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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,

  • ...

The weekend starts here! What's on

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Thu, 09/10/2015 - 10:09pm

Your essential guide to What’s On in and around Exeter this weekend (11-13 September)

THEATRE

The Quiet Compere Saturday, 7pm, Exeter Phoenix A feast of words, this national poetry tour hosted by Sarah Dixon sees ten poets perform for ten minutes each. Tickets £4. http://www.exeterphoenix.org.uk/

Open air theatre: Into the Light Friday & Saturday, 7.45pm, Buckfast Abbey Into the Light is a thought-provoking and beautifully written piece that will be performed at Buckfast Abbey from 7th -12th September by Unleashed Theatre Company. Based on St John’s Gospel, it...

Giant band to play Exeter Castle festival

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Wed, 09/09/2015 - 7:57pm

Devon based band ‘Land Of The Giants’ are to headline at Exeter Castle, after playing six Stages at this years Glastonbury Festival!

Exeter Castle is celebrating the Rugby World Cup by running a series of events throughout the season in the castle courtyard. To include a huge festival stage, two giant marquee’s, local food & drink suppliers and live music!

A major highlight will be Plymouth based 6 piece band Land Of The Giants, who are head lining the festival with the ever popular internationally renowned indie/ rock act Will And The People! Also on the bill is Exeter...

Horror movie night at Exeter Cathedral

The magic of the movies comes to Exeter next week as the Cathedral prepares to host its first ever Silent Movie Night.

The special screening of 1920s horror classic Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde takes place on Wednesday 16th September, accompanied by a live soundtrack on the restored Cathedral Organ played by internationally-renowned organist David Briggs.

Toronto-based organist Briggs was born in England and worked at Hereford, Truro and Gloucester Cathedrals before making a name for himself around the world as a musical virtuoso. His movie accompaniment will quite literally be...

Bellissimo dining at Bella Italia

This week, I was sent on a mission to sample Rylan Clark’s new dish created exclusively for Bella Italia, Pesto Pollo Pasta.

Now, I have to admit that I have lived just outside Exeter for eight years and I had never stepped foot inside Bella Italia on Queen Street before . If you haven’t ventured inside either, then you are most definitely missing out on a little treasure amongst the eateries of Exeter.

The ambiance is wonderful – relaxed, intimate and cosy with delicious typically Italian aromas of garlic and basil. Having spent a week in Sorrento eleven years ago, this...

Summer vibes are here to stay

The British summer festival season is slowly coming to a close, and albeit bearing the torrential downpour, filthy fields and restless evenings concealed in a flimsy sleeping bag doesn't sound so alluring on paper; it doesn't stop the adolescent population of the UK returning every year. If like us you’re not quite ready to let the summer festival vibes lie, then sit back and let us help you relive the top five reasons why the experience of attending a British music festival is just so incomparable.

1. “Come together, right now…” You’re through the gates and it’s time to...

Classical crossover, comedy and more!

Exeter Corn Exchange has announced details of its events programme for the autumn period. The City Council run venue will host a mix of comedy, music and specialist events with highlights including comedians Sean Lock, Josh Widdicombe and Jethro, and singers Russell Watson, Eddie Reader and Donovan. There will also be appearances by Steve Backshall and the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain as well as Ballet and Burlesque.

The programme gets underway on Friday 11 September with the International Ocean Film Festival and on Sunday 13th the venue hosts a concert by Liederkranz...

Ed Byrne: Outside, Looking In

Mock the Week star Ed Byrne is an established touring favourite, and despite his youthful looks the Irishman recently marked up 20 years as a comic. His latest show of observational comedy, Outside, Looking In, covers a wide range of subjects – from a recent gastric illness to the success of UKIP – but he talks a lot about his family and it's his most personal yet.

“I didn't make a conscious effort to write a more personal show, but that was what was coming out when I started writing it,” Ed says. “People come to see me for a laugh and I would like to think they go away thinking...

Jeeves and Wooster in Perfect Nonsense

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Sun, 09/06/2015 - 10:01pm

Winner of Best Comedy at the 2014 Olivier Awards and following an award-winning run at the West End’s Duke of York’s Theatre, the effervescent, aristocratic fool Bertie Wooster and his dutiful valet, Jeeves arrive in Exeter in the critically acclaimed stage play Jeeves & Wooster in Perfect Nonsense.

When a country house weekend takes a turn for the worse, Bertie Wooster is unwittingly called on to play matchmaker, but also to steal a silver cow creamer from Totleigh Towers. Naturally, the ever dependable Jeeves is there to prevent Bertie from making a fool of himself in front...

New author in literary line-up

British actress turned bestselling author, Sarah Winman, is the latest name to join the literary line up for this year’s Budleigh Salterton Literary Festival.

Due to unforeseen circumstances, the festival has announced that Liza Klaussmann is no longer able to appear at the festival on Saturday 19th September. Organisers are delighted that author Sarah Winman has agreed to step in at the last minute, to discuss her second novel A Year of Marvellous Ways.

Sarah’s first novel, When God was a Rabbit, was released in 2011 and was an instant Sunday Times bestseller in both...

Devon Open Studios launches

To celebrate the launch of the county's biggest open studio event this year, Devon Open Studios 2015 held a party at Teignmouth Arts Action Group.

The Chair of Devon County Council, Christine Channon opened the event with Cll Jacqui Orme, Mayor of Teignmouth and the new Director of Devon Artist Network, Anthony O'Keefe, was introduced at the event. Tracy Scranage, Teignmouth and Dawlish Town Centre Development Manager organised the art market and Adrian Innocent, the Marketing Manager of DOS’s key sponsor Helpful Holidays also came along to support this major cross-county event...

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