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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,

  • ...

Has your dog got talent?

Could your dog take on a starring role?

If so, you may want to go to the stage door of the Princess Theatre on Saturday 7 March at 10.30am.

Toads Stage Musical Company, who are presenting one of the first amateur productions of Legally Blonde there, from 23-27 June 2015, are looking for two dogs - a Chihuahua, or similar type, to play Bruiser, (the leading lady - Elle Woods’ dog) and also an interesting, characterful large dog, to play hairdresser Paulette's dog, Rufus.

Auditions will be on the stage to enable director Ruth Bettesworth to see how the dogs react to...

Your guide to What's On this weekend

Your guide to what’s on in and around Exeter this weekend.

THEATRE

Ablutions Friday & Saturday, Bike Shed Theatre, Exeter FellSwoop Theatre return with Ablutions, adapted from the novel by Patrick DeWitt. A dark, boozy tale from the sodden depths of the LA underworld, blending a live soundtrack, detailed mime and DeWitt's heart-wrenching humour. Tickets: £10/ £8 conc. www.bikeshedtheatre.co.uk

The Mist in the Mirror Friday & Saturday, Northcott Theatre, Exeter Adapted from the novel by Susan Hill, author of The Woman in Black, this tense and atmospheric...

New community arts programme for Exeter

EXE-ARTS is a new programme created by not for profit arts organisation Superact to provide opportunities for people in Exeter to try out different art forms.

The sessions will be held at Exeter Community Centre, 17 St. David’s Hill Exeter, EX4 3RG and take place from 6:30pm – 9:30pm on the following dates:

March 4th Pottery with Patsy Lang March 11th Graffiti Art with Miss C, (Cleo Heard) March 18th Fabric Art with Felicity Shillingford March 25th Lantern making with Emma Brogan

Sessions cost £3 towards materials and refreshments or £10 for all four sessions. You...

Exhibition challenges perceptions of growing older

A new photography exhibition in the corridors of the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital challenges its viewers to think differently about ageing.

The ‘Growing Old Competitively' exhibition by Alex Rotas features a series of photos of athletes in their 60s, 70s, 80s and even 90s who still compete in international sporting events.

The exhibition has been organised by Exeter Health Care Arts, an ‘arts for health’ initiative designed to deliver a range of activities to improve the hospital environment, for patients, visitors and for staff. This inspirational exhibition fits into a...

Bob Dylan's art on show in Exeter

Internationally renowned music icon Bob Dylan will have a vibrant selection of his art on show in Exeter in a retrospective exhibition that brings together works released annually from 2008 to 2014, all from his critically-acclaimed collection: The Drawn Blank Series. All of the pieces are hand-signed by the artist.

The exhibition at Castle Galleries in the city will be showcasing the best of Bob Dylan’s art released over the last six years – inspired while he was on the road from 1989 to 1992 - and will be on display at the Cathedral Yard venue, from Saturday 28th February, for...

Queen II set to rock Tiverton

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Tue, 02/24/2015 - 3:59pm

QUEEN fans in the Exeter area have been given an unexpected opportunity to see one of the UK’s leading tributes to the legendary rock band.

Queen II, a Sheffield-based band who have toured the UK and Europe since 2009, will be performing at Tiverton Golf Club, Tiverton, on Saturday 25 April.

Their show for members and friends on Friday 24 April sold out within two weeks, prompting the club to organise a second event the following night which is open to everyone.

Queen II have played a New Year’s Eve concert in Moscow, at Silverstone for the British Grand Prix and at...

Why Not? What If?

Studio 36 in the unlikely setting of an artist’s studio in St Leonards, Exeter, will host a lively tongue in cheek performance by skilful musicians, song writers, poets, & artists of various kinds challenging authoritarian notices on Saturday 28 February.

Do Not Do This! Watch Out for That! No guns, drugs, biking, ball games, jumping from bridges, dogs, parrots or balloons. Look out too for lethal electrics, biting donkeys, vertical drops, heavy seas and submerged objects!

These notices which have inspired the ‘ Why Not? What If?’ event have poured in from family and...

Kevin Bridges - Work in Progress

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Tue, 02/24/2015 - 10:44am

Kevin Bridges returns to the road trying out brand new material prior to embarking on his biggest tour to date A Whole Different Story… and he's at Exeter Corn Exchange for two nights - Sunday and Monday, 12 and 13 April.

Scotland’s biggest export, Kevin Bridges dubbed as “brilliant” by one of his comedy idols, Billy Connolly has had an astonishing rise to success. His 2012 tour Kevin Bridges – The Story Continues…. smashed box office records selling a staggering 45,000 tickets on the first day. Kevin went on to sell out an incredible nine-show run at the Glasgow SECC Arena. His...

WBW lawyers are flippin' great!

Authored by Metis Media
Posted: Fri, 02/20/2015 - 10:26am

WBW Solicitors sent a crack team from their Exeter office to make a bid for the title of World Champions – in the field of pancake racing.

The global flip-off took place in Exeter's Princesshay Square on Tuesday (February 17), and four of WBW's finest lawyers banded together under the team name “Flippin' Lawyers” in a bid to outrun and outflip the competition.

Partner of WBW and team captain, David Charlesworth, said before the challenge: “We are feeling a little bit tense, this represents months and months of training and we take it very seriously.” Fellow team members,...

Comedy night at EGCC

Join us for a raucous evening of laughter at our Comedy Night with some great comedians live at Exeter Golf and Country Club with a delicious three-course dinner to start. Our Comedy Night is not to be missed!

With two fantastic comedians on the bill, this year should be even better than last year's sold out event. Our warm up act for this year is the outrageous, clever and unique, Arnold Gutbucket. His eccentric and delightfully silly songs will get the audience oiled up and ready for the huge main act, Kockov!

Kockov is Monrokvia’s greatest mind-reader and magician....

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