Exeter University Footlights warmly invites you to our upcoming production of the musical fable 'Gypsy' to be performed at Exeter’s Barnfield Theatre from the 18th-20th May 2017!
Widely touted as the greatest American musical, 'Gypsy' follows the dreams and efforts of Rose, the mother of all stage mothers, to make stars of her two daughters – whatever the cost.
Adapted from the 1957 memoirs of Gypsy Rose Lee, Queen of the Strip Tease, Gypsy is a raw, restless, and racy tragicomedy with flashy orchestration and show-stopping numbers from Jule Styne (Funny Girl) and Stephen...
A new exhibition at Exeter’s Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery (RAMM) starting Friday 9 June will explore nature and spirituality in a time of accelerated technological change.
Contemporary artists Gordon Cheung, Rui Matsunaga and Nahem Shoa share a desire to express hope through hallucinatory, shimmering and imagined forms reflecting on the human condition. This exhibition, created especially for RAMM, brings their work together for the first time ever.
Into The Wild Abyss, takes its title from John Milton’s epic poem Paradise Lost (1667). The poem tells the...
A new exhibition at Exeter’s Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery (RAMM) starting Friday 9 June will explore nature and spirituality in a time of accelerated technological change.
Contemporary artists Gordon Cheung, Rui Matsunaga and Nahem Shoa share a desire to express hope through hallucinatory, shimmering and imagined forms reflecting on the human condition. This exhibition, created especially for RAMM, brings their work together for the first time ever.
Into The Wild Abyss, takes its title from John Milton’s epic poem Paradise Lost (1667). The poem tells the...
Alasdair Beatson’s reputation as a musician of the highest order precedes him. This gifted young Scottish pianist, who is also Concerts in the West’s patron, delivers consistently brilliant performances that have earned him glowing reviews from the toughest music critics.
Renowned as a dedicated musician and a ‘canny and uncompromising’ programmer, Beatson is unafraid to explore more exotic pieces and his programme for his Concerts in the West 1-3 June tour, which features a selection by Beethoven, Bartok, Debussy, Schumann, Dohnayi and Satie, reflects this bold but successful...
Bringing bright young talent to rural audiences in Devon, Dorset and Somerset is what Concerts in the West is all about and the May concert series, featuring the brilliant and exhilarating Maxwell Quartet, will certainly blow any residual winter cobwebs away.
These four young musicians, who met while they were still students at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in 2010, were Residency Artists for Enterprise Music Scotland 2011-2013, during which time they earned a reputation for delighting audiences during their Scottish concert tours. Reviews of their performances described them...
Bringing bright young talent to rural audiences in Devon, Dorset and Somerset is what Concerts in the West is all about and the May concert series, featuring the brilliant and exhilarating Maxwell Quartet, will certainly blow any residual winter cobwebs away.
These four young musicians, who met while they were still students at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in 2010, were Residency Artists for Enterprise Music Scotland 2011-2013, during which time they earned a reputation for delighting audiences during their Scottish concert tours. Reviews of their performances described them...
Good news for blues fans, blues-rock enthusiasts, live music lovers and aspiring musicians in and around Exeter, in that Elles, Gabriella and Amy will be playing at Exeter Phoenix on Sunday 14th May.
This is the final night of their nine date UK Tour and is sure to be a great nights entertainment... and one show not to miss! Bristol based Elles seamlessly weaves rootsy blues, country and soulful rock with a contemporary edge and her trademark ‘smoky vocals’ taking the lead. No stranger to the scene, over the last three years, this captivating, hard-working songstress and her...
A special screening of a landmark film will be held to mark the 20th anniversary of Exeter's Bill Douglas Cinema Museum this week.
First released 30 years ago in 1987, Comrades was made by director and collector Bill Douglas and is now regarded as a masterpiece, following years when it wasn’t seen by film-goers. This year also marks two decades since the museum, which holds the collection that Bill put together with his friend Peter Jewell, was opened to the public.
The film tells the story of the Tolpuddle Martyrs, the Dorset farm labourers transported to Australia for...
Exeter chartered accountancy firm Simpkins Edwards is inviting businesses across Exeter to take part in its 14th annual Really Big Quiz. Last year the quiz raised more than £6,000 for the Lord Mayor’s charity and plans are well underway to make this year’s event bigger and better, all in the name of charity.
Taking place at the Corn Exchange on Wednesday 10 May from 6.00pm, the annual Really Big Quiz is an opportunity for local firms to compete for the title of Exeter’s brainiest business. The event also raises vital funds for the Lord Mayor’s nominated charity Devon Freewheelers,...
Sunday 14th May 2017 at 3.30 p.m. in St. Margaret's Church, Topsham.
Exeter Singers, directed by Tony Yates with Dorothy Raven at the piano, perform works from John Dowland (16C) to Bob Chilcott (a composition written in 2015), interspersed with poetry readings.
In aid of FORCE.
Tickets: £6 on the door or £5 in advance from The Topsham Bookshop 877895 or Tony Yates 875276.
