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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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Students at Killerton "keep calm and carry on"

Broadclyst Primary School and Killerton have partnered up once again to put on a show-stopping performance of Keep Calm and Carry On! on 13 and 14 June at 1.30pm and 4pm.

A play set in the days following the Exeter Blitz, Keep Calm and Carry On! will explore life as an evacuee at Killerton House. The production will take place as a series of sketches performed by the year 5 class and will take place around Killerton's house and garden.

The storyline is based on Killerton’s evacuee schools during the war, researched and written by the children with the help of teachers and...

BBC One recommissions The Voice UK

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Moira Ross, Head of Entertainment at Wall To Wall, and the show's executive producer says: " The Voice is a global format phenomenon and it's been an extraordinary ride crafting it into a much-...

The Tudor Household: A Hands-On Day For Adults

On Saturday 1 June, Tudor enthusiasts will be given a rare opportunity to experience life in the late 16th century in one of Exeter’s finest historical buildings: St Nicholas Priory.

With the exclusive use of the Priory, participants can immerse themselves in Tudor life with the History Re-enactment Workshop’s Tudor family. Activities include cooking, sewing and needlecrafts, writing, still room work and song and dance. Bring an apron, notepad, shoes you can dance in and a packed lunch. Tea and coffee are provided.

Running from 10am to 5pm, tickets £40 (£30) are available...

What’s on in and around Exeter this bank holiday weekend (24-27 May)

All you need to plan for a fun-packed Bank Holiday weekend...

THEATRE

Vienna Festival Ballet: Sleeping Beauty Friday, 7.30pm, Exeter Corn Exchange A classic fairy tale set to Tchaikovsky's magnificent score, stunning choreography, beautiful costumes, all combine to portray the struggle between good and evil. Tickets: £20 adult, £15 under 16s. Box office: 01392 665938. www.exeter.gov.uk/cornexchange

Theatre Open Day Saturday, 10am-4pm, Exeter Northcott Theatre If you've always wanted to go behind the scenes, now's your chance as the Exeter Northcott throws open...

Old Doctors never really die.....

As Matt Smith's tenure as Dr Who comes to an end, I found this rather amusing video from behind the scenes of upcoming 50th anniversary special. It does seem slightly sad that just as I, and the rest of my family, were beginning to warm to "The New Doctor" he gets replaced by the "Old Dragon". It does present a strange kind of symmetry however.

What's on in and around Exeter this weekend (17-19 May)

There's lots on offer to keep the whole family entertained this weekend:

THEATRE

The Matchmaker Friday & Saturday, 7.30pm, Manor Pavilion, Sidmouth Horace Vandergelder decides to take a wife. He employs a matchmaker, Dolly Levi, who subsequently becomes involved with his clerks and young and lovely ladies. Evening performances at 7.30pm Saturday Matinee at 2,30pm. Ticket Prices £10, £5 under 16s. www.manorpavilion.com

Babe the Sheep-Pig Saturday, 6pm, West Town Farm, Ide Illyria returns to the farm to perform Dick King-Smith's glorious, and most appropriate,...

Crediton Festival - probably the biggest community festival in the South West

High Sheriff and Mayor to launch Crediton Festival 90 events from 1 June to 13 July

This year’s six-week Crediton Festival will be launched on Saturday, 1 June by John Lee, the High Sheriff of Devon supported by the Mayor of Crediton, Cllr Frank Letch.

John, a local farmer, was honoured with the title at a special service held at St Swithun’s Church, Shobrooke, at the end of March. He will launch the Festival at an opening ceremony at the Crediton Farmers' Market in Crediton Town Square where Crediton Town Band will also be present.

The programme for the Festival...

Legendary Chaz Thorogood to play at Lobster on the Lawn

Top musician Chaz Thorogood is to headline Lobster on the Lawn at The Magdalen Chapter on Bank Holiday Monday.

Chapter Hotels, in association with Quba & Co, are delighted to be playing host to this iconic Devon singer songwriter on Monday 27 May.

Live music and bank holidays at The Magdalen Chapter go hand in hand. The Quba & Co Stage, nestled in the manicured gardens of the hotel, promises to provide the very best music while guests can sit back and enjoy the culinary delights cooked up by head chef Ben Bulger.

To celebrate the start of the lobster season...

Exeter's Cygnet Theatre gets a brand new look

The Cygnet Theatre in Exeter has been re-branded by Krage Design and has a new look Summer Brochure.

Rosalind Williams Principal commented: "Michael Krage of Krage Design has designed our new Cygnet Logo and brochure and Lee Hodges has illustrated some exciting posters for our summer plays, which promise to make a fabulous season, and we are confident that you will be tempted to sample some of the delights we have on offer.

"We train young professional actors, and as we near the end of another academic year, our third year group are ‘cooked and ready’ and will be presenting...

Leading female a cappella quintet to perform in Exeter

Black Voices, a Birmingham-based performance ensemble renowned for its rich, powerful harmonies and stunning arrangements, are coming to Exeter on Saturday 8 June to do a concert and public workshop supported by St Thomas Gospel Choir.

Black Voices was founded and is led by its musical director Carol Pemberton. Since 1987, she has steered Black Voices in becoming a unique performance ensemble, focused on promoting singing the black oral tradition (SBOT). The group, inspired by Sweet Honey in the Rock, and Take Six, has forged its own dynamic way of distilling and re-presenting...

Entertainment & Reviews

Free Cider and Summer Tunes Come to Devon with a Music Series from Thatchers Cider

Students at Killerton "keep calm and carry on"

BBC One recommissions The Voice UK

The Tudor Household: A Hands-On Day For Adults

What’s on in and around Exeter this bank holiday weekend (24-27 May)

Old Doctors never really die.....

What's on in and around Exeter this weekend (17-19 May)

Crediton Festival - probably the biggest community festival in the South West

Legendary Chaz Thorogood to play at Lobster on the Lawn

Exeter's Cygnet Theatre gets a brand new look

Leading female a cappella quintet to perform in Exeter

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