Bernstein's Chichester Psalms

Event Date: 
26/10/2019 - 7:30pm to 9:30pm
Venue: 
Holy Trinity Church, Exmouth

Exeter Philharmonic Choir heads to Exmouth to open its new season with Bernstein’s ‘Chichester Psalms’ An extended choral work by American-born conductor Leonard Bernstein, which blends Biblical Hebrew verse and Christian choral tradition, will be performed at Holy Trinity Church in Exmouth this October to open Exeter Philharmonic Choir’s new season.

ernstein’s Chichester Psalms was a sell-out when it premiered in New York in 1965, conducted by the composer himself.

The composition had been commissioned for a festival at Chichester Cathedral in Sussex and the first...

Young people taking part in NCS learn CPR with the support of Jay's Aim charity

Business community rallies around NCS programme

A programme which has seen 500 young people take part in activities, ranging from a residential stay in Cornwall to developing a social action project, has received huge support from the Exeter business community.

The National Citizen Service (NCS) scheme is delivered in Exeter by the CITY Community Trust. For just £50 the young people, who are aged between 15 and 17, sign up to the programme, which includes a week in Cornwall, life skills classes at Bicton College and in the final two weeks, the planning and delivery of a social action project.

Danny Harris, of CITY...

New lawyer

Additional divorce and finance specialist for The Family Law Company

Laura Sellick-Tague has joined the divorce and finance team at The Family Law Company, bringing further knowhow to the specialist firm.

After completing her studies at the University of the West of England, Laura began concentrating on family law. She moved back to her home county of Devon in 2011 and qualified as a Chartered Legal Executive in 2018.

Laura learnt of an opening at The Family Law Company after meeting Director Donna Hart at a networking event in Exeter. Donna said:

“I immediately knew Laura would fit perfectly into our company ethos and approach to...

The Nello

Cycling The Nello for Helen

Two intrepid cyclists from The Family Law Company took part in The Nello for the first time to raise funds for local charity, FORCE in memory of a colleague.

Director David Cobern and Building Manager Leroy Smith teamed up to cycle the 100 mile route across Exmoor as a tribute to the company’s cost draughtsman Helen Finch, who lost her battle with cancer earlier this year.

The pair have diverse levels of cycling experience, as David explains. “Leroy is a keen cyclist but my own experience is limited; failure was definitely an option.

“The hardest part for me was...

Off The Cuff : Open Improv Theatre Evening

Event Date: 
25/09/2019 - 8:00pm
Venue: 
Barnfield Theatre, Exeter

Join us for Exeter's only improv evening Have a laugh and have a say! Our professor of whimsy, Robert Garnham will be asking you guys, the audience for ideas, a plot if you will for the nights performers. The performers tbc

Reserve your free ticket here.

Word Command : Spoken Word Evening

Event Date: 
11/09/2019 - 8:00pm
Venue: 
Barnfield Theatre, Exeter

Our Bi-monthly spoken word evening Word Command has become one of the must perform at events in South West England.

Come spend the evening with us and those performing. The evening will serve up a mashing of poetry, storytelling comedy and more...

Steph Bradley Ben Chadwick Ross Bryant Michelle Dilling Harrula Ladd Martin Reeve T.S Idiot Shelly Szendar

More performers TBC

Reserve your free ticket here.

Down to the Wire : Singer Songwriter evening

Event Date: 
03/09/2019 - 8:00pm
Venue: 
Barnfield Theatre, Exeter

Our monthly singer songwriting evening is back after our summer break!

Join us for a great night of music from some of the areas singer songwriters. Down To The Wire is a chilled out evening of live music with five performances of all original music.

Come support Exeter's local music scene and join us for this monthly event.

Henry Bellairs Charlie Louise Hannah Ruby Matt Palmer National Pastime

Reserve you're free tickets here.

ABCs of Comedy : An introduction to stand-up comedy workshop

Event Date: 
09/10/2019 - 7:30pm to 20/11/2019 - 9:30pm
Venue: 
Barnfield Theatre, Exeter

Our 8 part comedy workshop, 'An introduction to stand-up comedy' will guide you through your first steps in the stand-up comedy world.

The workshop will help to develop and blend together the unique material, style and persona of each participant as they produce a short and tight set of stand-up comedy. Over the eight sessions you will explore a range of essential comedic performance skills and techniques and build confidence and self-awareness within the performance space.

This eight part workshop runs 2 hours each week on Wednesday evenings between 7.30pm to 9.30pm;...

SLAM! Spoken word workshop

Event Date: 
16/09/2019 - 7:30pm to 04/11/2019 - 9:30pm
Venue: 
Barnfield Theatre, Exeter

Our 8 part spoken word workshop will guide you through your first steps in the spoken word world to your first performance and beyond.

This workshop will facilitate the development of spoken word artists and poets within a performance setting. It explores a variety of performance styles and examines a range of skills and techniques to ensure that performers connect, engage and entertain. Although each session has its own theme, the evolving of sets, personas and performance styles will be ongoing throughout the workshop.

This eight part workshop runs 2 hours each week on...

Sam Morgan Improvisation Studio

Event Date: 
22/09/2019 - 11:00am to 1:00pm
Venue: 
Barnfield Theatre, Exeter

Have you always wanted to Act? Or have you enjoyed acting and would like to tread the boards once more? Are you looking to be more spontaneous? Have more fun in your life? Meet new people? Act without a script? Say Yes and ...to life?

Then this is for you! We are holding an Acting/Improvisation sessions at St Thomas Library, so come along to this fun packed, challenging drop-in session.

No experience needed but the willingness to have fun.

Regular workshop sessions will include; -Learn the basics of saying "Yes and.. -Let go and Play -Playing Numerous games -...

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