A concert that explores the varied roles of the piano in performance. Our programme features the piano as the extravagant soloist and the submissive accompanist, heard live in the room, through a distorted cassette recorder and through a humble teapot. The piano will also tell the story of our concert venue as a living electrical organism in a fascinating exploration of the hidden sounds around us.
Featuring new music by Emma Welton and Nicholas Peters alongside old(er) music by Alvin Lucier and Gerald Barry.
Performed by Alex Wilson (piano), with support from Emma Welton (...
The Southernhay Breakfast Club , a local networking group for professionals, welcomed Julian Tagg, Chairman of Exeter City Football Club, to their last get-together, 16th September, where he explained why for him, Exeter City's not just about football.
Julian grew up in Exeter and says he's "Exeter through and through". On becoming Chairman, he wanted to do something to help improve the health and well being of its citizens and, in particular, young people and so was motivated to develop and promote the Football in the Community (FITC) project. He emphasises that the Saturday...
If you went anywhere near Stoke Woods on Saturday, you might have seen a lot of cyclists - it was the day of Exeter Wheelers Cycling Club's annual Hill Climb Festival. Sponsored by The Bike Shed, the day featured three separate races on Pennsylvania Road. This 1.2-mile hill has been where Exeter Wheelers have staged their hill climb for many years. For the past two years, the race has benefited from being staged on a closed road: not only does this encourage more riders and spectators to come along, but it means that riders of all ages can pit their bodies against the testing hill in...
Residents of Cranbrook will be taking to two wheels next Sunday (October 2) as a day of cycling-related activity offers them the chance to reap the benefits of bike power.
The Cycle Sunday event will bring together successful schemes such as Active Mums – a project for mums and babies led by Active Devon, the county wide community organisation that works to inspire and support the people of Devon to lead active lifestyles, along with Sportivate – a cycling programme exclusively for women of all ages; Cranbrook Cycling Club; and skills sessions in off road cycling and bike...
Police cadets from all over Devon and Cornwall were on parade at police Headquarters in Exeter on Saturday to celebrate the formation of their Community Police Cadet force exactly 10 years ago.
The event was lead by Chief Constable Shaun Sawyer who is the National Police Chief’s Council lead for Community Police Cadets. He was joined by civic leaders and dignitaries from across the force area including the Deputy Lord Lieutenant of Devon, the Police and Crime Commissioner, the High Sheriff of Devon as well as the chair of Torbay Council. John Lee OBE, the former High Sheriff of...
Princesshay has unveiled a new art installation in celebration of its work in urban bee conservation. The Princesshay Honey Flow Light Box has been created by Exeter-based artist Amy Shelton and features pressed samples of flowering plants and trees favoured by bees. The illuminated artwork has been installed below the Princesshay Rooftop Garden and Apiary in Bampfylde Lane, opposite Princesshay’s customer service office.
Local artist Amy Shelton, said: "The Princesshay Honey Flow light box was made especially to illuminate the flowering plants and trees that sustain the cities...
A Pacifist’s Guide to the War on Cancer is an all-singing, all-dancing examination of life with a cancer diagnosis. This brand new musical takes you on a whistle-stop tour through five unconventional stories about cancer, confronting the highs and lows of the scariest word we know.
Bryony Kimmings creates fearless theatre to provoke social change. Her latest collaboration with Complicite will look behind the poster campaigns and pink ribbons at the reality of cancer: the waiting rooms and chemo suites, the changed bodies, the family pressures and financial worries.
On Friday 30th September, M&S Exeter will host an extra special coffee morning in celebration of Macmillan's World's Biggest Coffee Morning.
The stores are inviting shoppers and the local community to join them as M&S Exeter serves customers in the café in the hope of raising more funds than ever before for Macmillan.
This is the seventh year that M&S has supported World’s Biggest Coffee Morning and during this time the retailer has raised over £6 million for Macmillan. M&S and Macmillan are working together to fund more specialist Macmillan services in...
Five big name footballers from Exeter City’s recent history have been added to the line-up for the Eamonn Dolan Memorial Match on Sunday, October 23. The match will see two Exeter City XIs made up of players Eamo played with, managed or brought through, battle it out at St James Park. All money raised will go to the two chosen causes, Action Bladder Cancer UK and Exeter City Academy. The game has been attracting lots of interest from former Grecians and there will be plenty of striking talent on offer as Sean Devine and Steve Flack have both agreed to take part. They will join defenders...
Stagecoach South West has launched a new app that will make bus journeys even easier for passengers.
The new Stagecoach Bus app is available free of charge for Apple and Android mobile phones, simply search ‘Stagecoach Bus’. It offers a range of additional customer benefits, including improved journey information.
But the company warned that urgent action is needed on worsening road congestion if the bus passengers are to get the full benefit of the new technology.
The new app offers a simple journey planning tool which uses interactive maps and the smartphone GPS...
