Entertainment & Reviews

EXETER NORTHCOTT THEATRE

23 - 27 JUNE 2015

Following last year’s blockbuster production of Les Miserables at the Northcott Theatre, Stage by Stage, Exeter’s own theatre arts school, returns with the show voted the world’s most popular musical!

With a cast of over 70 students, aged 11 to 20, from across the city, this promises to be not only a theatrical spectacular, but also a triumphant celebration of Exeter’s performing arts talent! With a former Devon schoolboy having just won a Tony Award on Broadway, what could be more inspiring to this generation?

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Organisers of the Budleigh Salterton Literary Festival have released the line up for this year’s festival, taking place from 17th-20th September.

The announcement reveals a diverse selection of critically acclaimed, award-winning authors who are set to descend on the East Devon seaside town for the festival’s seventh consecutive year.

Appearing on Thursday afternoon will be celebrated children’s author and artist, Judith Kerr, creator of iconic books such as The Tiger Who Came to Tea, When Hitler Stole the Pink Rabbit and the Mog series. Judith will be discussing Creatures...

With another exciting mix of music, performance, art and film, Exeter Phoenix is set to launch a summer of fun.

Alongside a diverse programme of comedy, gigs and creative courses, Exeter Phoenix will be bringing arts out into the summer sunshine with a fantasticrange of outdoor events through the summer months. Highlights include a week of wild west fun in Rougemont Gardens, as Miracle Theatre bring their rootin’ tootin’ new show The Magnificent Three to the city along with a hoedown of live music. In August, Exeter’s favourite outdoor cinema event Big Screen In The Park returns to...

Open air theatre, including works by Shakespeare and Jane Austen, will be staged in two of East Devon’s best loved parks this summer.

Four touring theatre companies are bringing their productions to the beautiful Connaught Gardens in Sidmouth and Manor Gardens in Exmouth in a joint project between East Devon District Council’s StreetScene and Countryside departments. Topping the bill will be The Tempest, Much Ado about Nothing, Hamlet, Pride and Prejudice and the Triumph of Love.

Cllr John O’Leary, the district council’s Culture Champion, said: “These gardens have wonderful...