1980. Wimbledon. Bjorn Borg and John McEnroe face each other across the net: the self-controlled champion and the impassioned upstart. An epic rivalry comes to a head. A six-year old boy watches and learns.
Bjorn Borg epitomised tennis cool. He was everything Jamie and his brother wanted to be. Then John McEnroe came along and Jamie was beaten, along with Borg. Thirty years of torment and self-questioning later, Jamie is ready to face his greatest opponent. Beating McEnroe is a new solo show from award-winning theatre maker Jamie Wood about a pivotal moment. With the help of his...
Charles Marlow, a well bred young man from London, is beset with a stutter and a quiver when in the presence of elegant and educated young women. When his father sets him up with his old friend’s eligible daughter, he is totally tongue tied – but Miss Hardcastle is charmed by her gibbering suitor and employs an unexpected tactic to put him at his ease. Meanwhile, the ridiculous muppet, Tony Lumpkin, on meeting Marlow and his dashing friend Hastings, leads them to believe that old Mr Hardcastle’s country house is actually an inn and the man of the house is the inn keeper. Mayhem and...
Wildlife Around the Exe Estuary by Dave Smallshire
From the estuary’s famous Avocets to its tiny Warren Crocus and from Hairy Dragonflies to dune-loving Sand Lizards, a great variety of wildlife can be found in and around the Exe Estaury.
Go along and learn more about the astonishing species that live in this amazing place.
Tickets £5 including complementary glass of wine and nibbles.
Tickets available from Poppy’s, Topsham Road or by calling 01392 682550
For those coming back to exercise or wanting a gentler version of zumba: Zumba Gold is the low impact dance fitness class with upbeat music and easier movements.
Come to class to get fitter, burn off calories and have fun dancing!
2 more weeks of classes before the Easter Break:
Monday evenings Tedburn Village Hall 6pm-7pm £5 per class. (Monday 24th March and Monday 31st March)
Tuesday mornings Sylvania Hall, Exeter, 10am - 10:50am. (Tuesday 25th March and Tuesday 1st April)
Wednesday mornings Ide Memorial Hall (next to the village shop). 10am - 10:...
A South American wine tasting evening at the Deer Park Hotel, Honiton has raised more than £1700 for Hospiscare. Wine expert Susy Atkins, who appears on BBC1’s Saturday Kitchen introduced the evening and explained why she had selected the wines. She explained their characteristics and why the specially chosen South American tapas complimented each wine.
Hospiscare trustee Nick Ag-Manning, Mark Godfery of Deer Park and Jane Clarke of Rock Mill Design put the event together to raise funds for the local hospice.
Nick said: ‘’ It was an excellent event in fantastic surroundings...
The employment rate in the South West has increased by a record 2.58 million in three months, according to figures published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) this morning.
However while unemployment did fall in this three month period, the figures also show that 6,000 more people in the South West are now unemployed since last year meaning the the South West is the only region to record a rise in its unemployment during th whole year period.
Nationally the ONS figures show that the employment rate is now at 72.3%, the highest it has been since the recession began...
Officers from Teignbridge District Council and the Environment Agency are taking to the waters to check water flows with the little help of a harmless fluorescent dye.
Teignbridge and the Environment Agency are carrying out detailed water movement surveys at Teignmouth Beach on 17 and 25 March in an effort to help minimise the risk from pollution.
Fluorescent dye will be put into the water from a sewage overflow discharge location and water movements followed over spring and the smallest tides. The dye is not harmful to the environment or recreational water users, and will...
Devon based folk music organisation Wren Music launches a new collaboration with Exeter’s Cygnet theatre this week with the opening night in the ‘Wren Presents . . .’ season with Scottish Folk Singer and fiddle player Mairi Campbell in concert with Nick Wyke and Becki Driscoll on Friday 28th March at 7.30pm.
Prices: Tickets are £12 (full) £10 (under 18s) available from Cygnet Theatre 01392 277189, Exeter Visitor Information Centre or on-line from www.wegottickets.com
‘Wren presents . . .’ is financially supported by Exeter Arts Council.
Devon based folk music organisation Wren Music launches a new collaboration with Exeter’s Cygnet theatre this week with the opening night in the ‘Wren Presents . . .’ season with Scottish Folk Singer and fiddle player Mairi Campbell in concert with Nick Wyke and Becki Driscoll on Friday 28 March at 7.30pm.
Award winning singer songwriter Mairi Campbell makes a welcome return to Devon, and she blends her distinctive vocals and skilled fiddle playing to create a haunting collection of songs and tunes for her concert. Mairi may be best remembered for her rendition of ‘Auld Lang Syne’...
