Following five-star hits Stick Man and Tiddler & other Terrific Tales, Scamp Theatre are proud to present a truly heart-warming adaptation of Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler’s hotly anticipated new book The Scarecrows’ Wedding.
Betty O’Barley and Harry O’Hay invite you to . . .
The best wedding ever, the best wedding yet,
The wedding that no one will ever forget.
Betty O’Barley and Harry O’Hay are excellent scarecrows (they scare a lot of crows). Harry loves Betty, and Betty loves Harry - so they decide to get married. Harry sets off to search for...
BIG AIR is the name of the game this summer as The Extreme Stunt Show boys hit the air flying in Exeter on Friday 28 August.
You’ll be keeping your feet firmly on level ground as the Extreme Team take to the air to battle it out!
Join them on the runway as their monster beasts compete once again in the Extreme Arena. Still pulling 1500 horsepower and car-crushing to the max, Lil’ Devil and Extreme are getting ready to demonstrate just what BIG AIR is all about.
Check out the Extreme BMX team as pedal power takes to the horizon. As long as it’s got two wheels and...
An Exeter man is set to experience a taste of stardom by appearing in a new nationwide TV advert for Britain’s biggest bingo site, Tombola.
Neil Coles, 32, was shortlisted from hundreds of players from around the country to make it through to the 2015 advert. Neil makes his TV debut from Monday 24th August, when the new advert airs across the UK.
The advert focuses on a group of genuine players and chat moderators enjoying bingo on their smartphones, in a fun and friendly environment.
Neil has been an avid member of Tombola for almost three years, and says he is...
The Met Office has publicy responded to losing its BBC contract.
Here is its website blog in full:
You may have seen reports in the media today that the Met Office won’t be the BBCs main weather provider when the current contract ends.
Obviously everyone at the Met Office is disappointed that we won’t be supplying weather presenters and graphics to the BBC in the future.
As a trusted British institution we work at the heart of Government, with a wide range of customers, and with emergency responders to maintain resilience and public safety. We will be...
The Exeter-based Met Office has lost its BBC weather forecasting contract for the first time since 1922.
The BBC is legally required to secure the best value for money for licence fee payers and will tender the contract to outside competition.
Steve Noyes, Met Office operations and customer services director, told BBC News: "Nobody knows Britain's weather better and, during our long relationship with the BBC, we've revolutionised weather communication to make it an integral part of British daily life.
"This is disappointing news, but we will be working to make sure...
The first ever Blues House special, and what a treat! A bargain at just £3 for a evening of quality blues music.
Founder member, Julian Piper (a writer for guitarist magazine) has been a champion for local blues music for a very long time, he has gone to the other side of the pond and learnt from some actual blues greats.
The Junkyard Angels have been going since the 70's and used to have very successful shows at The Beer Engine in Newton St Cyres, many years ago, when it used to have live music.
Not only have they had many European tours, played at nearly...
The Blues House is a non-profit making monthly evening promoting blues music in Devon. Hosted by musician, Jeremy Way(singer/guitarist for mid Devon blues band, Far From the Delta), the evenings start with a house band (who's members kindly give up their time for free), followed by an open blues jam, where anyone can give it a go. It is based in Crediton, so it's fairly central for the whole of Devon, where most places are no further than an hour's drive, so hoping to reach out to the whole of Devon. The aim is to support local blues acts and give them a base of blues fan...
The Great Crediton Jam Night is Crediton's most successful Jam night and from September will start happening twice a month. Just 15-20 minutes drive from Exeter. This is a well equipped open mic/jam night, with guitars, amps, drum kit, p.a., keyboard. All types of music welcome, be it, folk, jazz, rock, punk, metal, what ever floats your boat, we even get a bit of poetry! All levels of ability welcome in this relaxed atmosphere, a great way to try out stuff to an audience. We are all about live music, so if you're a singer, you will need to bring a musician with you unless you...
The Great Crediton Jam Night is Crediton's most successful Jam night and from September will start happening twice a month. Just 15-20 minutes drive from Exeter. This is a well equipped open mic/jam night, with guitars, amps, drum kit, p.a., keyboard. All types of music welcome, be it, folk, jazz, rock, punk, metal, what ever floats your boat, we even get a bit of poetry! All levels of ability welcome in this relaxed atmosphere, a great way to try out stuff to an audience. We are all about live music, so if you're a singer, you will need to bring a musician with you unless you...
Far From the Delta are a local blues rock band who have been going for about 5 years. There are other acts at this event before and after the Band, contact the New Inn for more details. Far From the Delta play covers and original tunes, Led Zeppelin, Cream, The Doors, Fleetwood Mac, Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Son House, John Lee Hooker, plus others, are all artists they cover. They have an album, called 'Broken Blues', which, is available from their website.
For more information please go to: www.farfromthedelta.com
