Entertainment & Reviews

LUNA – A FEATURE FILM WITH A LOCAL FLAVOUR “LUNA” is the award winning new film produced by Honiton based entrepreneur and ‘Angel’ investor Clive Banks . The winner of Best British Feature at the prestigious Raindance Festival, the independent British Film Festival held in London this month, “LUNA” stars Dervla Kirwan, Ben Daniels, Michael Maloney and Stephanie Leonidas. The film tells the story of two couples and takes place over a long weekend, when old loves, losses and resentments are revisited and the life of a dead child is lived out in a series of strange, hallucinatory dreams. LUNA...

This Autumn half term from Tuesday 28th October to Saturday 1st November, The Bike Shed Theatre, in Exeter’s Fore Street, will be transformed into a kitchen, dining room, and story-world for the arrival of Tortoise & Hare- as they make a meal of storytelling. The perfect show for children ages 5 and up (and their parents) it includes a three-course meal crafted from fine local produce, as literature and cuisine combine. Just one catch, you’re the cook! Early bird tickets are available for £5 until the end of September and can be purchased here: http://www.bikeshedtheatre.co.uk/whats-on...

Organisers of the sixth annual Budleigh Salterton Literary Festival are still buzzing after yet another successful festival with top authors such as Kate Atkinson, Michael Morpurgo, Kate Adie, James Lovelock and Hilary Mantel.

The impressive line-up this year saw family favourite Michael Morpurgo reading an exclusive extract from his new novel, Listen to the Moon, and much loved Kate Atkinson chose Budleigh audiences to be the first in the UK to hear an extract from her new novel, A God in Ruins, not due to be published until May 2015.

The festival, which took place from...

TV adventurer Monty Halls is offering to take people on a tour of the world in just one evening.

Monty, who lives in Dartmouth, is coming to Living Coasts in Torquay to talk about his life as a TV presenter, marine biologist, travel writer, public speaker and diver. His talk promises to roam the world in just one evening.

Monty explains: “This is a lifetime of ocean exploration packed into a single talk. It ranges from South Africa to Northern Norway, from magnificent sharks to colossal squid, from the tepid Tropics to the frigid Poles. Illustrated throughout by images...