Entertainment & Reviews

Over the last few months people have been calling in to offer information and memories about Trinity Hall – now Cygnet Theatre – in Friars Gate, Exeter. Trinity Hall is 100 years old this year and everyone is invited to a spectacular birthday celebration!

Up and coming young local playwright Tom Nicholas has gathered and formed the stories people have brought into a play called Trinity, which has been woven into an immersive piece of theatre by Alistair Ganley and Clare Parker, Cygnet’s talented Artistic Director and Dance Specialist and Choreographer.

Audiences are now...

There are plenty of opportunities to get out and about this half term and enjoy our outstanding East Devon countryside.

Birdwatching for children on Tuesday 28 October is a free event. An interest in nature is best encouraged at the earliest possible age – that is the firm belief of East Devon District Council’s Countryside team.

Experienced and knowledgeable birdwatcher Ian Waite has kindly agreed to lead this session, aided by the Education Rangers, to help children spot and identify birds at the Axe Estuary Wetlands near Seaton. There will be two sessions; 1.30-2.30pm...

Groups of lads, couples, and families packed in to Exeter’s Corn Exchange over the weekend to watch the Vienna Festival Ballet’s adaption of The Nutcracker. The dance troupe, made up of male and female dancers from across the globe, gave me my first taste of a ballet show.

Props are minimal if not void for ballet shows, so it was the shadow of ballet shoes from beneath the curtains and music from Tchaikovsky that got the crowds buzzing with anticipation ahead of the performance.

The curtains drew up revealing a Christmas scenery flat, complete with a giant Christmas tree...

Chantry Dance Company brings to life Oscar Wilde’s magical story of The Happy Prince in their new triple bill UK tour programme.

2014 is the 160th anniversary of Oscar Wilde’s birth. The celebrated author and poet, best known for his novel A Picture of Dorian Gray, wrote many fairy stories for children. One of the best loved of these is the magical story of The Happy Prince. To celebrate Wilde’s anniversary, Chantry Dance Company have included this wonderful story in their UK tour programme this year. The poignant tale of a statue and lost swallow who sacrifice everything they have...