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The London African Gospel Choir closed Budleigh Music Festival in spectacular style

Budleigh Music Festival strikes emotional chord with concertgoers

From the opening notes of the community choral day to the uplifting finale of the London African Gospel Choir, Budleigh Music Festival celebrated its 20th anniversary in style.

Taking place in the beautiful St Peter’s Church, the festival delivered world-class classical performances, inclusive community events, and stunning moments of musical magic.

More than 3,600 tickets were sold over the nine-day Festival, which included performances by Sir Michael Morpurgo and cellist Clare O’Connell, internationally acclaimed pianist Sir Stephen Hough, and Bath Philharmonia....

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Big Screen in the Park returns to Exeter

One of Exeter’s most anticipated annual events, Big Screen In The Park celebrates its fifteenth year this August.

Taking place in Northernhay Gardens from 12-16 August, this year’s expanded anniversary event will treat locals and holidaymakers to cult classics, family favourites and new releases over five summer evenings. A unique opportunity to experience the magic of the movies in the increasingly rare 35mm format on a big 10m screen, with the illuminated Cathedral city as a stunning backdrop. Guaranteeing something for everyone, the recently announced line-up includes 80’s Bill...

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Festival brings spirit of wonder to Devon

The inaugural Wonder Fields Festival will be coming to fields in Devon from 17-19 July 2015.

The festival is taking place at Great Fulford, Dunsford near Exeter, but this is no Glastonbury Festival!

Hosting just 500 fun-loving folk from across the South-West and beyond, Wonder Fields aims to bring the spirit of imagination, fun and of course wonder, to the countryside, with the event featuring 60 music acts, a children’s area, spa, crafts and wild food foraging amongst many other activities.

Multi-genre music includes acts such as Bristol-based heavy weights Dub...

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Sidmouth rep summer season

Weekly rep returns to the Manor Pavilion Theatre in Sidmouth next week, when The Summer Rep Season 2015 opens with a new production of Noel Corward’s Hay Fever from Thursday 25 June to Wednesday 1 July 2015.

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.

Season producer Paul Taylor-Mills said today: “This is my third year producing the Summer Rep Season at the Manor Pavilion Theatre, and this is by far the most ambitious. Audiences can expect West End...

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Soldiers' Charity marks Exeter Armed Forces Day with Waterloo anniversary concert at Exeter Cathedral

An evening of music and readings on Saturday 20 June at 7.30 pm to raise funds for the Army’s National Charity

Some of the South West’s most talented musicians are joining forces on 20 June to support the Devon branch of the Army’s charity, ABF The Soldiers’ Charity. The combined talents of the Exeter Symphony Orchestra and the Exeter Philharmonic Choir will provide a programme of music to honour the courage, service and sacrifice of our soldiers from 1815 to 2015. Joining them will be internationally renowned violinist Tamsin Waley-Cohen whose family roots are in Exmoor. She will...

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Your guide to What's On this weekend

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Fri, 06/19/2015 - 12:13pm

Your guide to what's on in and around Exeter this weekend (19-21 June).

THEATRE

Grandad and the Machine Friday & Saturday, Bike Shed Theatre, Exeter A story for anyone who ever dreamed of a different world. A 100-year-old mechanical monster emerges from the waves. Everyday objects turn on their makers and the Empire is plunged into chaos. No one knows why. No one can stop it. Except maybe Grandad. He always was good with a spanner. That’s why Imogen and her father head north to find him. Their journey becomes an epic quest across England that leads to the heart of a...

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VIP treat for Exeter volunteer

The Exeter Foundation and Exeter Symphony Orchestra have joined forces with two local businesses to give a tireless volunteer a very special evening out.

C Group volunteer Shirley-Anne Fison will be a guest of the ESO at The Waterloo Concert on 20th June in Exeter Cathedral.

The 19 charities adopted by the Exeter Foundation were asked by ESO to nominate a volunteer who always goes ‘above and beyond’ to help others.

C Group Chief Executive Sharky Ward OBE who made the nomination said: "Shirley-Anne has been an avid supporter of The C Group for over 5 years....

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Exeter School hosts WESC art exhibiton

Exeter School Art Department is hosting the annual WESC Art exhibition in the Art Gallery.

The Private View took place on Monday evening and was attended by special guest, Barrie Goodfellow, a local visually impaired artist who has been working with the pupils this year.

Irena Boobyer, WESC Foundation Art teacher, said: “This year, pupils and students helped to celebrate gaining the Artsmark by creating amazing mixed-media art artworks inspired by visiting artist Barrie Goodfellow.

“Mixing sand into paint to create texture was both messy and fun and the results are...

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Big Mix music festival promises a big, wide world of sound in Lyme

A world of sound will fill the air as Lyme Regis prepares for the third annual Big Mix youth music festival on 4 July. This year’s line up promises everything from West African dance rhythms and beatboxing, to indie power pop and opera, all in a fabulous open-air arena on the Marine Theatre Square, overlooking Lyme Bay and the stunning Jurassic Coast. Promoted by young people’s music charity B Sharp, whose core values of creativity, expression and integrity run through the festival, the Big Mix is placing the spotlight on youth enterprise and opportunity with a range of fringe activities...

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Haste Theatre bring Beyond Cragporth Rock to Exeter

Inspired by Doris Lessing’s 'The Memoirs of a Survivor', Beyond Cragporth Rock is a black comedy following the story of six sisters who explain differing versions of their total demise. Devised by the award-winning Haste Theatre with director Ally Cologna, the show is a witty microcosm of humdrum family life put under intolerable pressure. Ally Cologna explains: ‘I’m interested in capturing the moment when human beings permit themselves to fall off the edge of all things decent.’ Beyond the four walls of their cottage lies a nightmarish, futuristic world plunged into dystopia by economic...

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Outdoor entertainment at Drogo this summer

This summer the croquet lawn at Castle Drogo will be the backdrop for some very special outdoor theatre and music. ‘Cider with Rosie’ from the novel by Laurie Lee will be performed by the Plough Community Theatre on Saturday 27 June, 7-9pm. Set during the period that Castle Drogo was being built, at the end of the First World War, ‘Cider with Rosie’ recounts Laurie Lee’s powerful childhood memories of life in a rural village which had seen few changes in a thousand years. From being left alone in a field at the age of three, to leaving the family home as an adult, we share Laurie Lee’s...

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