Entertainment & Reviews

Renowned comedian, writer and Radio 4 personality, Tony Hawks will head to Dartmoor in September to open the third Chagford Film Festival.

Tony Hawks will officially declare the festival open on 23 September when he introduces his new film, Playing the Moldovans at Tennis. This feel-good film, which tracks Tony’s quest to beat the Moldovan football team at tennis, is described as simultaneously insane, moving and hilarious. It is just one of an eclectic mix of films, brilliant events and workshops, presented by top industry professionals taking place over the six-day...

As hordes of screaming ‘Directioners’ prepare for the UK release of One Direction: This Is Us 3D, Vue Entertainment has ordered 20,000 pairs of earplugs for the army of parents and chaperones caught up in the midst of this modern day Beatle-mania.

Available across all 82 Vue cinemas nationwide, the complimentary earplugs will ensure that accompanying chaperones can enjoy the film without being worried by the high-levels of expected screaming and shouting in the auditoriums during the screenings.

Humans are capable of screaming as loud as 120 decibels, which is the same as...

A new exhibition has opened which features details of Broadclyst Primary School’s show stopping performance of 'Keep Calm and Carry On’ at Killerton House in June.

The entertaining promenade performance was developed by the schoolchildren in conjunction with Killerton staff and volunteers and gave the audience a rare chance to see World War II history brought to life in an innovative way. The performances were recorded on video and are now presented alongside displays of photographs, costumes and objects from the play.

The storyline, based on Killerton’s evacuee school in...

Join local artist Naomi Hart in the birds gallery at RAMM, In Fine Feather, on Wednesday 21 August between 10am and 1pm, to learn about brent geese and take part in a collaborative, worldwide, art-science project.

Exeter is an overwintering site of international importance and the geese can be found on Topsham marshes, Exminster marshes and Starcross golf course throughout the winter. In spring they migrate north, reaching their breeding grounds in the Russian Arctic. A brent goose can also be found in the In Fine Feather display and their call can be heard on the interactive...