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Pawesome day out with pen farthing

Looking for the perfect way to round off the summer holidays? Head to Pawesome Day Out, a lively, family-friendly charity event on Sunday 31st August from 12pm at St Martin’s Football Club, Exminster—where fun, food, and four-legged friends take centre stage!

Organised by Claudia Pinn of Claudia’s Canines and the UK–Sri Lanka-based charity Lucas Helps Dogs, this event aims to raise vital funds for street animals in Sri Lanka. Proceeds will directly support spay/neuter clinics, emergency treatments, and life-saving vaccinations for dogs and cats in desperate need.

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Comedy Duo Ignite the Rusty Bike

I've been hearing rumblings for months about the Exeter based female comedy team O'Shea & O'Gaukroger, but they never seemed to be in their hometown long enough for me to catch the show. Last night the stars aligned and I was able to see them at The Rusty Bike during their stop as part of The Exeter Ignite festival. Now I get it! These two are original, energetic and genuinely funny. They utilise a combination of character sketches, topical songs, ridiculous poetry, and audience involvement to breeze through their face paced hour long act. For good measure they even included a clip...

From fun on the farm to dancing in the streets... what's on this weekend

There's something to suit all tastes in our editor's pick of what's on this weekend...

Ignite Festival Until Sunday, various venues, Exeter Ignite is a 6 day celebration of new live performance work from the South West and beyond. It will host events in a number of venues across the city. It is an affordable opportunity for artists, performers and companies to preview their Edinburgh shows or as a local, alternative, exciting festival experience, aiming to create a diverse and inspiring summer festival programme. www.igniteexeter.org.uk

Two Gentlemen of Verona Friday...

Win free family tickets to Bicton Fest 2013

Authored by OTME
Posted: Thu, 06/06/2013 - 10:43am

On Track Music Events have collaborated with those lovely guys and gals at Bicton College to bring you Devon’s brand new music festival ... Introducing Bicton Fest 2013!

A sensational one-day music festival featuring two stages packed with some of the very best up-and-coming unsigned artists in the UK. Set overlooking a lake in the stunning grounds of a Georgian manor house… Don’t be fooled by the word ‘College’ as there is nothing ‘Grange Hill’ about this venue what so ever!

With Early Bird Tickets available from as little as £5.00 be sure to get your hands on some ASAP...

Copplestone PTA think big to raise funds

Authored by Danny.OC
Posted: Thu, 06/06/2013 - 9:54am

Copplestone Parent Teacher Association has announced the first Copplestone Music Proms in the Park is to feature Exeter Children's Orchestra.

Simon Archer, Chairman of the CPTA, said “This is a major coup for us. To get the ECO to perform in Copplestone is a great honour and very exciting. We wanted to give the children and parents of Copplestone Primary School a night to remember.”

The CPTA work tirelessly to raise funds towards providing those extras for the school, which enhance the children’s education or enjoyment of school. This is usually fundraising events to...

Bollywood, Contemporary Dance and Urban British Poetry Collide in stunning new show, Antara

Antara is a new production combining the extraordinary talents of Ajeesh K Balakrishnan, fresh from the Attakkalari Centre for Movement Arts in Bangalore and Exeter-based dancer Kay Crook with the words of local writer JoJo Spinks in collaboration with urban poet Steve Duncan. In a truly inter-cultural collaboration Antara celebrates diversity bringing together influences from all over the globe to create a visually stunning performance that interweaves dance and poetry to powerful effect.

A Sanskrit word for ‘between’, Antara follows the story of a young man who is trying to find...

Sizzling Summer Sundays On The Quay

Exeter Canal and Quay Trust hope to revitalise Sundays on the Quay this summer with a stunning programme of free jazz and street theatre each week starting on Sunday 14 July and running right through the summer until Sunday 1 September.

The programme presents a range of some of the top traditional, New Orleans Jazz bands from the South West, featuring John Shillito’s Select Six, the Sunset Café Stompers, Des Bacon’s Red Hot Syncopators, the Charleston Dandies, the Dart Valley Stompers and the ever-popular City Steam Jazz Band. Perfect accompaniment for sitting in the sunshine over...

RAW: Emerging Arts Platform

Exeter Northcott Theatre has announced an exciting collaboration with the University of Exeter Drama Department and Arts & Culture team to present RAW: Emerging Arts Platform.

In a new initiative from the two organisations, RAW is a platform for emerging choreographers, live artists and playwrights. It is an opportunity for Exeter Drama graduates to show exciting new work to a range of audiences, professional artists, programmers and organisation representatives; a place to share knowledge, skills and ideas.

Tuesday, 11 June will showcase two works of new writing....

Summer events announced at Exeter Phoenix

This summer, Exeter Phoenix has some excellent live music ranging from a local band tipped to make it big, The Computers, to the American living legend, Lonnie Liston Smith.

Jenny Eclair returns to Exeter after a sell-out show last year and Antara, which mixes contemporary Bollywood dance with world music and urban poetry is set to be a beautifully moving performance.

One of Exeter’s most anticipated summer events, Big Screen in the Park is back with a screening of The Goonies , Skyfall , Life of Pi and The Great Gatsby , underneath the stars in Northernhay Gardens. Plus...

Ignite prepares to set the Exeter arts scene alight with live performance around the city

Proving that any space can be a theatre and anyone can tell a story, Ignite is a 6-day celebration of new live performance work from the South West and beyond that will host events in a number of venues across Exeter.

It is an affordable opportunity for artists, performers and companies to preview their Edinburgh shows or as a local, alternative, exciting festival experience, aiming to create a diverse and inspiring summer festival programme.

Over 50 performances are to take place across the city at venues including Exeter Phoenix, The Bike Shed Theatre and The Cygnet...

The Skints - Live Review from Exeter's Phoenix

Authored by Steph C
Posted: Sun, 06/02/2013 - 11:58am

The East London quartet brought their summery and fresh vibes to the Exeter Phoenix on Friday as well as bringing along some glorious weather, which perfectly matched the vibrant burst of tunes that filled the venue.

Performing to a sold out crowd, the ears of the Exeter audience were in for an auditory delight. As soon as The Skints launched into their first song Rise Up , the audience were hooked, already moving in sync to the rhythmic beats pumping through the room.

Each member of the band contributed something unique to the performance with Josh Waters Rudge providing...

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