Evita

Event Date: 
28/01/2015 - 7:30pm to 31/01/2015 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Northcott Theatre, Exeter

This captivating story follows the rise and fall of a nation’s hero. Based on the life of Argentine actress and political leader Eva Perón, who rose from nothing to become one of the most famous political figures in the country’s history. Evita features music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Tim Rice and is one of their most successful musicals. The show had an incredible run in the West End and on Broadway and has recently finished a successful UK Tour.

This is a student production by Footlights, the University of Exeter's longest running Musical Theatre society. The society...

Watch this Space

Event Date: 
22/01/2015 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Northcott Theatre, Exeter

Celebrating our shared commitment to dance development in Devon, Dance in Devon and Exeter Northcott Theatre are delighted to come together to present this platform for emerging dance artists from our region.

Watch This Space is your opportunity to see what professional dance makers in Devon and the South West are creating right now. Share your thoughts and ideas with the choreographers in a Q&A after the show.

Please join us for a celebration of local talent and show your support for the exceptional work being produced on your doorstep.

Tickets: £8 Concessions...

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra: London Town

Event Date: 
22/01/2015 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
The Great Hall, University of Exeter

ELGAR Cockaigne Overture RACHMANINOV Piano Concerto No.1 VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Symphony No.2 "London" Andrew Litton conductor Alexei Volodin piano

Vaughan Williams' Second Symphony has been described as the musical equivalent of Monet’s paintings of the sun rising over a foggy Thames. Actual London sounds fleetingly emerge from an exquisitely woven musical tapestry - the chimes of Big Ben, the cry of a lavender-seller. Central to the symphony’s success is the wonderful limpid scoring, which Vaughan Williams felt in later life that he had never bettered.

The Cockaigne Overture, a...

An Evening of Murder with Dr Lucy Worsley

Event Date: 
17/01/2015 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Northcott Theatre, Exeter

An illustrated tour through the dark story of our fascination with murder, with Dr Lucy Worsley, BBC TV presenter, renowned historian and Chief Curator at the charity Historic Royal Palaces. She’ll not only examine some notorious crimes and criminals, but also explain how murder became a form of middle-class entertainment through novels, plays, paintings, and the press. Starting with an horrific early nineteenth-century serial-killer in the East End of London, she’ll end with the tame drawing room dramas of Agatha Christie.

Dr Lucy Worsley is Chief Curator at Historic Royal Palaces...

Earworms

Event Date: 
11/01/2015 - 2:00pm
Venue: 
Northcott Theatre, Exeter

Hosted by Mervyn Bedford (Musikgarten)

Enjoy, discover and experience music in a family-friendly atmosphere, featuring a wide range of musicians and music.

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Tickets: £4.50, £3 children over 2 years Age: families with primary-aged childrenand their siblings. Running Time: 1hr

All transactions are subject to a £2 booking fee.

Box office: 01392 493493 www.exeternorthcott.co.uk

BSO: New Year Johann Strauss Special

Event Date: 
02/01/2015 - 7:00pm
Venue: 
The Great Hall, University of Exeter

Thomas Rösner conductor

Bring in the New Year with style with the BSO's annual celebration of all things Viennese. The glories of the Vienna dance-halls are brought to life in a bubbling selection of waltzes, gallops, polkas and marches by Johann Strauss and his contemporaries.

The full glory of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra playing Strauss as it should be played is always a highlight of the year, and this January the Orchestra is joined by young Viennese maestro Thomas Rösner who has been enjoying great success across the opera houses of Europe and the US.

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Visit a 14th Century Dartmoor Longhouse

Event Date: 
24/01/2015 - 10:30am
Venue: 
Higher Uppacott, Dartmoor

A longhouse is a medieval farmhouse in which both people and cattle were accommodated under a single roof.

Higher Uppacott is a grade one listed building of rare and national importance. It is one of the few remaining examples of this historic building type, which has retained its lower or shippon end (cattle shelter) in its original unaltered state. One of the things that makes Higher Uppacott so special is that its development from medieval beginnings through to the present day is still clearly evident within the fabric of the building. The longhouse is not open to the public all...

Ranger led walk

Event Date: 
10/01/2015 - 2:00pm
Venue: 
Dartmoor

Help walk off that festive excess in the company of a Dartmoor Ranger.

Join Ranger Simon Lee for a walk around the Trenchford area. Hear more about the work of the Rangers and discover that there is more to this area than meets the eye.

Please book in plenty of time as these walks are very popular.

Location: Trenchford Reservoir Ordnance Survey grid reference SX 804 823 near Hennock

Charge: Adults £5.00, Children 14 and under free

For further information: Please book your place by calling on 01626 831040 (Mon - Fri) or contact Simon on 0771 110 4541...

RD&E wins national Genomics Medicine Centre

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Wed, 12/24/2014 - 10:04am

A ground-breaking genomic medicine project, which aims to establish England as a world leader in the fight against cancer and rare disease, will be led in the South West by the Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust (RD&E) working in partnership with other hospitals across Somerset, Devon and Cornwall.

The RD&E has been selected today by NHS England as one of 11 centres in England that will jointly lead its 100,000 Genomes Project.

The project involves collecting and decoding 100,000 human genomes – complete sets of people’s genes – that will enable...

Temporary one way system on airport road

A temporary one-way system will be introduced on the access road to Exeter International Airport, to enable the next phase of improvements work to be carried out safely next month.

Work on the £1.4 million widening scheme on the B3184 is progressing well and the next stage requires a one way system, inbound towards the airport and Business Park coming into place between Monday 5 January and Friday 20 February.

For traffic looking to leave the area, a diversion route will be signed via the B3184 to the A3052, before turning left for the A30 Eastbound (Honiton, Axminster and...

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