Newton Abbot students get ‘Marine in 15’ in cooking masterclass with the Royal Navy

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Mon, 07/30/2018 - 11:14am

Students at Newton Abbot’s pioneering technical college were put through their paces when a Royal Marine Chef visited to lead an energetic cooking masterclass.

Year 10 and Year 12 students of South Devon University Technical College (UTC) received a lesson in healthy cooking from Colour Sergeant Mike Beaton. Founder of the popular Marine in 15 videos which have received over 13,000 views on YouTube, Mike put the students through their paces in a blood-pumping cooking masterclass in the college’s Challenge Arena.

Known as the ‘Mary Berry’ of the Royal Marine Commandos, Mike...

Cautionary Tales

Event Date: 
25/10/2018 - 7:00pm to 27/10/2018 - 10:00pm
Venue: 
Cygnet Theatre, Exeter

Cygnet Theatre Cautionary Tales for the World’s Worst victorian Children

Tales of death, doom and destruction to ensure juvenile propriety & fear. Before David Walliams’The World’s Worst Children there were plenty of naughty children whose stories needed to be told. Parents told tales to curb bad behaviour and the children listened politely; pondering the likelihood of the stories being true, while relishing the gruesome death and destruction. Older children (now Mums & Dads) may remember some of the stories.

Join the Cygnet Company for 50 minutes of ghoulish...

Dawlish Angling Coach receives prestigious award from the Angling Trust

Roly Palmer, an experienced Dawlish coarse fishing expert and angling coach at Cofton Holidays, has been recognised for his work to encourage young people into angling with a prestigious Volunteering Excellence Award from the Angling Trust.

Nominated for his commitment to protecting fisheries and promoting fishing to new anglers, the award recognises Roly’s work over the past 15 years as a volunteer for the Exeter & District Angling Association.

In addition to his work for the association, Roly teaches hundreds of juniors and adults each year at Cofton Holidays,...

Yezno

Event Date: 
27/10/2018 - 8:00pm
Venue: 
Cygnet Theatre, Exeter

Pilots Thumb Yezno

The early 1970’s a time of personal and social turmoil, “free” sex, drugs, cold war, ban the bomb. Christine and Martin are certainly not enjoying the so called sexual revolution, not helped by the “Let it all hang out !” movement. Their marriage is not working although both want it to and so embark on various paths to save it: some bizarre, some comic, some desperate.

Join them in their laughter and tears as they experiment with sex games, pharmaceutical solutions and tantric sex. Sadly they would have made great friends.

Sat 27 Oct | 8.00pm | £...

Leveret - Rob Harbron, Sam Sweeney and Andy Cutting

Event Date: 
11/09/2018 - 7:30pm to 10:45pm
Venue: 
Exeter Phoenix

“You won't find English folk music played better than this” R2 “The finest of traditional English folk today: a trio of poise and subtle gesture, of deft layering, graceful swing and gorgeous understatement” The Guardian Top English instrumental folk trio Leveret return to the road this September, taking their unique blend of traditional tunes, new compositions, incredible musicianship and stunning musical interaction to thirteen venues ranging from international concert venues and arts centres to village halls. Leveret features three of England’s top folk instrumentalists. Melodeon genius...

Alice in Wonderland

Event Date: 
18/10/2018 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Cygnet Theatre, Exeter

Alice in Wonderland Cygnet Youth Theatre

extreme imagination logoJoin Alice as she falls down the rabbit hole into a wonderland full of strange and peculiar creatures. Have tea with the Mad Hatter, make friends with the Cheshire Cat….. and will the Red

Queen say “off with her head”?

Lewis Carroll’s masterpiece has been adapted & shortened to make this one hour piece specifically designed for families, and performed by young people.

With lovely costumes, scenery and great story telling this will be a delightful trip to Wonderland for everyone, not just...

Fagin?

Event Date: 
12/10/2018 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Cygnet Theatre, Exeter

Kick In The Head Fagin? A new play written and directed by Simon Downing

Who was Fagin? Was he the Fagin in Dickens’ Oliver Twist? Was he the Fagin in Oliver! the musical? Was he based on a real-life character?

Join Fagin as he reviews his situation during his final night in prison before being hanged. As madness envelopes him he is ‘visited’ by some old friends. Find out who he really was and how he ended up as one of the best known, yet unknown, of Dicken’s characters.

Think you know Fagin?

Think again.

“It is a powerful piece of work….it deserves...

No Half Life

Event Date: 
05/10/2018 - 7:30pm to 06/10/2018 - 10:00pm
Venue: 
Cygnet Theatre, Exeter

No Walls Theatre No Half Life by Marion MacBeth

Directed by Sam Pomeroy.

‘Life need not be easy provided only that it is not empty’. Living through some of the most turbulent times in modern European history, Lise Meitner was at the forefront of the new science of Nuclear Physics. Her story is one of struggle – against a society that did not value female education, against academia that did not promote it, against a regime that threatened her existence and an establishment which used science to wage war.

Throughout, Meitner retained her humanity and her love of her...

Eros and Psyche

Event Date: 
28/09/2018 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Cygnet Theatre, Exeter

EROS AND PSYCHE Artemis Storytelling presents storytelling by Sally-Pomme Clayton Age 16+

Socrates questioned it Eros made sure of it Aphrodite excelled at it Psyche thought about it all the time

“This one-woman show is remarkable, entertaining, spell-binding storytelling.”

From raunchy to poetic, sacred to profane, pioneering performance storyteller Sally-Pomme Clayton recreates the myth of Eros and Psyche in spoken word and living sound.

Socrates and his friends are having a drinking party, debating the purpose of love, but in the Other World a power play...

The main reasons for failing to pay out when you’ve won

Authored by Chris Lake
Posted: Mon, 07/30/2018 - 6:46am

There’s no better feeling than when you land a bet at an online casino. However, players in the past have been refused their winnings if a company feels they have contravened their terms. Each casino will have their own terms and conditions, and it’s a fairly good idea to read these before you sign up to any website. They can refuse to pay you, but there are also rights that customers are entitled to. For example, all terms must be clearly visible and also fair. Gaming authorities such as the United Kingdom Gambling Commission will always stand by your side should you get into any disputes...

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