For one night only, renowned cookbook writer and former head chef at Riverford Field Kitchen, Jane Baxter will be tantalising taste buds with a pop-up supper to celebrate the launch of this year’s The Shops at Dartington Food Fair (24th – 25th May 2015). Set in The Shops at Dartington’s enchanting courtyard, Jane will be wowing all with her culinary skills and preparing a delicious feast using locally sourced, seasonal produce. Marking the fifth birthday of the Food Fair, this delightful pop-up restaurant, a first for The Shops at Dartington will take place on Saturday 23rd May at 7pm....
One of the UK’s largest letting agencies has opened up a flagship office in Plymouth.
Located on Mutley Plain, Martin & Co Plymouth specialises in providing a comprehensive range of lettings, sales and property management services.
The owners, Chris and Merolyn Whitaker have been involved in property investment for over 15 years and are now using their experience of being landlords, tenants and investors to run their own successful Martin & Co franchise in Plymouth. They’ve found that the service from estate and lettings agents varies widely and they intend to draw...
Senior Research Nurse Lizze Davey and friend Jemma Marsh have donated an Electrocardiogram (ECG) machine to Okement Ward at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital. The pair raised £8,000 by completing the London Marathon last year, a total which has been split between funding the ECG machine and Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) charity Crohn's and Colitis UK.
Keen runner Jemma initiated the fundraising and asked Lizzie, who works at the RD&E, to join her to complete the 26 mile marathon around central London in April 2014. After hitting their initial £5,000 fundraising target for...
Winner of over 30 major awards including the Olivier and Tony Awardsfor Best New Play, Alan Bennett’s comic masterpiece was voted the nations favourite play in a recent national survey.
Set in the 1980’s, The History Boys is the story of a group of bright, funny and unruly sixth-formers in pursuit of sex, sport and a place at university.
Their maverick English teacher is at odds with the young and shrewd supply teacher, whilst their headmaster is obsessed with results and league tables. Staffroom rivalry and the anarchy of adolescence overflow, provoking insistent questions...
Following a smash hit West End season, Scamp Theatre's delightful adaptation of Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler's hugely popular children's book Stick Man in coming to Exeter Northcott Theatre!
Touching, funny and utterly original, this award-winning production features a trio of top actors and is packed full of puppetry, songs, live music and funky moves. Guarantees more fun than you can shake a stick at! www.scamptheatre.com
Performances: Saturday 2pm, Sunday 11am and 2pm.
Tickets: £13 Family Ticket: £36 Suitable for children aged three-plus
Ballet Black presents a triple bill featuring Mark Bruce's The Second Coming.
Following acclaimed performances in 2014, Cassa Pancho's company of black and Asian classically-trained dancers returns with a stunning new programme. Founded in 2001, Ballet Black has achieved great success and garnered numerous awards, including the 2012 Critics' Circle National Dance Award for Best Independent Company, and a further nomination for 2014.
The company is delighted to present a triple bill of exciting works by Kit Holder (Birmingham Royal Ballet) and Will Tuckett (Royal Ballet)....
Shobana Jeyasingh Dance return to Exeter with a radical re-imagining of the celebrated ballet, La Bayadère,for the 21st century. Moving between fact and fantasy, the original story is interwoven with the first ever visit of Indian dancers to Europe in 1838.
The many-layered narrative presents a fresh new vision of dance that belongs to both India and Europe and features originally commissioned music by Gabriel Prokofiev, the London-based composer, producer and DJ. Expect a visually stunning performance packed with visceral energy and choreographic virtuosity from an international...
Crouch, Touch, Pause, Engage Northcott Theatre Exeter 5-9 May 7.30pm "I was doing something nobody had done before, and if you're the first to do something, you have to be prepared to take the sh*t for it." On the eve of one of the most important games of his career, Welsh rugby legend Gareth Thomas received a warning: The Sun newspaper was going to "out" him as gay. This is the story of two Welsh names bruised, but not beaten, by media speculation: Gareth Thomas, 100 caps for Wales, now the world's most prominent gay sportsman; and his hometown, Bridgend, itself a victim of intrusion...
Honiton Town Council and East Devon District Council have worked together to provide Honiton residents with a brand new sports activity wall.
The £15,000 sports wall is due to be put into Allhallows recreation field before the end of June and will be free of charge to users. The wall will have markings and a goal for five-a-side football, basketball or netball and cricket.
The project has been funded by Section 106 money, which has been collected by the council from the developers responsible for several new housing schemes in Honiton. We then involve the community in how...
Start the weekend early and enjoy an afternoon at the races with Newton Abbot Racecourse this Thursday 7th May.
Racing starts at 14:00 with gates opening at 12:00. The last race will be at 17:15.
Tickets can be bought online until 17:00 on Wednesday 6th May. Tickets are priced at £18 for the Paddock Enclosure and £12 for the Course Enclosure. Tickets will also be available at the gate on the day.
Children aged 16 and under and students with a valid photographic student ID / NUS card can enjoy free entry.
The racecourse also offers entry to disabled racegoers...
