the start of the outbreak of the Second World War, who as they travel tell the ‘greatest story’ on Earth. For Unleashed Theatre Company, this piece has real significance as it takes them right back to their roots...

Wyrd Sisters: One night sold out already!

One night is already sold out, so hurry if you want to see Broadclyst Theatre Group’s comedy play, Wyrd Sisters – 13-15 August.

Wyrd Sisters is the sixth of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld novels and, adapted by Stephen Briggs, it is arguably one of the funniest.

Friday 14 August is sold out but there are still tickets left for Thursday 13 and Saturday 15 – available from Broadclyst Post Office, Choccie Bar in Gandy Street, Exeter, or online: www.ticketsource.co.uk/broadclyst

The play takes place at Victory Hall, Broadclyst, and starts at 7.30pm. Tickets are £9 and £6....

Rope by Patrick Hamilton opens in Sidmouth

Weekly rep continues at the Manor Pavilion Theatre in Sidmouth this week with the arrival of the seventh production, Rope by Patrick Hamilton. The smash hit thriller will play from Thursday 13 to Wednesday 19 August.

The Summer Rep Season sees one company of actors present a season of twelve classic revivals throughout summer, with a new production each week until the end of September.

The year is 1929. The location is an upper-class house in the Mayfair district of London. Two Oxford University students, Wyndham Brandon and Charles Granillo, have committed what they think...

Entertainment & Reviews

Exeter Northcott to stage Daphne du Maurier's Secret Lives

Ocean Film Festival Tour heads to Exeter

Exeter Phoenix announces autumn programme

Pop artist's work on show in Exeter

Hands Up for Jonny Wilkinson's Right Boot

Your guide to What's On this weekend (14-16 August 2015)

Dame Hilary Mantel DBE returns to the stage at Budleigh

Sophia takes centre stage in hit musical

Open air theatre unleashed at Buckfast Abbey

Wyrd Sisters: One night sold out already!

Rope by Patrick Hamilton opens in Sidmouth

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