With a quintessentially English voice which is both pure and unique, and soulful and honest lyrics that come straight from the heart, Leddra is truly one of the most gifted young songwriters in Britain today.
A celebratory night of live roots reggae music to honour what would have been thee 70th birthday of the reggae legend Bob Marley.
Black Roots are a roots reggae band from the St. Paul’s area of Bristol, England that originally formed up in 1979. It wasn’t long before their brand of roots reggae started to draw in people seeking to find a voice that spoke out against the injustices and alienation caused by the pace of political reform introduced in Thatcherite Britain. Black Roots’ uncompromising lyrical content was that voice. They gained national prominence when they released...
Returning from his critically acclaimed, sell-out Edinburgh 2014 show, Andrew Lawrence, heads back onto the road with Reasons To Kill Yourself.
He’s been on BBC1’s Live at the Apollo and a regular on Channel 4’s Stand-Up For The Week. He’s had three series of his own show on BBC Radio 4. He’s a double Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee. Yet none of that rubbish has brought him any joy. Come and laugh in his stupid face at his disappointing life and some amusing thoughts he’s cobbled together about how awful the world is.
Hannah Wants, notorious for her hard-hitting bass house style, is a self taught DJ from Birmingham. Over the past few years a new genre of house music has quickly risen to the forefront of the scene with Hannah securely taking the reigns as its leading lady.
Versatile singer/organist, John Shuttleworth, has a dilemma: he wanted to tell the audience all about his most memorable weekends in his exciting new show – A Weekend to Remember. But next-door neighbour and sole agent, Ken Worthington has thwarted John’s plans, by cocking up the artwork of the show’s poster. ‘Weekend’ has become ‘Wee Ken’ and there’s nothing John can do about it. He is now duty-bound to steer the evening towards a celebration of the diminuitive impressario’s life in ‘A WEE KEN to Remember’.
“Russell Crowe may not be available and their budget is limited, but they are determined it will be a show you’ll never forget...”
This February South West based comedy duo Spitz & Co return to Exeter’s The Bike Shed Theatre for what the theatre’s co-founder David Lockwood has described as “the funniest thing he’s ever seen.” A big claim, but one that appears to be echoed by audiences and critics alike and culminating in the production winning the Critic’s Choice Award at the 2014 Exeter ignite Festival.
Acting on behalf of Princesshay, a joint venture partnership between The Crown Estate and TIAA Henderson Real Estate, nationwide property and asset consultancy ES Group has let 4,717 sq ft of 4th floor office space at Broadwalk House, Exeter to The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (‘RSPB’).
The 15 year lease deal, secured by ES Group’s Exeter team, is the most significant ‘in-town’ Exeter office transaction in the last 12 months, and commences what is expected to be an increasingly busy market going into 2015.
With a history dating back to 1889, RSPB is the largest...
Young Devon is delighted to have been named as Sitel’s Charity of the year.
In addition to the announcement, the staff at Sitel have also raised a fantastic £3,500 for the charity, which Young Devon hopes will go towards creating a drop-in service at the Exeter YES Centre.
With offices in Exeter city centre, Sitel is a leading outsource provider of customer experience management, supporting major brands, with a 600 strong work force. The money has been raised thanks to staff holding numerous fundraising events including bake sales, dress down days and raffles.
Exeter Northcott Theatre has launched a club for people who’d love to go the theatre if they had someone to go with.
The Go Together Club is free to join and makes the whole experience of a theatre trip more enjoyable than going alone.
The club is the idea of the Northcott’s Development Committee, on which Tricia Cotton and Michael Terry serve as volunteers. It was trialled with a limited number of performances last autumn and proved so successful that the number of shows is being increased for the Spring 2015 Season.
Michael Terry says, “People are often reluctant...
