Your essential guide to What’s On in and around Exeter this Bank Holiday weekend (26-29 May)
THEATRE
Bubble Schmeises Friday & Saturday, Bike Shed Theatre, Exeter Bubbemeises is Yiddish for a grandmother’s story, a tall story, an old wives’ tale. Writer and street performer Nick Cassenbaum and his Klezmer musicians invite you into the warmth of the Canning Town Schvitz, East London’s last authentic bath house. Amongst the steam and ritual Nick will take you on a journey to find the place he belongs. Schlapping through summer camps, barber shops and Spurs games, will...
13th June: The Flavel, Dartmouth 14th June: Lower Grenofen, Tavistock 29th June: The Corn Barn, Cullompton
This summer, Pop-Up Opera return with a rarely-seen opera from the late eighteenth century, Cimarosa’s Il Matrimonio Segreto (The Secret Marriage). Continuing to challenge the way opera is traditionally performed, Pop-Up Opera take their productions into unusual spaces, making them fun, fresh and intimate.
Il Matrimonio Segreto tells the tale of a rich Italian businessman as he attempts to marry off one of his daughters to a mad English toff with disastrous results....
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Join Dartmoor Rangers Ella Briens and Andrea Roberts on the Dartmoor version of the successful global litter campaign #2 minute beach clean.
Bude resident, Martin Dorey, started #2 minute beach clean after becoming frustrated by the amount of litter on our beautiful south west beaches. His aim was to encourage visitors and locals to take pride in their surroundings, raise awareness of the litter problem and to be proactive in dealing with the detritus.
The solution was a very simple idea - place large A frame boards, with litter pickers, at various beachside locations and...
An orchestra from Crediton’s twin town in Normandy will be performing in Devon for the first time this weekend.
The 42-strong Avranches Orchestra, featuring musicians aged from 11 to 68, will be playing at the Mint Methodist Church in Exeter on Friday (7.30pm).
The concert will also feature guest soloist Paul Morgan, organist at Exeter Cathedral for 40 years.
The second performance is in Crediton on Saturday (7:30pm) at the Parish Church of the Holy Cross where they will be joined by the 50-strong church choir.
Devon and Cornwall Police have asked the public to be alert but not alarmed in the aftermath of the Manchester terror attack.
Deputy Chief Constable James Vaughan said: “As part of the ongoing investigations into the terrorist incident in Manchester on Monday night; the Prime Minister has announced that the independent Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre (JTAC) have raised the UK threat level from ‘severe’ to ‘critical’.
"As a result of this decision Operation Temperer will now be activated, alongside other established and tested plans, meaning that military personnel may now...
The weekend starts here! Join us for an afternoon of Summer Jumps racing in the beautiful South West. NEW for 2017: Check out our two new Fizz Friday ticket packages at just £30pp which includes Paddock entry, fizz or a refreshing drink, a tasty treat and a racecard. These packages are only available via our online ticket store until 5pm on Thursday 15 June. Alternatively, Paddock Enclosure tickets are on sale now priced at £19 per person or £12 for Course Enclosure tickets. Children aged 16 and under, plus students with a valid photographic ID go FREE. Gates open at 12.10 ahead of the...
This June 5th, join people all over Devon, put the kettle on and join in the ELF CREAM TEA! Come along and find our more about ELF. Money raised through the ELF cream tea may go to our new ELF @ Home service engaging with volunteers to support patients in their homes. This will enable patients who are isolated by their condition to quite literally have a cup of tea with someone.
A play area on the outskirts of Exeter has been refurbished with help from the Exeter Foundation.
£5,000 was donated towards upgrading the children’s play area in Exton, with new equipment including a multi-play unit and swings. The existing play area was becoming unsafe and the people of Exton were keen to improve the park for the increasing number of children living in the village. Exeter Foundation trustee, Alan Quantick, went to the opening of the revamped play area, which has also benefited from grants from Woodbury Parish Council, Combe Solar Farm Community and the Norman...
