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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,

    • ...
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Tickets on sale for The Day We Played Brazil

Authored by Jenny Hogg
Posted: Tue, 05/13/2014 - 10:01am

Tickets are now on general sale for the upcoming musical The Day We Played Brazil.

Directed by playwright Nick Stimpson, Exeter Northcott Theatre’s Polly Agg-Manning and the Bike Shed Theatre’s David Lockwood, the musical will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the football match between Exeter City and the Brazil national team – the first-ever game played by Brazil.

As the 2014 World Cup comes to a close and Europe prepares to mark the centenary of the start of WW1 celebrate Exeter’s special place in history at the Exeter Northcott Theatre from Wed 16 – Sun 26 July, with a...

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The Changing Face of Cinema

On Sunday 1 June PUNY GODS! will take over the Bill Douglas Cinema Museum at the University of Exeter and turn it into a Cinema featuring films by Oscar, BAFTA and Emmy award winning filmmakers and a series of talks about The Changing Face of Cinema.

The Bill Douglas Cinema Museum is home to one of the largest collections of material relating to the moving image in Britain.

The museum chronicles the development of optical entertainment from shadow-puppets and 17th century manuscripts to the most recent Hollywood blockbusters, including artefacts such as Magic Lanterns, rare...

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Mac DeMarco 'Salad Days' Album Review

Authored by eldpotts
Posted: Mon, 05/12/2014 - 12:25pm

An effortlessly lazy third album from tousled Canadian blue-waver DeMarco, Salad Days sees a daydreaming melange of lulling guitars glazed with Sunday morning vocals delivered through a hungover smile.

Opening track ‘Salad Days’ is an upbeat lament similarly as ‘Let Her Go’ carries a sunshine feel despite lyrical sadness.

Lo-Fi and nonchalant, the record is brushed with psychedelic tones with ‘Brother’ and stand out track ‘Chamber of Reflection’ exercising this with much of a continuation of the sounds heard on 2012’s ‘2’.

Penultimate ‘Go Easy’ is synonymous with...

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Your guide to What's On this weekend

Don't make any plans for this weekend until you've checked out our guide to what's on in and around Exeter:

THEATRE

Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre Friday, 8pm, Clifford Room, Barnfield Theatre, Exeter Once again the Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre return to the Barnfield Theatre. A hosiery based stage show that tours theatres and clubs in the UK and beyond. Kev F is proud to be assisting hit comedy double act The Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre. Tickets: £9.50 (£8.50). www.barnfieldtheatre.org.uk

Birdsong Friday & Saturday, 7.30pm, Northcott...

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Taking Shape store offering free styling sessions

Taking Shape, the Australian plus sized store that opened in Exeter last year, is currently offering free styling sessions to the women of Exeter.

Experienced in store stylists will be on hand to offer customers advice on the best styles to flatter and fit their curves.

Taking Shape offers many stylish clothes to fit women in sizes 14-26, with the motto ‘Celebrate Your Curves’.

To ' Celebrate Your Curves' and partake in a free styling session, please visit your nearest Taking Shape store located in Paris Street.

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Valiant Soldier marks Great War

Buckfastleigh’s time-capsule tourist attraction, the Valiant Soldier, has organised events to mark the centenary of World War One.

Art, artefacts and a moving parade of school-children all feature in a summer of remembrance under the banner of Buckfastleigh Remembers.

At the end of May an exhibition of World War One artefacts opens at the Valiant Soldier. The exhibition will feature photographs, objects and memories from the period. The exhibition is due to run for four years, with displays changing every so often and a rolling selection of pieces on view.

In...

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Gawain and The Green Knight

Authored by Kickline
Posted: Fri, 05/09/2014 - 11:51am

If you missed Four of Swords Theatre’s productions of Macbeth in Beer Quarry Caves this year and Jekyll and Hyde at Poltimore House last year, both of which sold out weeks in advance, you’ll need to book early for the Exeter company’s next theatrical experience.

From 3-7 June, Exeter Cathedral hosts Four of Swords Theatre's production of Gawain and The Green Knight, adapted from one of the stories of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table.

Exeter Cathedral is the city's most important landmark, and a spectacular example of Medieval architecture. It is a...

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TOWIE star to visit Arena Nightclub

Exeter club Arena will be making a big ‘splash’ when TV personality Dan Osborne makes a guest appearance on Saturday (10 May).

The star of hit shows Splash and The Only Way Is Essex (TOWIE) will meet and greet clubbers at the Summerland Street venue and pose for pictures with his army of fans.

Arena’s general manager Alex George said: “It’s great to welcome Dan Osborne to our venue. He has a massive fan based and we’re confident that he will be big hit and give our customers a night to remember.”

Doors open at Arena on Saturday 10 May at 10am and tickets cost just £...

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Olivier Award-winning shows at Exeter Northcott

Audiences are set to enjoy Olivier Award-winning performances at Exeter's Northcott Theatre this month.

English Touring Opera (ETO) was recognised for Outstanding Achievement in Opera for its productions of Paul Bunyan and King Priam which take to the stage on Friday 16 and Saturday 17 May respectively.

It is the first time the company has ever won the prestigious prize and it was up against world-famous nominees – Joyce DiDonato and Juan Diego Flórez for their performances in La Donna Del Lago at the Royal Opera House, and Placido Domingo for his performance in Nabucco,...

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Peter Duncan to star in World War play

Birdsong, the world famous novel by Sebastian Faulks, will be brought to life on stage at Exeter Northcott Theatre.

The show opens tonight (6 May) and runs until saturday 10 May.

In pre-war France, a young Englishman, Stephen Wraysford, embarks on a passionate and dangerous affair with the beautiful Isabelle Azaire that turns their worlds upside down.

As the war breaks out, Stephen must lead his men through the carnage of the Battle of the Somme and through the sprawling tunnels that lie deep underground. Faced with the unprecedented horror of the war, Stephen...

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