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Exeter Heritage Harbour Festival is back

Exeter’s popular Heritage Harbour Festival returns on Saturday 8th and Sunday 9th June, with a packed programme of free entertainment for all the family. The festival is a celebration of the city’s maritime history and Heritage Harbour status.

Amongst the many highlights on the Saturday, people can enjoy free taster sessions with Saddles and Paddles (booking required), or even take a ride on a River Exe Swan Boat (land-based version) with Burn the Curtain Theatre. There will also be guided walks, talks and even Red Coat Canal Tours with Exeter Cruises. On the Piazza Terracina,...

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Chamber Opera Tours bring Jane Austen's Persuasion: A Musical Drama to Devon

Barbara Landis, artistic director of Chamber Opera Tours, found Jane Austen’s language so perfect that it begged to be adapted to theatrical lyrics. The adapted original musical drama of Jane Austen’s Persuasion, which first premiered at the Athenaeum Theatre in Chicago in 2011, has been touring internationally since 2013.

This summer, Chamber Opera Tours will arrive in Paignton to perform a one-night-only performance at the Palace Theatre on 22 September at 7.30pm, on the heels of several performances at the 2018 Jane Austen Festival in Bath.

The performances are sell-outs...

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New exhibition celebrates Dartmoor 365 book

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Wed, 08/29/2018 - 1:02pm

A new exhibition is running at the Dartmoor National Park Visitor Centre in Princetown, celebrating the popularity of John Hayward’s book ‘Dartmoor 365.' Ever wondered what the Hairy Hands (K11) are? What legends surround Crazywell Pool (P7) and Ephraim’s Pinch (K13)? What do Swell Tor Quarry (N6) and London Bridge have in common? This week sees the opening of the Dartmoor 365 exhibition in the Dartmoor National Park Centre in Princetown. Showcasing ‘Dartmoor 365,’ John Hayward’s fourth book about Dartmoor - find out more about the joys of D365ing, and go on a family friendly exploration...

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Let's Rock Exeter! is back for 2019

The UK's biggest and favourite retro festival is back for 2019!

Let's Rock Exeter is part of the widely successful and incredibly popular series of retro festivals, celebrating all things pop and 80s. Amazing day is always had by all and we cannot wait to be back for 2019.

Let’s Rock Exeter will take place at Powderham Castle, Exeter on Saturday 29th June 2019.

With a fabulous line-up of artists bringing you the very best of the 80’s and an action-packed day of retro madness, there is plenty to do for everyone at this family friendly festival.

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Devon Open Studios 2018 - Art at its Origin

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Tue, 08/28/2018 - 10:43pm

This September 8th -23rd, Devon Open Studios showcases the talent and creative lives of the artists who live and work in Devon, when hundreds of artists are the stars of the show as they open their studios to the public.

Imagine finding free art exhibitions everywhere you go, with the unique chance to enter the personal space of an artist, talk to them about their work and buy art directly without paying a gallery commission. Whether meeting a solo artist in their private studio or discovering pop-up artist collectives in some of Devon’s most stunning heritage buildings, art lovers...

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Villages in Action gear up for autumn

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Tue, 08/28/2018 - 8:22am

Thanks to their family of inspiring volunteers and funding from Arts Council England, they are delighted to present a season of extraordinary world class performances live in villages across Devon.

This autumn you’ll find theatre, dance, circus, poetry, laughter, puppetry, and music from across the world in village halls, churches and community spaces. You can expect cups of tea, homemade cakes and a warm welcome wherever you go.

The Villages in Action website lists the full programme of events, but here are just a few highlights coming up over the next few months…

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Your guide to What's On this weekend

Your essential guide to What’s On in and around Exeter this weekend (24-27 August):

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Playback Youth Theatre presents: Shandytown Saturday, Barnfield Theatre, Exeter What is home? What is the line between legality and morality? How do we keep a community alive? http://www.barnfieldtheatre.org.uk

Strictly Murder Manor Pavilion, Sidmouth April 1939. An English couple, Peter and Suzy, are living in Provence in idyllic isolation, far away, it seems from the rumblings of the coming war. Their peace is shattered from within when Suzy discovers she has been...

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Ocean Film Festival World Tour makes a splash this autumn

The Ocean Film Festival World Tour is back for 2018, bringing an evening of inspirational ocean-themed films to more than 35 locations across the UK and Ireland in September and October.

This brand-new selection of films features seafaring adventurers rowing treacherous oceans, intrepid surfers riding the world’s biggest waves, and explores our planet’s spectacular hidden depths.

Now in its fifth year, 2018’s UK Tour is the biggest yet – and it’s also first time the Tour has visited Ireland, with dates in Dublin and Cork.

“We’re really excited that more people than...

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See you at the Sea Change Festival next weekend?

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Wed, 08/22/2018 - 9:10am

For this year’s third edition of the Sea Change Festival at Totnes, south Devon, a new partnership with pioneering arts organisation Dartington Hall will see the festival expanding into the historic 14th-century estate.

Picturesque Dartington will house the festival’s new Offshore main stage, in collaboration with Sharp’s Brewery, hosting a range of internationally acclaimed musicians, artists and DJs until late in the evenings of Friday 24 and Saturday 25 August 2018.

Founded and curated by Totnes’ much-loved record shop, Drift Records, Sea Change presents some very...

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Have local casinos in the UK suffered because of online gambling?

Authored by Chris Lake
Posted: Wed, 08/22/2018 - 6:13am

The technological innovation that is the internet has impacted many areas of modern life. It has changed the way we communicate, the way we shop, the way we entertain ourselves, and even the way we gamble. The convenience afforded by the internet has resulted in declining revenue and shuttering for companies who don’t offer their services online. High street shopping, and broadcasting companies are a couple of examples of this.

That said, one industry that continues to grow despite the convenience afforded by internet-based options is the casino industry. A knee-jerk response to...

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Your guide to What's On this weekend

Your essential guide to What’s On in and around Exeter this weekend (17-19 August).

THEATRE

Alice in Wonderland Saturday & Sunday, 2pm, Barnfield Theatre, Exeter Panto time? Oh Yes It Is! This fun-filled family show features stunning scenery, colourful costumes, toe-tapping songs and bucket loads of laughter. Join Alice as she falls down the rabbit hole and finds herself in the most peculiar place she’s ever seen! She’ll need to have her wits about her as the evil, but hilarious, Queen of Hearts is after the secret recipe to create the best Jam Tarts for her tea party...

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