Love Labours Won, written by R J W Smith, is a Shakespearean style comedy set in a pub in 2016. The play follows two rugby boys and their long suffering girlfriends when a travelling theatre troupe comes to town.
The play has won both Edinburgh and Hollywood fringe awards and Avant’s run at the start of the year had fantastic reviews on National Theatre Wales TEAM Critical Chinwag.
Avant are a forward thinking company and we decided to perform Love Labours Won as our nod to celebrate Shakespeare 400, the play is a modern interpretation of Shakespeare and allowed for a...
Police have released CCTV images following an assault in Exeter which left a man with a serious head injury.
Around 2am on Sunday 5th June an assault took place on Summerland Street, near the junction of Sidwell Street.
An 18 year-old-man from Kent suffered a serious head injury and remains in hospital undergoing treatment.
The police are keen to speak to the three men pictured in connection with the assault.
The first man is described as a white man, of thin build, around 6 foot in height and aged in his 20’s. He has dark coloured hair, and a short beard....
Exeter-based rock newcomers Witterquick are pleased to reveal their brand new single ‘Rise’, the latest track to be taken from their debut EP ‘Beneath The Spinning Lights’ released via LAB Records on 17th June, available to preorder on iTunes now.
Fans can also be in with a chance of winning a Playstation 4 or Xbox One gaming console simply by preordering the new record.
The band will be playing a very special EP launch show in their hometown on 19th June at Exeter Phoenix to celebrate the release of the record, with special guests to be confirmed.
On Thursday 19th May, the North Devon Manufacturers Association (NDMA) hosted the 19th annual awards ceremony to recognise the achievements of local manufacturers as well as the next generation of engineers & designers from North Devon's education establishments.
Exeter Northcott Theatre is delighted to announce that La Navet Bête, Metta Theatre and Paddleboat Theatre are now Associate Companies of the organisation.
The Exeter Northcott Theatre Associates programme will support young companies with a strong connection to the South West into the midscale. The three companies will benefit from artistic mentorship, production management support, tour booking, education support, marketing and sales planning and support with bid writing.
Paul Jepson (Exeter Northcott Theatre’s Artistic and Executive Director) said: “We are investing in...
The talented team at Ottery St Mary’s ethical restaurant Rusty Pig has been swelled further with the addition of new resident chef, Mark Russell.
Mark brings with him many years of experience cooking at a number of East Devon establishments, and will be adding his own creative spin to the Rusty Pig menu. He said:
“I’m thrilled to be back working in my home town of Ottery St Mary with this opportunity to join such a unique establishment.”
Mark says he loves the fact that everything served up at Rusty Pig is made on site. “We’re always taking things back to basics,...
It will soon be GAME ON when the Ping! street festival returns to Exeter to serve up another fantastic summer of free outdoor ping pong. The fun launches this Friday 10th June at Princesshay when 6 tables will be laid out for the official launch of Ping! Exeter
The fun kicks off nationally with a ‘Ping Pong Bonanza’ on Friday 10th June in Bournemouth. Under the watchful gaze of the Bournemouth Eye tethered balloon, itself resembling a giant ping pong ball, the Lower Gardens will be populated with ping pong tables providing...
An Exeter taxi driver is to launch his project ‘West country poetry tours’ in less than a week.
Well-liked and admired Shane O’Sullivan, or better known as Jack the Hat, began the concept for this project just before Christmas. It aims to bring people over from America to experience the hidden gems of the West Country.
He said: “We are trying to get them to come and see some of the highlights which we believe are important and often overlooked by tourists.”
The website went out to the British tourist board in New York on Friday and hopes to be signed and completed...
After performing their first ever tragedy this Spring, Pop-Up Opera return to comedy for their Summer Season 2016.
Pop-Up Opera challenge the way opera is traditionally performed, by taking it into unusual spaces and making it fun, fresh and intimate. Rossini's famous opera buffa Il Barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville) is brought to life by the critically acclaimed company, sung in Italian with English captions.
Pop-Up Opera take to the stage with this incredibly fast-paced comical farce in their adaptation of this much loved score. Witness razor-sharp timing as the...
TV chef Dean Edwards has teamed up with Burts Chips to encourage crisp lovers across the region to put the crunch back into lunch, with ‘The Ultimate Crisp Sandwich’.
Bristol-born Dean has used Burts’ legendary core range to develop delicious sandwiches to jazz up lunchtimes this summer.
For those in the know, there’s nothing quite like a crisp sandwich. In an age where lunches are increasingly al desko and disappointing, Burts Chips, makers of artisan hand-cooked potato crisps, has partnered with Dean to encourage Brits to have a lunch to actually look forward to. Dean...
