The Beach Party

Event Date: 
11/06/2015 - 7:00pm
Venue: 
Exeter Phoenix

Exeter College will be holding their big end of year Final Major Performance on 11 June at the Exeter Phoenix.

The concert will begin at 7pm. This is an annual event which is organised by the college's 2nd year music students. They plan the event and develop the theme and music for the evening themselves. There are more than 35 2nd year students who will be performing at the event this year. There will be a range of rock and pop covers in addition to some original material. The night is called ‘The Beach Party’ and will feature a range of beach and summer inspired music.

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Grease

Event Date: 
23/06/2015 - 7:30pm to 27/06/2015 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Northcott Theatre, Exeter

GREASE is the word – the UK’s favourite musical comes roaring into the Northcott this Summer!

Slip on your blue suede shoes, pull up your bobby-socks and take a trip to a simpler time, when high school romances and heart-breaks were accompanied by a king-size soda pop! Featuring such unforgettable songs from the hit movie as Summer Nights, Hopelessly Devoted To You, Greased Lightnin' and many more, this is the show to get you dancing in the aisles.

Following the spectacular sell-out success of Les Miserables in 2014, Stage by Stage returns with another high-energy explosion...

Aliens Love Underpants

Event Date: 
16/06/2015 - 4:30pm to 18/06/2015 - 4:30pm
Venue: 
Northcott Theatre, Exeter

Exeter is preparing for an extraterrestrial invasion in June with the arrival of Aliens Love Underpants at the Exeter Northcott Theatre.

Based on the hugely successful children's book by Claire Freedman and Ben Cort, the story of the mischievous aliens who come to earth on an important mission to steal everybody's underpants has stunning effects, madcap action, original music and lots of crazy aliens of course!

This fantastically fresh and funny production will delight the whole family. You'll laugh your PANTS off!

Performances at 4.30pm daily and 10.30am on...

Exeter prepares for an extraterrestrial invasion

Exeter is preparing for an extraterrestrial invasion in June with the arrival of Aliens Love Underpants at the Exeter Northcott Theatre.

Based on the hugely successful children's book by Claire Freedman and Ben Cort, the story of the mischievous aliens who come to earth on an important mission to steal everybody's underpants has stunning effects, madcap action, original music and lots of crazy aliens of course!

This fantastically fresh and funny production will delight the whole family. You'll laugh your PANTS off!

For tickets and performance times visit www....

Exeter attractions scoop top awards

Exeter’s visitor attractions have scooped a hat-trick of top awards from an online review site.

TripAdvisor, which is the world’s biggest online travel review website, has awarded its coveted Certificate of Excellence to the City’s Red Coat Guides, the Underground Passages and Exeter Guildhall.

Now in its fifth year, the TripAdvisor award celebrates excellence in hospitality and is given only to services that consistently achieve great reviews on TripAdvisor by continually delivering a high quality customer experience. 2015 is the third consecutive year that the Red Coat...

Club staff save swimmer's life

The fast actions of Exeter Golf and Country Club staff saved the life of one of their club members, when he suffered a major heart attack.

Mike Ritchie, 61, became unconscious whilst gripped by a severe heart attack as he sat in the jacuzzi at the club. A fellow member, Janice Voce, raised the alarm with 17 year old lifeguard Elliot Chandler, when she noticed Mr Ritchie slumped in the water. Elliot who has been a lifeguard for less than a year reacted immediately and with his fellow Lifeguard, Luke, pulled Mr Ritchie out of the water while pressing the alarm to summon other members...

Free Biker Down course for motorcyclists

The Devon County Show proved the ideal environment for Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue Motorcycle advocates to advise on Motorbike safety, especially a new course called ‘Biker Down’ run by firefighters, which will take place on Saturday, June 6.

Chris Lancaster, one of the fire services motorbike safety advocates, explained: “We are offering a free first aid course created by bikers for bikers designed specifically for treating injured riders. The course explains what to do if you’re ever riding with mates and someone is unlucky and comes off, or you come across another...

Autumn Wedding Fair

Event Date: 
01/11/2015 - 10:30am to 2:30pm
Venue: 
Sandy Park, Exeter

Join us at Sandy Park for our Autumn Wedding Fair, taking place on Sunday 1st November 2015.

Between 10.30am and 2.30pm the Exeter Suite will be showcasing an extensive range of local wedding suppliers. Sandy Park's Chiefs Suite will also be set up for a Civil Ceremony and Wedding Breakfast to display our facilities as a Wedding Venue.

Our dedicated Events Team will be on hand to assist you with every detail of your big day and for you to find out more about Sandy Park's unique wedding packages.

Entry is free for all guests with a complimentary glass of bubbly,...

Oil tanker collision leaves woman injured

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Fri, 06/05/2015 - 1:22pm

A serious collision between an oil tanker and a car closed the A35 near Honiton for several hours today.

Two fire appliances from Honiton, one appliance from Colyton, the Heavy Rescue Vehicle from Middlemoor and the water carrier from Danes Castle were sent to a report of a road traffic collision involving a car and an oil tanker near Home Farm Hotel in Wilmington, near Honiton shortly after 11am.

On arrival crews confirmed that the collision involved a car and a road tanker and that one female person was trapped in the car.

The female was released by fire crews...

Stagecoach needs talent!

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Fri, 06/05/2015 - 12:22pm

Although the latest season of Britain’s Got Talent has drawn to a close, bus operator Stagecoach is continuing its own search for the very best in local driving talent with the launch of the latest installment of their reality TV inspired recruitment campaign.

‘Stagecoach Needs Talent’ features popular Exeter Park & Ride driver Neal Mills, who regularly receives compliments for his customer service skills and rapport with his passengers. Neal will be appearing as a larger than life advert on the rear of one of the operator’s city buses, on A4 posters and – in a first for the...

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