Doug MacLeod

Event Date: 
18/09/2014 - 8:00pm
Venue: 
Otterton Mill

A first Mill visit from this US blues genius.

Winner of the 2014 Blues Music Awards for Acoustic Artist of the Year and Acoustic Album of the Year (There's a Time), Doug is a master of original blues in the American tradition. Known for his superb songwriting, guitar wizardry (bottleneck and finger-style), warm soulful vocals, wit and unforgettable live performances, Doug is also a storyteller, bringing characters alive through his music. Don't miss!

Tickets: £14.00 (price covers the music only).

To book, please call 01395 568521 or visit the Mill Shop in the Mill...

Powderham Food Festival

Event Date: 
04/10/2014 - 10:00am
Venue: 
Powderham Castle, Kenton

This festival is now becoming an established event in every 'foodies' calendar.

Saturday 4 October 10-5pm

Heading the lineup:

Jane Baxter – ex head chef Riverford Field Kitchen Jane Baxter is a chef and food writer. She trained at the Carved Angel under Joyce Molyneux before moving to the River Café. After a stint travelling and cooking around the world, in 2005 she set up the acclaimed Riverford Field Kitchen in Devon. She is co-author of the Riverford Farm Cookbook and Recipes for Everyday and Sunday. Currently based in south Devon, her latest book, co-written...

Country Fair

Event Date: 
31/08/2014 - 10:00am
Venue: 
Escot Estate, Ottery St Mary

Devon Wildfowling Conservation Association Country Fair

Take part in various activities on the day, such as, clay pigeon shooting, dog scurries and archery!

Visit a huge variety of traditional country stalls including: the cider stall, stick makers, artists, blacksmiths, wildfowlers, gunsmiths, wood bodgers, fox hounds, BASC, clothing stalls and much more!

Free entry to Country Fair.

http://www.escot-devon.co.uk/

The Big Treetop Adventure

Event Date: 
30/08/2014 - 9:00am to 31/08/2014 - 4:00pm
Venue: 
Escot Estate, Ottery St Mary

After the success of Escot's Tree Top Adventure in 2013 we bring you The Great Big Tree Climbing Company. Two highly skilled and friendly instructors can help all ages reach new heights in a fantastic tree in Escot's grounds. They will teach you how to enter a tree's canopy using ropes, knots and karabiners, whilst being securely attached in a harness at all times. Once at the top of the tree you will gain an experience which can't be found on the ground and if you're feeling brave take the zip wire back down! Each session contains a maximum of seven participants, creating a unique and...

Privates on Parade

Event Date: 
18/09/2014 - 8:00pm to 26/09/2014 - 8:00pm
Venue: 
Manor Pavilion, Sidmouth

Award-winning comedy presented by Paul Taylor- Mills.

Marlene Dietrich, Vera Lynn and Carmen Miranda form the centrepiece of Peter Nichol's award- winning comedy set against the murderous backdrop of the Maslaysian campaign at the end of the Second World War.

Show starts at 8pm.

Tickets £14/£13.

Call the box office 01395514413.

No Sunday performances

http://www.manorpavilion.com/

A Day in the Death of Joe Egg by Peter Nichols

Event Date: 
11/09/2014 - 8:00pm to 17/09/2014 - 8:00pm
Venue: 
Manor Pavilion, Sidmouth

Bri is a school teacher and his wife, Sheila, loves amateur dramatics. But their daughter Josephine is more than they bargained for and life is getting diffcult......

This fast-paced black comedy is highly theatrical, frequently heart- wrenching and often very funny.

A landmark piece in modern British theatre.Performance starts at 8pm.

Ticket Prices £14 /£13

Call the box office 01395 514413.

No Sunday performance.

www.manorpavilion.com

Last of the Red Hot Lovers by Neil Simon

Event Date: 
04/09/2014 - 8:00pm to 10/09/2014 - 8:00pm
Venue: 
Manor Pavilion, Sidmouth

A laugh out Comedy part of the very popular Paul Taylor - Mills Summer Season.

From the master of wit comes this laugh out loud comedy about a middle aged married man trying to join the sexual revolution before its to late.

Tickets £14/£13 show starts at 8pm.

Please note no Sunday performances.

Box office 01395 5144123

www.manorpavilion.com

Abigail's Party by Mike Leigh

Event Date: 
28/08/2014 - 8:00pm to 03/09/2014 - 8:00pm
Venue: 
Manor Pavilion, Sidmouth

Comedy, drama and tragedy combine in a iconic piece of British theatre

Donna Summer is playing on the stero.Dishes of cheese and pineapple are on the coffee table..... the social get- together from hell is about to begin. Comedy, Drama and Tragedy combine in one of the iconic pieces of British theatre.

Tickets £14/£13

Show starts at 8pm. Please note no Sunday performances.

A great night out at your local theatre.

Box office 01395 5144123

www.manorpavilion.com

Phil Root: Phantom Limb

Event Date: 
26/08/2014 - 10:00am to 13/09/2014 - 5:00pm
Venue: 
Spacex Gallery, Preston Street, Exeter

In this installation, Phil Root references history and memory, producing artworks through a process of intuitive layering and erasure of both physical and historical attributes.

Upon entering the galleries, the viewer is confronted with a number of large plywood boards that act as display structures on which the artist composes arrangements of images, drawings, and objects. Defaced coins, foggy landscapes, and other inclusions of absence and obscurity are layered and tied on with sail rope, offering an allusion to sea crossing and trade, and also to the use and exchange values of...

Scott King: De-Regeneration

Event Date: 
04/10/2014 - 4:15pm to 22/11/2014 - 4:15pm
Venue: 
Spacex Gallery, Preston Street, Exeter

In this solo exhibition at Spacex, Scott King presents a body of recent work that deals almost exclusively with notions of public art and its role within urban regeneration.

Presented as a series of prints, Anish and Antony Take Afghanistan, 2014, employs humour to explore the astonishing power of public art that has long been recognised by both western governments and ‘big business’ alike. With increasingly large public sculptures being commissioned to ‘regenerate’ ailing post-industrial areas, King asks, ‘what if this strategy were employed in an attempt to turn around the...

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