From Monday 27 June until Saturday 2 July 2016 archaeologists will be returning to the site of North Hall Manor in Widecombe-in-the-Moor to continue investigations into this intriguing site.
This will be the third season of excavation. The first phase in 2012 targeted the medieval manor site and revealed wall footings, boundary works and pottery that strongly suggest a high status medieval building once stood in the area.
The excavation this year will continue to investigate some of the features unearthed in previous digs with the hope of finding out more about their age...
Over 1,300 primary school children across Devon and Cornwall will be picking up their books in a bid to be crowned the champions of a unique reading challenge called One Million Minutes .
The competition, run by award-winning education charity Achievement for All, challenges primary school classes across the country to read for as many minutes as they can in one week.
The class which manages to clock up the most number of minutes and top the leaderboard by the end of the week will win a brand new reading corner for their school with books of their choice, worth over £1,000...
Neil and Alison Heard will head to the Glastonbury Festival with WaterAid this week to rally support for the charity’s #ToiletsSaveLives campaign that calls on world leaders to reach everyone, everywhere with taps and toilets.
The couple have supported WaterAid for many years, and this will be the third year they have volunteered at Glastonbury the charity. They will be working alongside an army of 470 dedicated WaterAid volunteers making a splash at Worthy Farm this year.
They said "We're really proud to have been selected again to represent WaterAid at Glastonbury. We're...
The pools and fixtures for next month's Mitsubishi Motors Exeter 7s have been confirmed as Sandy Park prepares to host the Rugby Europe Grand Prix Sevens Series for the second time.
The tournament, which takes place July 9-10, forms a key part of GB Sevens' preparations for Rio with the wider training squad competing as two teams, the GB Lions and GB Royals.
GB Royals will face Portugal, Poland and France during match day one while GB Lions will take on Belgium and Italy before concluding day one against Germany. The full schedule can be found here .
Forget everything you know about magic and magicians… Now remember it all again.
This is not a magic show is a performance of and about sleight-of-hand magic: its invisible mechanics, its clichés, and what it tells us about live theatre and make-believe. In a conversational yet crafted approach, Vincent Gambini presents astonishing close-up magic that invites us to question how enchantment and wonder are produced within a theatrical situation.
Possibly the first of its kind, Vincent Gambini’s This is not a magic show is part performance-lecture, part deconstructed showbiz,...
Helen Duff’s on a quest for ultimate pleasure. Self identifying as a sperm, she takes her audience on an “absolutely shameless, boldly ridiculous, embarrassingly funny journey” (★★★★ AUSTRALIA TIMES) to achieve the sexiest climax of the season. Expect to be aroused, amused and maybe a little bit frightened by the lengths she’ll go to achieve her first Big O.
Sold out at Perth Fringe WORLD 2016, Come With Me follows Helen’s “bold, subversive and very funny” Fringe First nominated debut Vanity Bites Back, which opened VAULT Festival London 2015 (winner ‘Judge’s Pick’ Award), was...
First came Mafia?, then there was Western? and now, award winning comedy trio the Sleeping Trees bring you the hotly anticipated final chapter of their live movie trilogy; Sci-Fi?.
The show follows the intergalactic journey of the unlikeliest of heroes, happy-go-lucky farmer Charlie Sprog. At a time where the ancient planet of Plutopia rules the galaxy, Charlie is dragged from his quiet home planet and given one very simple mission: save the universe from total destruction.
Accompanied by an inter-cosmic live score like no other, the Sleeping Trees invite you to join them...
I’m Doing This for You is a new solo written & performed by “fearless, raw young talent” Haley McGee.
Blending storytelling, live-art and improvisation, this performance is a big romantic gesture made by a woman for a man. He’s an aspiring standup comedian. Today is his birthday. The audience is her gift to him. It’s a surprise. “You get comedy and cake. I get to correct a mistake.”
Over the course of the evening the event evolves from an attempt to rekindle romance to an exorcism of that love. And the only way out is through. Uncomfortable, funny and a little bit sad,...
From first class Gaulier trained idiot and host of The South Wests’ Silliest Alternative Comedy Night, Nincompoop, comes a ridiculous, outlandish, improvised, character show, guaranteed to take you on the most thrilling rollercoaster ride of your life.
Deirdre Me is on a mission to show the world how awesome it is, one person at a time, starting with you. Hailing all the way from Texas-Tennessee, Deirdre is more magnanimous than Gandhi, she is sexier than chocolate and hotter than the sun. She comes armed with a full artillery of brash offensive charm, outlandish opinions and...
1989. Manchester. A frenzy of drugs, beats and bucket hats. Illegal raves. Acid parties. Just jumping up and down in a field and throwing two fingers to Thatcher… Remember it? Because we don’t. We weren’t even born. But Ian was. And Ian does remember. We’ve got fuck all now (Ian tells us). So, we’re going back to 1989. We’re gonna neck a brown biscuit. We’re gonna get off our peanuts. We’re gonna bounce around like idiots. And Ian’s going to show us how. We’re mad fer it. And you will be too. Let’s party.
