Entertainment & Reviews

Dab hand on the drums? Genius on the guitar? In a local band and looking for some gigs over the summer? Knightshayes, on the outskirts of Tiverton, is looking for bands to join them for the second year of Soupstock, the summer celebration of great, locally-sourced music and food.

Soupstock began in 2013 as a way to help new audiences to discover Knightshayes. The aim was to promote local music alongside local food, much of which is sourced from Knightshayes’ very own kitchen garden and served in their cafe. Great soups are one of the dishes Knightshayes is best known for, hence the...

Your essential guide to what's on in and around Exeter this weekend and the half term break:

THEATRE

Me and My Girl Friday & Saturday, 7.30pm, Northcott Theatre, Exeter A sublime treat for musical comedy fans of all ages. Lambeth costermonger, Bill Snibson, discovers he is the illegitimate heir to Lord Hareford and uses his wit and humour to break down the class divisions with his aristocratic relations. The fun and games never cease as they attempt to educate cheeky and cheerful Bill into the ways of the gentry and to separate him from his cockney girlfriend Sally. 7....

Killerton’s annual classic car day has reached its ten year mile stone and, to celebrate, the event will be extended to a two-day festival.

On Sunday and Monday (25 and 26 May) from 10.30am-5pm there will be hundreds of vehicles on display in the historic parkland at Killerton.

A significant occasion in the classic car world, which has grown every year with increasing popularity, this year’s event is set to be the biggest yet with a display of over 250 elegant vehicles. Killerton are keen to celebrate the landmark anniversary with a live jazz band, family games, drinks,...

If music be the food of love… These famous lines from Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night give a flavour of Cygnet’s Summer season.

The theatre has much on the menu to tempt you:

Wren Music are bringing five much loved West Country folk musicians James Findlay and Solaference to Cygnet Theatre on 23 May and Jonny Dyer and Vicki Swan with Marilyn Ticker and Paul Wilson on 13 June.

The main course on offer is Shakespeare’s Classic comedy of wit and folly – Twelfth Night, served with renaissance style by director Jacquie Crago, which previews on 11 June and plays at Trebah...