Entertainment & Reviews

Voted the nation’s favourite play, Alan Bennett’s multi award-winning The History Boys will return in 2015, visiting the Exeter Northcott Theatre in May as part of a major new UK tour for 2015.

Winner of over 30 major awards including the Olivier and Tony Awards for Best New Play, The History Boys is the story of a group of bright, funny and unruly sixth-formers in pursuit of sex, sport and a place at university. Their maverick English teacher is at odds with the young and shrewd supply teacher, whilst their headmaster is obsessed with results and league tables. Staffroom rivalry...

After the success of last year, Toby Buckland's Garden Festival at Powderham Castle is back and bigger than ever on Friday 1st and Saturday 2nd May!

There will be explosive 'daytime fireworks' with coloured smoke and showering steamers down from the Gate House. Toby and the Countess of Devon will be cutting the ribbon.

Teign Trees will be swining from the trees at the entrance of the castle! There will also be live music from the Cataclews and much more.

Topsham Flower Club are decorating the Chapel at Powderham with incredible flower arrangements themed on the work...

Cygnet is bursting into full colour with an eclectic mix of drama, comedy and music.

And if you feel like getting out of the audience you might be tempted by Jonathan Kay’s invitation to try out Fooling or one of Cygnet’s courses in acting – a chance to build up self-confidence in public presentation.

Cygnet welcome Baroque Theatre with their exciting new Inspector Morse adventure - House of Ghosts, especially written for the stage and suitably theatrical! Pilot’s Thumb return with a comedy double bill Inner Chip and Eddie promising a hilarious evening. Cygnet graduates...

For the 14th year running, the talented young musicians and singers from Exeter School will perform a special charity concert to raise funds for international charity WaterAid.

All proceeds from this concert, which takes place on at 7.30pm on Wednesday 29 April at St David's Church in Exeter, will go directly to WaterAid projects in Zambia, helping some of the country's poorest communities gain access to clean water and safe sanitation.

Currently in Zambia, 5.2 million people have no access to a safe water source and 8 million people have nowhere safe to go to the toilet...