Vienna Festival Ballet celebrate 35 years with their 35th Anniversary Gala. We are proud to present highlights from the world's most beloved Tchaikovsky ballets which have featured in our repertoire over the past 35 years.
Highlights will include the moment when the Swan Queen meets her prince in Act 2 Swan Lake, the Dance of the Cygnets, Clara's journey to a glittering land of snow in The Nutcracker, and the famous Rose Adagio from Sleeping Beauty, where Princess Aurora is introduced to four princes.
Vienna Festival Ballet's reflection on 35 years of performing classical...
Monty Don is a renowned gardening writer and BBC television presenter and the nation's favourite and most respected gardener.
Hear him speak about his life and travels visiting gardens all over the world, what really happens behind the scenes when filming, about how he made his own organic garden from a bare field and how understanding and working with nature enriches and empowers us all.
Monty's TV credits include Gardeners' World, Chelsea Flower Show, Real Gardens, Lost Gardens, Fork to Fork, Growing Out of trouble, Around The World In 80 Gardens, My Dream Farm and...
The world-renowned National Portrait Gallery in London has upgraded its public WiFi system to allow visitors easy speedy access, with the help of Devon-based WiFi SPARK.
WiFi SPARK, which has provided the SPARK® managed service, is a major player in the competitive market of public access WiFi. The National Portrait Gallery has just gone live with the new free access system, which will allow visitors to log in by simply entering a few details about themselves.
Visitors also have a choice to opt in to receive the gallery’s enewsletter. Future login options using Facebook or...
Exeter Comedy Club continues to feature the best comedy talent around. Back for the second of six spring and summer shows with its winning formula of four top comedians from the national stand-up circuit. Tables reserved for everyone booking in advance.
Tonight's line-up (subject to amendment): Tom Deacon, Peter White, Carly Smallman and Jamali Maddix
Sorry adults (16+) only
Price & booking £12.50 (£10.50 if purchased before Friday February 13)
Bicton Arena is readying itself for Devon’s first ever international horse trials, which take place on April 24-26.
Sponsored by Worcestershire-based Empire Coachbuilders, a well-known horsebox manufacturer, the trials are expected to attract a plethora of stars from the sport of eventing, including some of the world’s most famous names. Arena manager Helen West played an instrumental part in persuading the sport’s governing bodies, which include British Eventing and the FEI, that the Westcountry needed an event of this caliber. She said: “It’s fantastic for Devon to have such a...
Exeter theatre company Four of Swords is reviving one of its most popular productions.
Jekyll and Hyde returns for a two week run in the sinister and shambolic setting of Poltimore House on the outskirts of Exeter from 5th - 14th March.
The company first performed its mad and inventive adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic Victorian chiller at Poltimore House in 2013. The production whipped up a heady mix of captivating performances, special effects, film projections and live gypsy music.
Sarah White, who directs the show, explains why Four of Swords is...
Police are appealing for witnesses to a fatal crash on the A377 near Crediton.
Emergency services attended a reported serious road traffic collision on the A377 at Nymet Cross near Lapford just after noon yesterday (Tuesday 17 February).
The collision involved a single vehicle, a Subaru Legacy which was travelling on the A377 from the Eggesford direction towards Lapford, when it left the road, impacting with a culvert wall and telegraph pole before hitting a tree.
The two male occupants of the Subaru were pronounced deceased at the scene by paramedics.
IVFDF is the Inter Varsity Folk Dance Festival – The country’s longest continually running folk festival.
We warmly welcome folkies and folk appreciators from around the globe and we really hope you’ll be there too! The Festival is particularly aimed at students, but it is open to everyone. Over the years we’ve enjoyed a wide range of dances and ceilidhs including Scottish Country, Highland, Morris, Rapper Sword, Irish, and French and many, many, more.
If you’re up for a weekend of dancing, concerts, and over 40 music and dance workshops then we’ll see you at Exeter...
A new survey, commissioned by male cancer charity Orchid, reveals that 48% of parents in the South West do not regularly talk to their children about health issues or concerns. Furthermore, almost 20% of parents never broach the issue with their children. The survey highlights a lack of confidence amongst South Western parents when bringing up health issues with their children. Stats reveal that a worrying 23% of parents in South West of parents do not feel confident discussing how to check for signs and symptoms of serious and sensitive conditions like testicular cancer with their...
The Magdalen Chapter is thrilled to announce it has been named Bronze Large Hotel of the Year. The announcement was made at a glamorous award ceremony held at the Great Hall of the Grand Pier at Weston Super Mare on Thursday 12 February.
Fiona Moores, General Manager of The Magdalen Chapter, said: “We’re absolutely delighted to have accepted this award. To win bronze for large hotel of the year within the South West is a fantastic accolade, especially with the high level of entries and outstanding calibre of entrants. We are incredibly proud of our team and this achievement!”...
